Cutting to different depths and avoiding flipping

Lastly, we cut out the larger outer part — since an 0.25" tool won’t fit into the finer details, we use a 1/8" tool, since the depth of the cut will be twice the diameter of the tool, we need to add offset geometry and cut as a pocket down to tab height (0.0625"):

Offset Vectors

offsetting to the outside by endmill diameter plus 10% or so

Apply

Select both the offset and original geometry:

and cut as a pocket down to tab height:

which previews as:

and we add tabs:

Ok

lastly we assign an outside Contour toolpath which starts at the bottom of that pocket and cuts the outside of the original geometry through, leaving the tabs:

which previews as:

and should cut to match.

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