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tomae
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Finish allowance

In other CAM software I have used there is Finish Allowance.  This allows one to over (or under) cut a profile, pocket, etc.  For example if your tool doesn't quite make it through the bottom of the part, you might add a positive finish allowance and re-cut that toolpath which would put the tool farther below the bottom, cutting through the material.  In another scenario you might need to enlarge a pocketed hole a couple thousandths (due to a cutter being slightly under diameter or something) and rather than go back to modeling and re-size the hole, you can add a finish allowance to over-cut the pocket a bit.

 

Does Fusion CAM have this feature?  I need to both, oversize a hole a tiny bit AND to cut deeper  past the bottom of part and in looking at all the parameters I don't see how I could do that.

 

-Tom