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## Trochoidal Path Planning

* [What is trochoidal milling?](http://www.harveyperformance.com/in-the-loupe/introduction-trochoidal-milling/)
* [A method for generating trochoidal tool paths for 2½D pocket milling process planning with multiple tools](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0954405413487897)
See notably [Trochoid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochoid), i.e. the trace of a fixed point on a circle rolling on a straight line.