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How to Stop tool from retracting


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I have a part I programmed with the tool path surface finish parallel. In the beginning it keeps retracting is there a way to change a setting to make it stay down and just zig zag cut like it does when it gets farther down the part? I will attach the program in question so you can see my settings. This is done in MC8. Thanks in advance. 

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Gap size can help...beware of using it as a crutch, it WILL at some point bite you.....

 

Watch your base geometry and containment if using one, sometimes adjusting just a smidge is all that's needed or loosening your filter tolerance just a touch.....Rely on the Gapsettings too much and at some point when you want it TO pull up, it may not

 

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