Minimal length for link moves

Without Volumill:

 

 

When TopSolid links two tool paths of an operation in rapid it goes back to the security plane.

When using the FMAX we still have to rise up to avoid rubing the part.This clearance distance is the positioning distance.

 

The XY movements of the step over are in FMAX. The minimal length for link moves is taken into account.

The XY movements of the links between passes are in rapid. The repositioning distance is added to the security plane.

 

With Volumill:

 

When the Volumill strategy has been selected the influence of this parameter on the tool path is totally different from what we have with the other strategies.

In fact with the Volumill strategy this parameter avoid the tool to rub areas already machined.We will then retract and plunge in those areas by keeping the main caracteristics of the algorithm.

We have then a kind of 3D tool path where the maximal height correspond to the parameter A* of the reposition clearance.

 

 

* On the pictures the value is really big but most of the time it doesn't exceed some tenths.