Z Level Roughing panel — Strategy
Z Level Roughing panel — Strategy
Use the Strategy area to
select the machining strategy you want to use:
- Raster — This strategy
machines in passes back and forth along the X axis at a specified angle. If you
select this strategy, enter the angle at which you want the tool to move in the
Angle box.
Select a Profile Pass option:
- None — Select this option if you do not want the tool to profile the selected vector.
- First — Select this option if you want the tool to profile the selected vector first and then raster clear the area.
- Last — Select this option if you want the tool to move outwards to raster clear the area, then profile the selected vector.
- Offset — This strategy
machines in repeated passes, each time moving inwards by the Stepover value of the tool you use.
You can see the stepover value of the selected tool when the machining parameters are displayed in the Roughing Tool area.
Select a Cut Direction option:
- Climb — Select the option to rotate the cutter in the same direction as the feed motion. The option is selected by default.
- Conventional — Select
the option to rotate the cutter in the opposite direction to the feed
motion.
Set the default cutting direction on the Options panel.
Select a Start From option:
- Outside — Select this option if you want the tool to cut into the material at the vector's boundary, then machine inwards.
- Inside — Select this option if you want the tool to cut into the material at the vector's centre, then machine outwards.
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