Five Axis Cycle - Round Corners Option

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In the Five Axis Cycle (General tab) you can set a Round Corners value to prevent 'fishtails'.

Fishtails are where the switch between cutting surfaces introduces extra sharp corners into the toolpath.
 

Here is a SWARF type situation where the tool is cutting on its side into a corner. (There is no gouge checking.)




 

The non-blank setting is a radius value from the 90° corner at which to trim the toolpath.

This leaves a gap, which is then treated according to the 'Gap Link' settings in the cycle dialog's Links tab ('Smooth' in this example).
 

A 0 value just removes the fishtails.





 

 

You might want to leave a blank setting to disable fishtail removal:

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