O.K. guys you came up with a couple of good ways to answer my last question, here is the next one.
I am cutting a piece out of 1/2 inch plywood. I want to cut 1/4 inch down on the first pass and then 1/2 inch down to finish the part.
I selected .250 and .500 in the appropriate boxes of the profile page. When I selected the 1/4 inch end mill I set the step down to .250 inch.
when I generate a tool path it cuts .500 deep in one pass.
I can, of course, generate two separate tool paths and then save them in order (In fact I did this) but then the tool must return to the zero point between passes.
Is there a better way? If not what are the boxes that I am filling in really used for?