Taper Cutting

This cycle is special, you need first to define the taper with the specific command in design menu.

You can program tapers in contouring toolpath with compensation (G41/G42).

For this, you must create the taper in geometry with the command Taper Creation. You can define constant or evolutive tapers.

Taper Creation is located in Design>Taper submenu.

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Dialog Area	Parameters
Safety (in Z)	Rapid plane alt.	Safety distance
Approach and return in Z	Approach altitude	Retract altitude
Approach and return in Z	Return altitude
Motions between Z approach and XY leadin	Lead in/lead out mode	Macro
Leadin and Leadout in XY	Lead in angle	Lead out angle
	Lead in length	Lead out length
	Angle/distance calculation+tool radius	Radius calculation+tool radius
	Lead in arc radius	Lead out arc radius
	Leadin radius angle	Leadout radius angle
	Start overlength	Final overlength
	Z plunge distance on bottom radius

Dialog Area	Parameters
Behaviour on the clamps and components	Gouge Check	Offset XY
Behaviour on the clamps and components	Safety area	Offset Z
Curves Computing	Curve tolerance	Curve segmentation

Key Points