Use the Face Milling strategy to produce flat surfaces by guiding a large cutter over the surface of the workpiece. The cutter is a Face Mill consisting of a rotating holder containing turning inserts. The cutter spindle always has an axis of rotation perpendicular to the work piece surface. The geometry of the cutter only enables relatively small depths of cut. Face milling is commonly used to machine flat surfaces on ground vehicle powertrain components, engine blocks, and transmission valve bodies.
There are several pages associated with the Face Milling strategy:
- Face milling — The main page used to define a face milling toolpath.
- Cut distances — Settings to enable multiple passes.
- Finishing — Settings to specify a final stepover or stepdown depth of cut value.
- Raster —Settings to specify the angle of the raster pass.
- Automatic verification — Settings to automatically verify toolpaths on creation.
The remaining pages are common toolpath strategy pages.
To create a Face Milling toolpath you must define a block and a tool. Face milling works with any tool and uses the flat end of the tool.
