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Within the Plunge Roughing cycle you can define a draft wall with optional blend radii from the cycle dialog. This frees you from having to generate blend radius geometry or other geometry for the wall. The draft wall parameters will be applied to the profile and any islands contained within the profile.
Digitise Contour Wall - Check this box to take the draft wall values from a digitised entity rather than entering the individual values. Also see Digitising Contour Walls.
If using contour walls to guide the cycle to depth, check Detect Flat Land (Depth tab) to ensure there is a pass at the final depth defined by the contour.
Draft Angle - Defines the draft angle from the vertical. The angle is always a positive number ranging from >0 to <90. The draft angle runs from the cycle level to the depth.
Upper Radius - Defines a blend radius between the profile level and the draft wall.
Lower Radius - This is a blend radius between the depth and the draft wall.
Corner Type - Allows you to control the behaviour of the cycle on sharp corners. Choose from:
Round - The toolpath rolls around a sharp corner, which will produce a conical form on drafted cycles.
Sharp - The sharp edge will be maintained.