Material Approach
Clearance Plane - The height at which the tool can rapid safely from operation to operation.
Rapid Plane - The height at which the tool can rapid safely within the current machining feature.
Parameters - Machining Order
Optimized - If this option is selected, BobCAM reorganizes the selected points to try to reduce the tool movement in the resulting NC program.
Pick Order - If this option is selected, BobCAM outputs the points in the program in the order they were selected for the feature.
Posting Parameters
Work Offset # - This box allows you to choose which work offset code to use for this feature in the posted NC program. The post processor must be configured to support the work offset selected.
Output Rotary Angle - When selected, the angle entered into the Rotation Angle box is output in the posted NC program.
Rotation Angle - When performing 4th axis indexing, the rotary angle is entered here. This box is unavailable until the Output Rotary Angle check box is selected.
To learn about creating tools for milling features, please view the Milling Tool Pages.
Operation Parameters
Center Drill Depth - This depth is defined as the positive incremental value starting from the Top Of the Part.
Center Diameter - This is for the diameter of the center drilled hole on the face of the material being drilled.
Center Angle - This is for the inclusive angle of the center drill that is used in this machining operation.