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Operations

An operation turns shapes into a toolpath. Click a shape on the drawing, then pick an operation in Add operation (or press its key). Found in the drawing suggests operations for what MillPath recognises.

Operation	Key	For
Profile	C	Cuts along an outline: around a part to cut it out, inside a hole, or on the line.
Pocket	P	Clears the area inside an outline to a depth, leaving islands where there are inner shapes.
Adaptive clear	A	Roughing with a constant, small sideways bite and the full flute length in depth.
Rest machining	R	Clears only what a larger tool left behind, usually in the corners.
Drill	D	Drills holes at circle centres, with a drilling cycle where the controller has one.
Bore	B	Cuts a round hole larger than the tool with a helical path.
Thread mill	T	Cuts an internal or external thread with a thread mill following a helix.
Chamfer	H	Bevels or rounds an edge with a chamfer mill, a V-bit or a roundover bit.
Engrave	E	Follows lines and single-stroke text at a fixed depth.
V-carve	K	Carves outline text and shapes with a V-bit, deep where the stroke is wide and shallow where it is narrow.
Facing	F	Flattens the top of the stock.
Prism	J	Raised bevelled shapes: the slopes rise from the outline at the V-bit's angle to a ridge or the top.
Texture	U	Rows of short strokes that dip in and out, like a hand-tooled surface.
Photo V-carve	G	A picture as V grooves: deeper (wider) where it is darker.
3D rough (beta)	Y	Clears the stock round an imported 3D model, level by level, leaving stock to leave on it.
3D finish (beta)	Q	Finishes the model after roughing: parallel passes, waterline round steep walls, steep & shallow, the flat floors, or pencil along inside corners.

Adaptive clear, Rest machining, Bore and Thread mill are under More in the operation list. 3D rough and 3D finish appear once a 3D model is imported.