Profiling the Outer Profile (Lower Boss)

Repeat the previous Profiling operation as summarised below, but with slight changes (marked '*'):

  1. In the Operations toolbar click Profiling.

  2. Select the lower boss (using the top edge of the boss) *.

  3. Select no boundaries.

  4. In the General tab, set: Offset to 0 and Lead Radius to 4. (Other settings can be left as they are).

  5. In the Tooling tab select the 5 mm diameter SSM-ZX-2 Flute-5 from the ToolStore.

  6. In the Profiling dialog Depth tab, set: Clearance to 5, Level to 0, Depth to 0, Cut Increment to 2, Cusp Height to 0. Click OK to close the dialog and generate the operation.

    The operation's toolpath is shown below (you will actually see all the toolpaths created so far).