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The constant offset machining strategy is used for maintaining a constant equidistant step-over from one tool pass to the next, irrespective of the slope angle of the part. This can also be used in conjunction with cutter contact angles, within any boundary or applied to the whole part. |
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Morph machining allows the user to control a toolpath using flow boundaries and direction profiles. This cavity form is an ideal example of this in action. Morph machining can be used in conjunction with cutter contact angles.
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The pencil milling routine is to finish corners which might otherwise have cusp marks left from previous machining operations. This is ideal for machining into corners where the surface radius is the same as the cutter corner radius. Single pass pencil milling gives a high surface finish ready for polishing. When machining, the toolpath maintains climb milling as default and can be used in conjunction with cutter contact angles. As with all toolpaths in NCG CAM they can be animated alone or with holders. See the pencil milling example to the left. |
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Parallel pencil milling is an extension to pencil milling, in that the user can determine the number and step-over of multiple-passes either side of the pencil toolpath. This is particularly useful when the previous cutting tool has not been able to machine all the internal corner radii to size. These multiple passes, will machine the remaining tool radii and any additional material left by the previous cutting tool, machining from the outside into the corner. This creates a good surface finish to the true form and can be used in conjunction with cutter contact angles. |
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