Toolpath plugins.

Conversational plugins

Dimension-driven machining, soft jaws and program controls. No STEP model required.

• Face Milling

  Surface the top of stock to a specified height with controlled passes, stepover and approach moves.

  Use for: cleaning up saw-cut stock or establishing a flat datum.

• Side Milling

  Machine straight sides from the side or top down, using dimensions or a compatible earlier rectangular profile.

  Use for: squaring a block or bringing a straight wall to size.

• Edge Notch

  Cut a notch or step open to the edge of the stock, with an outside approach and controlled cutting passes.

  Use for: edge reliefs, open steps and locating features.

• Keyway

  Mill a straight keyway with full-radius or flat ends, allowing for the corner radius left by the cutter.

  Use for: shaft key seats and dimensioned straight slots.

• Slotting

  Machine an open-ended slot, with optional looping roughing passes to work across its width.

  Conversational slotting, not model-based Adaptive Clearing.

• Rectangular Profile

  Machine an outside rectangular outline with controlled dimensions and corner radii.

  Use for: rectangular shoulders, pads and outside profiles.

• Polygon Profile

  Machine the outside of a regular polygon with defined size, orientation and corner treatment.

  Use for: hexagons and other regular multi-sided features.

• Circular Boss

  Machine around a circular feature while leaving the boss standing inside the cut.

  Use for: round locating pads and circular shoulders.

• Internal Polygon

  Limited scope

  Contour the inside of a polygon using an existing prepared opening or helical entry.

  Contour generation is available. The adaptive clearing route is still disabled pending validation.

• Cone

  Follow a variable-radius spiral to machine a conical feature.

  Requires suitable tool reach and entry clearance. Curved stock simulation has limitations.

• Adaptive Arc

  Cut a circular relief across an original stock edge with the vertical approach outside the material.

  An edge-cutout process; this is not the 2D Adaptive Clearing engine.

• Slitting Saw

  Make a saw cut using the blade and arbor dimensions from the selected library tool.

  Use for: narrow saw-cut features. Final cut-material simulation is still limited.

• Hole Pattern

  Apply axial hole-making cycles to a defined pattern of hole positions.

  Use for: drilling, peck drilling and supported boring cycles. Cycle availability depends on the post.

• Bolt Circle

  Place holes around a circle and machine them with the selected axial cycle.

  Use for: flange holes and circular mounting patterns.

• Helical Entry

  Ramp down in a circular helix to open material for a later process.

  Uses true helical arcs where supported by the selected post.

• Spiral Bore

  Enlarge a prepared opening with spiral milling passes to reach the required bore size and depth.

  Requires an existing opening that covers the specified starting diameter and depth.

• Auto Tap

  Tap holes using tool-library pitch and spindle speed to calculate synchronized motion.

  Supported G84 post dialects only; not every controller's tapping mode is interchangeable.

• Thread Milling

  Cut internal threads with an upward helical thread-milling path inside a prepared hole.

  Requires suitable hole clearance and known cutter geometry and reach.

• ID Chamfer

  Break the inside edge of a hole using explicit dimensions or a supported earlier opening.

  Uses the cutter's measured included angle, tip-flat diameter and flute length.

• OD Chamfer

  Chamfer an outside rectangular edge from explicit geometry or a linked rectangular profile.

  Use for: consistent outside edge breaks.

• Auto Chamfer

  Use accepted earlier features to create chamfers around supported holes, bosses, profiles, keyways, slots and notches.

  Feature-aware, not automatic chamfering of every edge in any model.

• Counterbore / Chamfer

  Machine a counterbore or chamfer at an explicit hole or a compatible earlier hole feature.

  Uses a flat end mill or measured conical cutter; existing-hole clearance must be established.

• Text Engraving

  Engrave lettering with stroke paths and controlled moves between disconnected strokes.

  Use for: part numbers, labels and identification. Centerline engraving, not text pocketing.

• SVG Engraving

  Trace vector artwork or create hatch paths from supported SVG geometry.

  Use for: logos and line artwork. Not a general cutter-compensated pocketing operation.

• Soft Jaws

  Build the roughing process for a matched pair of jaws, with linked finishing and identification steps.

  The current workflow uses matched 1 × 2 inch bars (25.4 × 50.8 mm).

• Soft Jaw Finishing

  Finish the accepted jaw cavity with its own tool and feed settings after roughing.

  Linked to the parent Soft Jaws process.

• Soft Jaws Chamfer

  Break the finished cavity's contact edges while retaining the jaw floor and outside edges.

  Runs after the linked jaw finishing process.

• Soft Jaws Pickup Hole

  Mill a pickup hole to help locate the jaw setup.

  This creates a reference hole; it is not a machine-probing cycle.

• Soft Jaws Label / Offset Arrow

  Mark the part number, pickup-to-origin offsets and direction arrow on the jaw.

  Uses information from the parent setup and follows the pickup-hole process.

• Pre-machined Features

  Declare an opening already present in the stock so following processes can use it.

  Produces no G-code. The operator is responsible for the declared dimensions.

• Rotary Index

  Limited scope

  Add a manual indexing instruction and an M0 stop for the operator.

  Not automatic A/B/C axis motion. Subsequent cutting depends on the supported indexed setup workflow.

• Tool Change

  Change the active tool without adding a cutting operation.

  Uses the selected post processor's supported tool-change and stop controls.

• Manual G-code

  Limited scope

  Import supported hand-authored motion into a process for checked posting.

  Not unrestricted NC passthrough. Unsupported commands are rejected rather than silently removed.

• Program Stop

  Insert an operator stop between processes where the setup requires attention.

  A program-control item, not a cutting toolpath.

STEP model plugins

Select features from your imported model for pocketing, profiles and hole making.

• 2D Pocket

  Clear a selected planar STEP pocket floor while preserving islands and surrounding bodies.

  Conventional pocketing with a flat end mill—not Adaptive Clearing.

• Finish Contour

  Limited scope

  Finish selected open or closed model walls using exact STEP geometry.

  Requires the solid-inspection package and a clear entry. Wear/geometry compensation modes are not activated.

• Hole Making

  Resolve hole selections from a STEP model and apply the installed native hole-making cycles.

  Uses model geometry instead of manually entering every hole location.

• Pocket Roughing

  In development

  Prepare model-driven roughing for internal pockets, including entry and depth controls.

  Adaptive engine integration and complete-path validation remain in development.

• Profile Roughing

  In development

  Prepare roughing along an external model profile, including open-side machining.

  Experimental adaptive roughing; full-path qualification is still in progress.

• 2D Adaptive Clearing

  In development

  Developing controlled-engagement clearing for planar model regions, with smooth cutting and linking moves.

  Not ready for general use. Complete-path and final posted-motion validation are ongoing.

Planned

Future STEP-model capabilities—not available yet, with no release date promised.

• 3D Adaptive Clearing

  Planned

  Model-aware roughing at multiple depths for complex 3D parts, managing cutter engagement as the shape changes.

• Adaptive Rest Machining

  Planned capability

  Use a smaller tool to clear material left by an earlier roughing tool, focusing on corners and tighter areas.

  A capability of adaptive roughing, not necessarily a separate plugin.

• Scallop Finishing

  Planned

  Finish curved 3D surfaces with closely spaced passes that follow the part, controlling the ridges left between cuts.

  A finishing strategy, separate from adaptive roughing.