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Mill Type - Select from None, Climb and Conventional. If Constant Cut has NOT been checked, the None option is assumed.
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.
Offset - Specifies the toolpath offset. The offset can be positive, but if negative, the offset must be smaller than the tool radius.
Island Offset - Specifies the distance the tool is offset from any specified islands, in addition to the tool radius.
% 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.
Angle - Specifies the angle between each pass and the X axis of the Initial CPL. The default is 0°. Select <Digitise> to take the angle from an existing piece of geometry.
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.
Constant Cut - Check to cut each pass in the same direction. The cycle retracts the tool between each pass to ensure this occurs. When unchecked, the tool alternates the cut direction on each pass.
Finish Pass - Check to perform a final finishing pass around the selected profiles.