Profiling the Pockets

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

  1. In the Operations toolbar click Profiling.

  2. Select all four pockets using the Features Window *.

  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 open the ToolStore and select the 5 mm diameter SSM-ZX-2 Flute-5.

  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).