Maximum Side Step now accommodates radius tools
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In the previous version, the Face Mill operation did not automatically check if a radius tool left scallops between passes. |
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In this new version, if you set the step greater than the bottom flat area of the tool, the Face Mill operation warns you, and asks if you’d like to reset the value automatically. If you answer NO, the operation leaves the Maximum Side Step alone. If you answer YES, the operation changes the Maximum Side Step to the largest value that will not leave a scallop. |
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High speed machining added When you check High Speed Machining, the Face Mill operation now inserts radii wherever the tool changes direction, to enable high speed machining. This includes horizontal or vertical tool movement, or movement in other planes. |
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Geometry selection simplified
The intelligent optimization of the cutting passes makes it impossible to apply the Face Mill operation to more than one chain at the same time. Therefore the Face Mill operation lets you select only a single closed chain of elements. The Face Mill dialog now opens immediately after you select a chain, without the extra click of the Done button.
If you wish to quickly apply the Face Mill operation
to more than one chain, use the Copy
and Paste buttons
in the Operations Manager
to copy the operation. Then right click on a copy operation and select
Regenerate Toolpath and Reselect
Geometry. Then select the new geometry to apply the operation.
