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.
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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