Hi,
I understand you want to plunge rough material that is a open ended slot, you will need to make a simple addition to the existing geometry but it is simple. To get plunge rough to start on the out side of the part create an offset material line that will replace the existing material line then link the new line to the existing slot element ends, use half the diameter of the cutter for the offset value. Go to the plungerough, pick the surfaces and then pick the boundary (including the new entry lines), a small window pops up set Boundary type, material height and then set “Tool Center” to “Before boundary” and the “Boundary is” to “Tool Containment”, these settings force the tool to be inside the boundary chosen – that is why the offset line was made outside of the actual stock, to allow for the tool to start in a open area. To get the tool to start on the open end of the slot choose two endpoints on that new line that you created, note that you may need to pick them in the opposite direction to get the cutter starting on the open end of the slot, I am not sure why, it just works that way. The settings I choose for the cut control page were “Grid type = Square”. Hope this helps  |