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MILL module's Horizontal Re-Roughing algorithms can be used to create toolpaths only in areas that were not machined by a previous operation. This ensures that successive roughing operations do not move the tool in areas that have already been machined thereby eliminating wasteful air motions.

The way MILL module determines these un-machined areas is by considering the cut model (result of the cut material simulation) corresponding to the previous operation as the stock model for the subsequent roughing operation. Machining is performed in constant Z levels as in horizontal roughing.

See also: What Tool Types are Supported by this Operation?