F360 Slot Clearing

[Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick)]

I have a slot, 3mm deep, 10mm wide, and 160mm long. I'm using a 3.15mm end mill. When I CAM it in F360 I get the small, crescent shaped cuts that only cut in one direction, wasting half its motion on each pass. I enabled Slot Clearing, hoping that might make a few long passes down the length of the slot to clear it, because that seems to me to be most efficient, as you are using the tool the whole time. But F360 only put a small slot at the beginning of the tool path and then went back to the small crescent shaped passes.

Am I wrong in thinking that it's best to keep the tool engaged as much as possible to maximize efficiency? If so, how can I make F360 clear this slot in long, constantly engaged passes instead of what it's doing now?

The image shows the current toolpaths and in hot pink is the toolpath that I drew on to show what I want it to do.

Any ideas?

[freik]

My understanding (and I'm kind of new at this) is that the Adaptive Clearing algorithm is designed to maximize the life of the bit, while doing a good job of clearing material. Slot clearing is a *little* faster, in my experience, but not much. If you want to speed up how fast you clear material, use Pocket Clearing instead. I think it's more likely to damage your bit, but it generally clears the material quicker.

-Kev