Mill Ellipse

The Mill Ellipse block creates ellipses. To start a new Mill Ellipse block:

From the Input screen, select the Part Programming softkey or icon.
Select the Insert Block Before softkey.
From the New Block screen, select the Milling softkey.
From the New Block (Milling) screen, select Ellipse. Mill Ellipse screen opens.

To use pocketing with Mill Ellipse, the UltiPockets option must be installed. See UltiPockets for more information.

Ellipse axes must be programmed parallel to the respective axes of the machine. X Radius and Y Radius specify the distance along the X axis from X Center, or along the Y axis from Y Center, to the edge of the ellipse.

The major axis is the longer or wider axis and can be either the X or Y axis. The minor axis is the smaller axis. Program an ellipse with the major and minor axes non-parallel to the machine using a Pattern Loop Rotate routine and rotating the ellipse after it has been programmed. Refer to Loop Rotate.

The Field Name Glossary contains definitions of all WinMax fields. The fields listed below appear on the Mill Ellipse screen. Fields displayed on screen may vary according to machine type, configuration, parameter settings, and/or settings in other fields.

Block	Peck Depth	X Center
Finish SFQ	Plunge Feed	X Radius
Finish XY	Pocket Type	Y Center
Finish Z	Rough SFQ	Y Radius
Mill Feed	Speed (RPM)	Z Bottom
Milling Type	Step Over (%)	Z Start
Overlap	Tool	X Radius

Cutter compensation, set in the Milling Type field, determines the compensation applied to the tool path. See Cutter Compensation (preliminary) for more information.

Pecking is the use of multiple cutting passes to optimize tool operation. See Pecking for more information.

To use pocketing with Mill Frame, the UltiPockets option must be installed. See UltiPockets for more information.