The Toolpath Types and Finishing Geometry sections of the Setups stage choose which kinds of operations CAM Assist generates and which faces it finishes. Both sections sit below the setup cards and start collapsed: click the heading to open one. They apply to every setup you include.
Stock to leave, finishing options and cutting parameter aggression are in the part's configuration instead. See Configuration settings.
Toolpath Types
Tick the operation types you want. At least one must be ticked (Threading alone doesn't count), or you can't run CAM Assist: the Setups stage shows "Please make sure that at least one toolpath type has been selected for CAM Assist to generate".
| Type | What CAM Assist generates | Needs |
|---|---|---|
| Facing | Facing operations to machine the top faces flat. | |
| Roughing | Roughing to remove bulk material before finishing. | |
| Finishing | Finishing for final surface quality and size. | |
| Deburring | Edge-break operations to remove sharp edges and burrs. | |
| Spot Drilling | Spot drilling to locate holes before drilling. | Holemaking |
| Holemaking | Drilling, boring and reaming of the holes on the part. | |
| Threading | Tapping or thread milling of threaded holes. Without it, threaded holes are drilled to the core diameter only. | Holemaking |
| Undercuts | Toolpaths for undercut features not reachable from the main direction. Needs undercut tools in your tool libraries. | Finishing |
A type that needs another is greyed out until you tick that one; hover over it to see which.
Finishing Geometry
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Finish full part | On (the default): CAM Assist finishes every surface of the part. Off: it finishes only the faces you pick with Select faces. Roughing isn't affected. |
To finish only some faces, for example faces already finished in an earlier operation:
- Open Finishing Geometry and untick Finish full part.
- Click Select faces.
- Click the faces to finish in the 3D view. Only faces of the part can be selected.
- Click Confirm.
If Finish full part is off and no faces are picked, you can't run CAM Assist: the Setups stage shows "Please select the faces you want to finish if you do not want to machine the full part", and Finishing Geometry opens by itself.