GearWizardIconWhite.png Parameters

 

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Introduction

The Parameters page gives you the control to tweak the pattern that has been selected on the previous page. The options available to you in this page include the allowance being left, the corner type, which controls whether the tool rolls over corners or not, and also allows you to trim the toolpath to the stock size and shape.

 

Parameters

The parameters section give you control over the allowances, if any, that are left on the selected geometry.

 

 

Finish Allowance - will allow you to leave material on the workpiece to be handled by another finishing pass. Setting values for the Finish Allowance will leave the last pass of this operation offset from the selected geometry by the amount entered in the available Z and X boxes.

Z - sets the amount left in the Z direction for the finish.

X - sets the amount left in the X direction for the finish.

 

No Allowance

Finish Allowance

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Corner Type

This section gives you a way to create sharp corners when moving through outside angles and corners. When system compensation is being used, the toolpath adjusts to keep the specified geometry of the tool in contact with the geometry. In the case of outside angles and corners, this causes a radius in the toolpath as the tool rounds over the geometry.

 

RadioButtonSelected.png Round - keeps the specified tool geometry in contact with the geometry at all times.

 

RadioButtonClear.png Sharp - allows the tool to move off the geometry in order to line up with the next move on the following entity. This method eliminates the rounding over of the tool.

 

Theoretical Point on Tool

Lathe_Turning_Finish_CornerType1.png

 

Rounded Corner

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Lathe_Turning_Finish_CornerType7.png

 

 

 

Sharp Corner

Lathe_Turning_Finish_CornerType2.png

Lathe_Turning_Finish_CornerType3.png

Lathe_Turning_Finish_CornerType4.png

 

Bounds

The Bounds section give you the ability to trim the toolpath to the bounds set by the Operation Stock.

 

CheckBoxCleared.png Trim to Stock -  Selecting this option will trim away toolpath that extends beyond the Operation Stock.

Trim to Stock off

Trim to Stock on

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Lathe_Finish_Parameters_TrimY.bmp

 

Extension - When trimming causes gaps in the toolpath, Extension closes the gap from each side by the amount entered. This is done to create a lead out of, and back into the material.

Lathe_Parameters_Trim_Extensions.bmp

 

Maximum Gap - sets the limit on the area to feed across when no stock is detected.

 

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Once the Parameters have been set, click Wizard_NextButton.png to continue to the Rapids page.