This page allows you to select the cutting strategy you want to use for your feature. You can only specify one strategy in the New feature wizard. The strategy choices are grouped by finishing, roughing and specialized strategies. The strategy choices are:
Finishing
Parallel toolpaths – toolpaths that are parallel to the X or Y axes.
Z level finish – toolpaths that are parallel to the XY plane.
Isoline milling – toolpaths that follow the rows or columns of individual surfaces.
2d Spiral – Toolpaths that move in a spiral toward or away from the center of the part. Stepover is constant from the top view.
3d Spiral – Toolpaths that move in a spiral toward or away from the center of the part. Stepover is constant in 3d.
Radial milling - toolpaths that move out radially from the center of the feature.
Flowline milling - toolpaths that follow the rows or columns of a flowline surface which are then projected onto the part.
Roughing
Z level rough - toolpaths that are parallel to the XY plane.
Specialized Strategies
Horizontal + Vertical – machine steep and shallow regions using different techniques.
Corner Remachining - A remachining technique used to clean up corners that occur between non-tangential surfaces.
Pencil milling – a single clean-up pass for corners.
Four Axis Rotary - Used in millturn to machine "round" surfaces with an "X" tool.
For more details on these options, see operations overview.
To complete this page:
Click on the desired strategy.
Click the Next button.
If you are creating a new feature, the New_feature_part_surfaces dialog box is displayed.
If you are adding a new operation to an existing feature the New_feature_strategy dialog box is displayed.