Taper Cutting

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

Key Points

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