https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/powermill-forum/toolpath-in-the-void/m-p/12431881#M2703 <P>Classical PowerMill behavior, one of the weak spots of PowerMill. I recommend always having automatic collision checking activated in all your templates and using tools with correctly modeled holders. Always expect toolpaths leaking downwards and use a Zmin limit. It doesn’t need to be only this strategy; also, 3D finishing operations can leak down when a boundary is in some complicated model area at the edge of a part. Then, if there are no other limits, you are machining the machine table.</P> Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:04:27 GMT ondrej.mikulec 2023-12-10T21:04:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/powermill-forum/toolpath-in-the-void/m-p/12431419#M2702 <P>Hello everybody,</P><P>I would like to ask a question, Why doesn't the tool path respect the block?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="alexbrolli_2-1702213001002.png" style="width: 282px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1303041iEF82EC84456CE990/image-dimensions/282x242?v=v2" width="282" height="242" role="button" title="alexbrolli_2-1702213001002.png" alt="alexbrolli_2-1702213001002.png" /></span></P><P>With the stock model the result is the same</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="alexbrolli_3-1702213142228.png" style="width: 283px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1303042i4D306F4DDEDFFD1B/image-dimensions/283x157?v=v2" width="283" height="157" role="button" title="alexbrolli_3-1702213142228.png" alt="alexbrolli_3-1702213142228.png" /></span></P><P>Wouldn't this option be for the powermill to read the residue in 3D?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="alexbrolli_4-1702213475871.png" style="width: 290px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1303044iBBC44C93AC2F3499/image-dimensions/290x182?v=v2" width="290" height="182" role="button" title="alexbrolli_4-1702213475871.png" alt="alexbrolli_4-1702213475871.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there any way for the tool path to read the block in 3D?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The file is annexed ,&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:05:07 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/powermill-forum/toolpath-in-the-void/m-p/12431419#M2702 alexbrolli 2023-12-10T13:05:07Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/powermill-forum/toolpath-in-the-void/m-p/12431881#M2703 <P>Classical PowerMill behavior, one of the weak spots of PowerMill. I recommend always having automatic collision checking activated in all your templates and using tools with correctly modeled holders. Always expect toolpaths leaking downwards and use a Zmin limit. It doesn’t need to be only this strategy; also, 3D finishing operations can leak down when a boundary is in some complicated model area at the edge of a part. Then, if there are no other limits, you are machining the machine table.</P> Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:04:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/powermill-forum/toolpath-in-the-void/m-p/12431881#M2703 ondrej.mikulec 2023-12-10T21:04:27Z