Hints and Tips: Finish Waterline Cutting Procedures

Surface Milling - by Layers

• The part surfaces do not have to be trimmed to a common edge. You do not need to define contours.

• Part2 surfaces may be specified to define regions to avoid.

• Full gouge checking is available for surfaces. For part surfaces, gouge checking is also performed within a surface with a curvature smaller than the cutter radius.

• You can define several types of approach and retract.

• Boundaries can be profiled relevant to each Z-level, and contour gouging is avoided.

• Several possibilities exist for machining between main layers.

• It is possible to machine either by layer or by regions.

• You may specify the entry point, inside or outside the enclosed region. However, in the following two cases the your entry point will be ignored, and Auto Entry Points will be used: if the region is closed, or if the region is open but the cutter motions will cause gouging.

• Optimized entry points can be calculated so that each machining area has a single entry point, common for all Z-levels. If an Entry Offset is specified for a closed region, the system will use the Optimized Entry Point and ignore the Entry Offset. If the region is open, the system will use the Auto Entry Point, disregarding the Optimized Entry Point.