I’ve got a part that I’m going rough with a bandsaw then 3D profile in a 3 axis mill, it ends up as a triangle with a top surface sloping. I’m using Solidworks CAM and have a part file defined as my stock that represents the material after saw cutting. When I rough the part using an area clearance — z level method the tool stays inside the stock containment area as defined in XY but in Z it roughs out all the material in the silhouette, air cutting all the material I cut off with the saw. How can I get it to only rest machine what’s in the stock file? I’ve had the same issues 3D roughing a part that started as a tube. It was a one off so I just let it cut air.
I’ll attach a screen shot shortly.
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