Originally Posted by
Brakeman Bob
Are you talking about the time your PC takes to simulate your machining or the actual time your machine is in cut? If you have a 'normal' computer and the shape you are trying to simulate is curvy then the simulation can take hours and may even crash.
For cutting an external radius on a rectangular block of Aluminium I would only use a Ø10 ballnose if I really had to, preferring instead to use a 5mm Edge Rounding cutter and a 2D geometry.
However, if I had to use a ballnose I would deploy either the "Offset" or "Spiral" strategy with a stepover of 0.7mm (though I might reduce this to 0.5mm if I was chasing a finish).