Full Answer
XyzPilot's rough pocket generator creates inward offset toolpaths to clear material from a pocket profile. Key design features:
- All inward-buffer components are retained — no floor islands are left
- The effective stepover is capped at the tool radius to ensure complete floor coverage
- Every sampled floor point is within the cutter radius of at least one tool-centre path
Coverage criterion: every sampled floor point is within the cutter radius of at least one tool-centre path. With a 10mm tool, the effective stepover is capped at 5mm (tool radius).
XyzPilot Example
Rough pocket coverage (10mm tool):
Before fix: effective stepover 7.5mm, 7 contours
maximum uncovered floor width: 3.219mm
After fix: effective stepover 5.0mm, 10 contours
maximum uncovered floor width: 0mm
All floor points now within 5mm (tool radius)
of at least one tool-centre path.