The desired facing toolpath would make a single cut across the part in one direction, clear the stock horizontally, plunge down to the next level, make a pass in the opposite direction, plunge, etc... until the final floor is reached. Essentially creating a zig-zag in the Z direction. Can NX generate facing path like this?
SolutionThe only way to get a vertical direction zigzag path at this time is if the operation can drive a vertical face and use one of the Zlevel type operations. In the sample below, we want to run this kind of path to face off the gray block, which is selected as 'part' geometry in the Workpiece.
The green block was made in the right location in space relative to the part (above and off to the side to locate the edge of the tool correctly) as auxiliary drive geometry, so the Zlevel operation can drive the long side face as wall geometry. The top of the gray block was picked as the floor.
Make sure to set the operation parameters to produce the zigzag pattern, and give it a proper depth of cut per pass.
The resulting path will zigzag the tool down in Z until it reaches the finish depth at the face of the part.