

Typically, on CNC machines, a climb milling cut is preferred. The tool can be offset to the left or the right of the geometry relative to the direction of travel. It is also not available in Drill, Engrave, or any of the Wireframe toolpaths.Ĭompensation is used to offset the toolpath from the selected geometry depending on the diameter or radius of the cutter.

Only the finishing portion of these toolpaths would have access to the compensation settings.Ĭompensation is not available in the roughing specific toolpaths such as Dynamic Mill, Area Mill, and Face Mill.

Computer, Control, Wear, Reverse Wear, and Off.Ĭompensation is only available in the 2D toolplaths that have a finishing pass such as Contour, Dynamic Contour, Pocket, Peel Mill, Blend Mill, Slot Mill, Circle Mill, Helix Bore, and Thread Mill. There are 5 different compensation types in the Mastercam 2D toolpaths.
