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Constant Cut - Check to cut each pass in the same direction. The cycle retracts the tool between each pass to ensure this occurs. When the box is unchecked, the tool will alternate the cut direction on each pass.
Feedrate - Specifies the rate of movement in the workplane.
Plunge Feed - Specifies the rate of movement in the direction of the tool axis.
Speed - Specifies the tool spindle speed.
% Stepover - Specifies the exact maximum spacing between each pass as a percentage of the tool diameter. Entering a value of 100 would, for example, represent a distance of 100% of the tool diameter, and so the consecutive passes would be no more than one tool diameter apart.
Cut Increment - Specifies the depth of material to remove with each pass, until the tool reaches the specified Depth.
Lead Distance - Specifies the size of the lead move.
Lead Type - Specifies how the Lead Distance is to be applied:
<None> - Do not apply the Lead Distance.
First and Last Cuts - Apply the Lead Distance to the beginning and the end of the cycle.
All Cuts - Apply the Lead Distance to the beginning and end of each cutting pass.
Tolerance - Controls the machining accuracy. Specify the distance band across the width of the mathematically correct toolpath within which the actual toolpath entities can be generated. Small values result in a more accurate finish, but the system takes longer to generate the toolpath.
Feature Name - Enter a name here to allow labelling of digitised information for this cycle to enable "pickup" of this information in another (similar) cycle.