User Guide

5-axis MachiningSolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5. Levels Page
Clearance Plane
The clearance plane is a Z coordinate value and presents an absolute plane at this height
which is parallel to the XY plane. The tool moves from and to this clearance plane to
make major repositionings. In some cases like turbine blade machining around the X axis,
it might be better to have the clearance plane defined in the X axis. Setting the clearance
plane height in the X axis will make the YZ plane the parallel plane and the given X value
will be the clearance value over this plane.