Divide Toolpath by Direction

This tab contains the following:

Flat Angle — An angle limit measured from the XY plane. A move is counted as Flat if it makes an angle with the XY plane smaller than this limit.

Remove Segments Smaller Than — Removes segments that are smaller in length than the figure entered here. The higher the value, the smaller the fragmentation. This value should normally be set to a similar value to the machining tolerance.

Subtract — There are three areas that you can separate from the whole toolpath:

• Up — Subtracts the moves that are cutting Up, leaving only moves that are Flat or Down.
• Down — Subtracts the moves that are cutting Down, leaving only moves that are Flat or Up.
• Flat — Subtracts moves that are Flat, leaving only moves that are Up or Down.

Save — Specifies which part of the toolpath to keep:

• Subtract — Keeps the part of the toolpath specified by the Subtract option.
• Remainder — Keeps the part of the toolpath not specified by the Subtract option.
• Both — Keeps both parts of the toolpath as two separate toolpaths.

  This example shows the effects of dividing a toolpath by direction.

  

  On the Divide Toolpath > Direction dialog:

  1. Enter a Flat Angle of 0.5.
  2. Select a Subtract of Up.
  3. Select a Save of Both.
  4. Click Apply. The two new toolpaths have the same name as the original but have _1 and _2 appended to the name:
  • _1 contains the Remainder portion (the Down and Flat moves):
    
    
  • _2 contains the Subtract portion (the Up moves):