This document describes a simulation of the peripheral milling cutting process using a predictive cutting force model based on minimum cutting energy. The model divides the cutting edges into segments and establishes orthogonal cutting models on each segment. It determines the chip flow angle that minimizes the cutting energy to predict the cutting force and chip flow direction. The model accounts for when the shear plane in cutting is restricted by the workpiece surface near the edge. Simulations of traverse and contour milling processes using the model are shown to verify the predicted cutting forces.