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fritter63
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How to "skip" recesses but still remove stock.....

Was hoping somebody had an idea on how to do this (or tell me for sure that I can't)

 

I have a surface that I'm cutting with a parallel op. I'm also cutting two identical copies of the same component. In one copy, I am cutting it along with holes that go through. ON the second, I want to ignore the holes and just cut it as if they aren't there. That's the problem. I can tell it not to cut them, but then the tool path makes the bit lift, and it doesn't remove the stock either. I'd really like it to just continue across the hole and keep cutting as if it wasn't there. If I disable "contacts", then I get a dip into the hole as the bit continues. See attached video for a better description of what I'm trying to do. Is there a way to just cut as if the holes weren't there?

 

Thanks!