Creating the rest roughing toolpath

The rest roughing toolpath uses a smaller tool to eliminate the large terraces and to rough areas of the model that the large roughing tool could not reach, such as pockets and corners.

To create a rest roughing toolpath:

1. In the Explorer, right-click the Roughing toolpath, and choose Settings in the context menu.
2. In the Model Rest Area Clearance dialog, click Create a new toolpath based on this one button.
3. A copy of the toolpath is created with the suffix '_1'. Enter RestRoughing in the Toolpath name field to rename it.
4. Select the Rest Machining option. This switches the strategy to Model rest area clearance strategy and enables the Rest page.

   

5. Define the rest roughing tool geometry.
6. Change the Stepover and Stepdown values.
7. Complete the Model rest area clearance strategy dialog, and generate the rest roughing toolpath.
8. Display the rest roughing toolpath.
9. Simulate the rest roughing toolpath.