Fusion 360 for Makers, 2nd Edition

Note the stepover fields. This is overlap when cutting. Think of mowing

a lawn. You re-mow a strip that you’ve already mown to maintain a clean

line. If you miss space between mowing lines, the grass is longer in those

spaces. So, you overlap, or step over a bit of what you’ve already cut to get a

clean line. The more stepover you specify, the more you’ll re-cut already cut

surfaces, but the resulting finished surface will be smoother.

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The Passes dialog box

Stepover

Roughing passes

Tip: You can use different operations and endmill sizes for passes; for instance, on

a design that has multiple heights ...