Parameters Parameters
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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 depth of cut, 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.
The parameters section give you the ability to adjust the distance of the pattern, the allowances used, and the number of passes to be used.
Z Distance - sets the distance in Z between the last past and any passes prior to it.
X Distance - sets the distance in X between the last past and any passes prior to it.
Z Allowance - sets the distance in Z between the last pass and the selected geometry.
X Allowance - sets the distance in X between the last pass and the selected geometry.
Number of Passes - sets the amount of passes.
NOTE: When the number of passes is set to 1, the Z and X Distance is not available. If only one pass is being used, it is the Z and X Allowance that sets the spacing between the cut and selected geometry.
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.
Round - keeps the specified tool
geometry in contact with the geometry at all times.
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.
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The Bounds section give you the ability to trim the toolpath to the bounds set by the Operation Stock.
Trim to Stock -
Selecting this option will trim away toolpath that extends beyond
the Operation Stock.
Trim to Stock off |
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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.
Maximum Gap - sets the limit on the area to feed across when no stock is detected.
Once the Parameters have been set, click 
to continue to the Rapids
page.
