Profile toolpath
Profile toolpath
Use the profile toolpath to machine inside, outside, or along the boundary of selected vector artwork. This toolpath is ideal for cutting out letters and shapes from a material block.
Click the Create Profile
Toolpath button on the Toolpaths panel to
display the Profiling panel. Use the Profiling panel to control:
- whether a selection of vectors, or the artwork on a specific vector layer is machined.
- where your tool cuts into and retracts from the material block by adding lead-in and lead-out moves.
- how your tool cuts into and retracts from the material block by adding ramping moves.
- the cutting direction of the tool.
- whether the machined vectors are cut or snapped-out from the material block by specifying the thickness of the final machining pass, or adding bridging.
After you have calculated the toolpath, you can simulate it.
See also
- Simulating toolpaths
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