Announcements
Attention for Customers without Multi-Factor Authentication or Single Sign-On - OTP Verification rolls out April 2025. Read all about it here.
nathanhein
292 Views, 2 Replies

Stepped profile from Adaptive Clearing - Eliminate or reduce?

I am setting up my cnc router to carve out a canoe paddle blade. I am getting a stepping in the profile of the final product which I would prefer to get rid of all together (to reduce belt sanding needs). 

 

1) Should I be able to get rid of this stepping and have a smoother profile? 

 

2) Is the size of this stepping being determined by the Tolerance setting (.004) in the Adaptive Clearing operations (Passes tab)?

seth.madore
in reply to: nathanhein

Adaptive will always leave such a surface. It's intended to be a roughing strategy, and it does that quite well. What you can do is follow it up with a Parallel of Scallop finishing toolpath. Setting your stepover at a small (10% diameter) will give you a really decent finish


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing
Anonymous
in reply to: nathanhein

Is that a 2d adaptive or 3d adaptive? However as the other response states it is a roughing strategy. If you would like less post work using a second path such as a scallop or a parallel with a ball end mill and small step over instead of a standard end mill you will likely eliminate these steps.