Use Clearance

This controls the cutter motion at the beginning and end of the procedure.

If Use Clearance is checked:

  1. Motions begin and end at the Clearance Plane.

  2. The Clearance Plane parameter is displayed.
    Illustration

This is not recommended when using the Connection procedure between procedures.

Note: In order to make sure that the clearance parameter of the next procedure does not contradict the clearance of the Connection procedure, uncheck the Use Clearance parameter from the next procedure. See the Examples at the bottom of this topic.

If Use Clearance is unchecked:

  1. The 1st TP node is at the beginning of the 1st approach and the last TP node is at the end of the last retract.

  2. No motions to or from the Clearance Plane are performed.

  3. The Clearance Plane parameter is not displayed.
    Illustration

This is recommended when using the Connection procedure between procedures.

Clearance Plane

Enter the Z value representing the home position of the cutter (the cutter location at the beginning of the toolpath). This clearance plane will be used as the default Clear value within a region during a procedure.
Illustration

This parameter is set when creating a toolpath. It can also be set in the Clearance Plane section of the Procedure Parameter Table.

Example of an undesired connection resulting from a contradiction in the Clearance of the Connection procedure and that of the next procedure. This may happen if the Use Clearance parameter is checked in the following procedure.

 

Example of a correct connection. In this example, the Use Clearance parameter in the following procedure was unchecked.

 

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