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Clearance - Specifies a plane at an absolute height for the tool to move to during and after the cycle. Otherwise digitise an entity (the Clearance plane is set to the height of this entity).
Level - Specifies the absolute height of the top of the job. Use this modifier with Cut Increment to rough the surfaces.
Incremental Retract - Specifies a retract height relative to the current tool position. This option should be used with care as the XY move to the next start point is not gouge detected.
Safe Distance - Specifies the height (relative to the last cut) at which the tool starts to feed down to the next cutting pass.
Finish At - Controls the behaviour of the tool at the end of that cycle:
Depth - The tool remains 'at depth' at the end of the last pass.
Clearance - The tool makes a rapid move to the Clearance plane from 'depth'.
Retract - The tool makes a rapid move to the Retract plane from 'depth'.
Stay at Depth - Check to save time by keeping the tool at depth with a combination of XY moves and Z moves. It operates if:
When roughing (i.e. a Cut Increment has been set) and the XY distance to the next stripe is less than the tool diameter
When finishing (i.e. a Cut Increment has not been set) and the XY distance to the next stripe is less than the tool radius.
Maximum Height - Specifies an absolute height, above which toolpath sections are removed and connected by rapid link moves. If the toolpath is trimmed to the restriction heights, the tool rapids clear and moves to the next valid position. Any Approach moves generated by exceeding the Maximum Height are limited to Plunge, as the projection has already occurred and a ramp move cannot be de-gouged. This only applies if Cut Increment has not been specified.
Minimum Height - Specifies an absolute height, below which toolpath sections are flattened out.