Roughing Operation (continued)

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  1. In the General tab set: Rest Rough to Unchecked, Mill Type to Climb, %Stepover to 50, Offset to 0 (or blank), Tolerance to 0.004, Digitise Stock to Unchecked.

  2. Switch to the Tooling tab. In this tab: click the Find button to open the ToolStore. In the tooling list click 1/2" End Mill to select it and click Select.

    See Selecting the ToolStore database for the tutorial

  3. Switch to the Depth tab and set: Clearance to 0.5, Level to 0, Depth to -0.5 and Cut Increment to 0.125.

  4. Click OK to close the dialog and generate the toolpath.