Min. Plunge Size

The plunge size is defined so the cutter will not enter areas that are too small. This is useful for cutters with blind areas; if such a cutter enters an area that is too small, it will not be able to mill all material in that area. If a cutter cannot enter a particular layer, all layers below are automatically skipped.

The Min. Plunge Size is compared to the diameter of a circular area, or to the diagonal of a polygonal area (the longest distance between two points on the polygon). If the Min Plunge Size is greater than these values, the cutter will not enter.

The Min. Plunge Size value is that of the toolpath and not the geometry.

For example, if you have a 10.0mm diameter tool and a 20.0mm hole, the diameter of the toolpath is 10.0mm. To machine all the layers of the hole, the Min. Plunge Size needs to be less than 10.0mm.

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(This parameter is set in the Entry & End Points section of the Procedure Parameter Table.)