User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
101
5-axis Machining
8. Gaps Page
The tangential entry and exit switch add 90° arc moves to the beginning and end of each tool path
section. The diameter of this arc is determined in relation to the currently used tool diameter. The
plane of the arc is automatically determined perpendicular to the surface.
8.1 Gap Along Cut
If gaps along a tool path are detected,
then you can ignore the gap and
move the tool connecting the two
sides of the gap or retract the tool to
the rapid plane and skip the gap, then
come back from the rapid plane to
the other side of the gap and pursue
the machining. The limit for ignoring
the gap can be entered as the gap size
as a % of the tool diameter.
An example of the Gap Along Cut
option is located in the Exercises\
Gap_Along_Cut folder.