3D Roughing, Finishing, and Cleanup Machining
![]() Flat areas are automatically detected and machined. |
High Speed Machining can deliver a faster turnaround and a superior finish. Mastercam for SolidWorks includes a suite of fully associative High Speed Machining techniques that make the most of your NC machines.
- Core Roughing and Area Clearance efficiently remove bulk material with toolpaths tailored to your part’s core or cavity.
- Rest Roughing smoothly removes remaining material from a previous rough pass.
- Using a constant 3D stepover, Scallop finishing maintains a consistent finish on sloped and flat surfaces.
- Horizontal area finishing quickly machines all flats on your part.
- Spiral, Radial, and Raster machining deliver optimal choices for cutting different types of parts.
- Pencil machining walks a tool along the intersection of solid faces to clean out hard-to-reach areas and details.
![]() Rest Roughing removes material left from a larger roughing tool. |
![]() Core roughing efficiently removes bulk material. |
![]() Scallop machining results in a consistent 3D finish. |
![]() Versatile pencil machining leaves a crisp finish in difficult areas. |




