I need both roughing and finishing toolpaths. How to achieve this ?
It is indeed common practice to apply a roughing operation first and then a finishing operation. Roughing means to remove excess material as quickly as possible, so using a large distance between the toolpaths and if possible a large cutter. The finishing operation that follows uses a small toolpath distance for a smooth resulting surface. In DeskProto this can be done by using two operations for the part (to create a second operation press Add operation or Copy operation in the Part parameters). The first operation is for roughing, the second for finishing: you can use appropriate names for clarity. In the Operation parameters for the Roughing operation check “Use” on the Roughing tab page: now you can use the roughing options Skin and Layer height. See the Help for more information. The Finishing operation will remove the remaining skin of material: small cutting forces for a smooth surface. When the same cutter has been selected for both operations, the resulting toolpaths will be s
It is indeed common practice to apply a roughing operation first and then a finishing operation. Roughing means to remove excess material as quickly as possible, so using a large distance between the toolpaths and if possible a large cutter. The finishing operation that follows uses a small toolpath distance for a smooth resulting surface. In DeskProto this can be done by using two operations for the part (to create a second operation press Add operation or Copy operation in the Part parameters). The first operation is for roughing, the second for finishing: you can use appropriate names for clarity. In the Operation parameters for the Roughing operation you can use the options Skin and Layer height on the Roughing tab page. See the Help for more information. The Finishing operation will remove the remaining skin of material: small cutting forces for a smooth surface. For more information see the instruction video on Roughing and Finishing. When the same cutter has been selected for bo
