2D Rest Milling

[Tim Johnson]

I'm using the 2D HST rest mill for a pocket that has 5 areas for cleanup at this depth level (11 on the next level). I'm trying to finish each corner individually before moving on to the next. In the Depth Cuts branch I've tried the Depth cut order By contour & By depth with no change in the process. Is this feature broken, am I doing something wrong or is the moving by depth only by design?

[Matt Sumner]

Seems like you're right. The highspeed restmill will only do depth cuts by depth. I normally use contour remachining for most situations because it processes faster and cuts by depth works too. It may not be what you're looking for if you have a lot of leftover material to remove though.

 

You could try 3D restmill if you have level 3. Of course then you would have to draw surfaces or solids for geometry. I use that a lot and it works great.

[Tim Johnson]

Thanks Matt,

I've just updated to MU3 with no change to the restmill. I'll send a request to QC.