Add Cooling Points

It is used to add cooling points at the inflection points on the objects, so as to improve the cutting effect during cutting thick material.

Before adding cooling points, in Layer Setting dialog box, select a gas for cooling in the drop-down box of Cool Gas and set parameter Cool Delay.

To add cooling points, do one of the following:

• Automatically add cooling points to the selected and qualified objects according to the set value.

• Manually add cooling points at the corners of the object based on your need.

  Angle range: (0, 180)°

Note: Please do not add a cooling point at the start position of machining.

Automatically Add Cooling Points

To automatically add cooling points, select the target object, and do the following:

1. To open Cool Point dialog box, do one of the following:

   • In the common toolbar, click Cool Point.

   • In the menu bar, click Technics → Cool Point.

   

2. To set Check Sharp Corner and set the angle range for the sharp corner.

3. Optional: To add a cooling point at the position of lead-in line without being limited by the angle range of the sharp corner, check Lead Point.

Taking setting the range of parameter Sharp Corner to 45°~90°, the result is as follows:

Manually Add Cooling Points

To manually add cooling points, do the following:

1. To open Cool Point dialog box, do one of the following:

   • In the common toolbar, click Cool Point.

   • In the menu bar, click Technics → Cool Point.

   

2. Click Set by Mouse. The cursor turns into .

3. To select an adding position, move the mouse to the target position and left click.

After manually adding cooling points, to exit Cool Point command, right click.

The result is as follows: