2D MILLING

Profile Milling

• Create path as an offset of a closed or open chain of lines, arcs, splines, and conics
• Visual preview of cutter direction, entry and exit locations, and path position as offset to inside, outside, or directly centered

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• Set up of sets of finish passes and rough passes with separate control of number of passes or removal per pass and order of cutting (XY or Z)
• Support of tapered wall includes option to maintain sharp corners
• Eliminate dwell marks with configurable lead-in and lead-out conditions with radial blend, tangent, and perpendicular options
• Full support for tool diameter compensation

Spiral Pocketing

• Support for all combinations of islands, bosses, nested pockets, and pockets at different depths in one time-saving step

• Climb and conventional milling
• Collpase from the outside or expand from the inside of a pocket
• Helical, ramping angle, or pre-drilled hole entry, multiple entries
• Constant offset in XY
• Option for creating a re-roughing of rest material only toolpath allows re-machining of corners with smaller tool

KeyMachinist supports full toolpath re-generation for all milling toolpaths.