Milling direction : climb mill or conv. mill

It's possible to change the milling direction in the dialog box. It's not necessary to use the limits button and reverse the tool path.

Climb mill

Following the tool path, the tool is on the left of the part.

Conv. mill

Following the tool path, the tool is on the right of the part.

The tool is in green

The blue arrow is the milling direction

The black area is the finish part

The tool path is in magenta

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