Z maximum
This field allows to define the top Z level for levels.
Z minimum
This field allows to define the bottom Z level for levels.
Step over
This field allows to define the maximum pass depth required for the tool.
Parallel roughing
Finishing operations are directly applied on the part’s finished surface. However, it might be interesting to use a finishing machining strategy on a part which has not yet been semi-finished. In such a case, the material height, a potentially important factor, must be taken into account. This is because the tool’s useful section might be smaller than the actual material height to be removed. Therefore, the user must perform several passes, whilst respecting the tool’s cutting height. Within TopSolid'Cam, it is possible to limit the tool’s axial pass value by machining deep tool path by levels.
Therefore, a machining operation can be ‘sliced’, according to the Z-axis, relative to a user defined depth. The Step Roughing function is available for Parallel plane, but can be applied on other operation types through the optimization function.
Parallel roughing
Press this button to define the levels. Enter the top Z, the lower Z and the step. The latter corresponds more or less to the admitted pass depth for the tool. These 3 values will automatically determine the number of levels. Z values are applied on the tool’s driven point.
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This field allows to define the top Z level for levels.
This field allows to define the bottom Z level for levels.
This field allows to define the maximum pass depth required for the tool.
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