The Over Machine option allows you to optimize the milling conditions for hard metal milling to compensate for long tool deflections and cutting forces. This helps to avoid chatter caused by thin walls generated by tool deflections and helps prevent tool and spindle damage!
The new Remove Stock Pillars option, for the Advanced Rough Adaptive pattern, allows you to finish the last of the stock on a given depth by leaving a cylinder of stock which is then finished with a single spiral ramp motion. This helps eliminate adverse cutting conditions, like vibrations and heat generation in small areas, which can be created when the pattern whittles down the stock to a thin walled island before finishing it off. With this new option, you can create optimal cutting conditions and help extend tool life.
With our redesigned Tool Crib, you no longer need to open the Tool Library as a separate window and add your tools one at a time! The Tool Library is visible in the same window, you can select multiple tools to drag into the crib at the same time, and even save tools from the Tool Crib to your Tool Library for the first time!
