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Are you using a boundary? Try without.

If you only want to rough the outside, then pick 2 boundaries:-
The 1st the part profile
The 2nd a rectangle bigger than the billet - it's size really...

There is no problem using the solid, but when using 'profiling cycle' the surfaces to be machined need to be fairly vertical. Surfaces closer to horizontal need to be machined using other cycles such...