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Hoverflyer.mk2 · #1 01-07-2011, 12:46 AM

I have a 3-axis router and I'm needing to machine a job on a 2 degree slope. I've milled a ramp and secured the stock onto the ramp. I have a fair bit of excess material I want to get rid of first before I start the finer cuts. Right now the machine is running a normal rough pocket, and is cutting a lot of air... It is going to take ages.

Is there a setting or easier strategy that I can use to adjust the Z angle for a pocket toolpath?

cadcam · #2 01-09-2011, 02:41 PM

you can trim the existing path. go tool paths "Trim" you will need to create a boundry for the area you do not want any more from the side.

Hoverflyer.mk2 · #3 01-13-2011, 10:35 PM

Thanks a lot mate! You've just saved me hours of useless machining time!

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