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4-Participant
April 24, 2021
Question

Profile machining my biggest Pet Peeve

  • April 24, 2021
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Does anyone know what parameters will make the tool continue on all the way the toolpath rather than after each cut tool will  exit to retract plane each time?.

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5-Regular Member
April 28, 2021

You should use the Volume Milling toolpath, with the ROUGH_OPTION set to PROFILE_ONLY.  This should have all the same options as the Profile toolpath but is set by default to machine each โ€œregionโ€ as you prefer.  It is also faster to set up if you have lots of pockets, since you can simply use a Mill Window that encompasses them all.

 

I would also note that holes can be milled in a single helical cut using Trajectory, while complex pockets could also be done helically with Cut Line Machining.

 

 

5-Regular Member
April 29, 2021

A couple of short videos on this subject.

12-Amethyst
May 13, 2021

Have you tried changing connection_type to simultaneous?