====== Tool Strategy ======
In this section the User will define the cutting parameters of the tool. The tool form menus will be different for each style of tool. The GunDrill Tool will also have a section called Soft Start will start your drilling cycle at a slower speed and feed for a specified distance and progressively get faster.

|    Standard 2D Tool          |    Standard 3D Tool          |      Double Shank Tool       |
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|    Conical Tool              |    Drill Tool                |          Tap Tool            |
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|    Thread Tool               |      Gundrill Tool           |  Double Shank Drill Tool     |
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Below is a description of all the parameters used when defining tools
**Speed** – will be your spindle RPM

**XY Feed** – is the XY-axis feedrate

**Z Feed** – is the Z-axis feedrate

**Ramp Angle** – the angle you wish the cutter to decent on

**Stepover Inc** – is the amount you wish to step over in a lace cut operation

**Depth of Pass** – the amount you wish to take for each Z-level pass

**Width of Cut** – is the amount of a step over in the XY plane for Z-Level pass style toolpaths.

**Max Width of Cut** – the maximum width of cut that can be taken with the cutter

**Min Width of Cut** – the minimum width of cut that you would like to take with the cutter, in the Z-cut Solid strategy it will be the radius of the cutter

**Bottom Stock** – amount of stock you wish to leave at the bottom of a pocket 

**Side Stock** – amount of stock you wish to leave on the sides of a pocket

**Pitch** – for a 2d operation like a helical, it is the distance that the Z-axis will travel in one 
rotation of the hole. In a threading operation it is the pitch of the thread you are trying to achieve.

**Slice Angle **– this is the angle you wish the cutter to travel on when making a Lace cut strategy

**Z ReEntry Feed** - the feed rate you would like the drill to reenter the hole after it clears the chip 
in a Pecking Cycle. If you leave this value at 0.000 it will rapid back into the hole.

**Peck Depth** – for drills, the amount you would like the drill to travel in the Z-axis before it comes out of the hole to clear the chip.