Surface Milling: Finish Mill By Limit Angle

Illustration of Surface Milling horizontal areas using spiral technology and vertical areas using layers technology:

How to create this procedure: (see Creating a Procedure and Procedure Guide for general explanation.)

1. For Technology, choose Surface Milling as the main selection, and Finish Mill By Limit Angle as the subselection.

2. Choose the appropriate cutter.

Note: The Minimum Clear Length calculation is available for this function.

3. Define the part surfaces, check surfaces and, only if necessary, define the boundary area.

Notes:

• If the boundary area is the same as the stock area, it is not recommended to define a boundary area.

• Define a boundary if the area to be milled meets one of the following criteria:

• The boundary is completely within the stock area.

• The boundary extends beyond the stock by a distance of, at least, the tool diameter.

4. Define the following Motion Parameters:

• Clearance

• Entry & End Points

• Boundary Settings

• Tolerance & Surf. Offset

• Tool Trajectory

• Z Limits

• High Speed Machining

• Clean Between Passes

• Stock & Holder Tracking

• Cutter Tilt Control

• Electrode Machining

• Create Auxiliary Contours

• User Parameters

Note: Within the Stock & Holder Tracking parameters, you can define whether remaining stock should be considered. Remaining stock is used to control the approach and retract motions and the air motion height. Considering the remaining stock will cause the procedure to be suspended if there are changes in one of the previous procedures.

5. Define the Machine Parameters.

6. When finished, you can choose from the following Procedure Options:

• Save & Close to suspend

• Save & Calculate to execute

• Cancel

• Save As

(The options Save & Close and Save & Calculate are also available on the Procedure Guide.)