Implementing a roughing operation using adaptive clearing

Now that we have machined the top of the stock, it is time to move on to a roughing operation on the complex shape of our part. The goal of this operation is to remove most of the material around it and leave just a tiny bit for the next finishing operation.

Long story short, we have to create something similar to a South American pyramid:

Figure 10.3: Steps on the side of our part

As you can see, there are multiple steps all along the sides of the part. The bigger the steps, the faster this roughing operation will be. However, please remember that a finishing operation is not capable of removing much material; therefore, we should find some sort of sweet spot between optimizing the roughing passes and the finishing passes. For this operation, we will aim for each step to be 2 mm.

Before starting with the command and settings, we should ask ourselves what the best tool to pick is and whether...