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Hello everyone.
I've been given the task in my shop to improve the roughing and finishing of an Open pocket with radius and a drafted wall.
Attached is a file with geometry similar to the part as the original file is a flat mess and REALLY big.
My question is, this open pocket is in a clevis that was machined in a previous op. Now I'm working on the back side of the part. I want to use Optirough to rough out the pocket so that I can stitch the drafted wall. After I set my Drive/Check planes, the tool path starts at the end of the clevis and cuts air all the way to the area I want cut. If i use containment it now treats the area as a pocket, not an Open pocket. Is there a way to trick Optirough into cutting an Open pocket without all the extra air cutting?
In the file attached is an open pocket tool path that is what I'm looking for, but when I add the clevis part it changes, As shown in the attached file.
Take a look and let me know what you guys think,
Optirough Test.mcx-9
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