Spiral Strategy for Project Circular Pattern

Selecting the Spiral strategy for the Project Circular cycle produces the type of toolpath shown here.

To control the finish, you can specify either a Planar Distance, or a Stepover that represents the distance between adjacent cuts. The two options are mutually exclusive.

The toolpath starts at either the inner or outer arc (dependent on Start) at the nominated Start Angle. The Angle defaults to 0 degrees (3 o’clock). Once positioned on the surface using the standard approach method, the cycle will commence. The Direction will force the tool to cut CLW or CCLW.

The cycle performs a finish pass on the inner arc (if given) and the outer arc. The tool will cut completely around the start circle, then cut the spiral, then cut the finish circle.