User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5-axis Machining
8.2 Gaps between cut (Gap Size as % Of Stepover)
If gaps between a tool path are detected, you can ignore the gap and move the tool connecting the
two sides of the gap or retract the tool to the rapid plane, skip the gap and 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 maximum stepover.
8.2.1 Gap Size as % of Stepover
This value defines the threshold value to recognize a gap as a percentage
of the user given maximum stepover value (in this case, the gap is the
step over move). E.g. if this value is set to 150% and the maximum
step over value is 0.1mm, the gap threshold is 0.15mm. That means all
step over moves from one tool path slice to the next slice are checked
against 0.15 mm and it is then determined whether the gap is smaller
or larger than this value.