User manual SOLIDWORKS SOLIDCAM 5 AXIS

[. . . ] SolidCAM Simultaneous 5-axis Machining User's Guide ©1995-2005 SolidCAM LTD. All Rights Reserved. SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] So you can use the CW or CCW to get the requested tool path direction. 64 5-axis Machining SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 6. 7 Cutting Area SolidCAM enables you to choose the following options for the Cutting area: · Full, start and end at exact surface edge If this option is chosen, the tool path will be generated on the whole surface and exactly to the surface edge or to the nearest possible position. Simulate the appropriate operation of Exercise18. The CAM-Part is located in the Exercises/Cutting_area folder. Edge Edge 65 SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining · Full, avoid cuts at exact edges With this option the tool path will be generated on the whole surface but avoids the surface edges. Simulate the appropriate operation of Exercise18. The CAM-Part located in the Exercises/Cutting_ area folder. Edge Edge · Limit cuts by one or two points This option enables you to limit the machining between one or two points. The Data button displays the Limit cuts between two points dialog. This dialog enables you to define point coordinates Point 1 or pick the points from the workplane. Simulate the appropriate operation of Exercise18. The CAM-Part is located in the Exercises/Cutting_ area folder. Point 2 66 5-axis Machining SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual Exercise 17: 1. Use the CAM-Part prepared in Exercise 16. 2. Note that the tool path does not reach the edges of the drive surface because of the Cutting area option. This option is set to Full, avoid cuts at exact edges. 4. Switch to the Geometry page and set the Cutting area option to the Full, start and end at exact surface edges. 67 SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining 5. Note that the first and last cuts are performed exactly on the drive surface edges. 68 5-axis Machining SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 6. 8 Start Point Examples of the Start Point option are located in the Exercises\Start_Point folder. The Start point option enables you to choose a new start point where the machining begins. Depending on the geometry, 5axmsurf tries to find the nearest possible position next to your point. With the Rotate by option you can relocate the start position for the following cut. The coordinates will be calculated with the stepover and the angle you set. In this window you can enter X, Y and Z coordinates for your new point or select a point in your geometry. 69 SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining Original start point New start point Default tool path start position Tool path start position with new start point 20° 20° 20° Start points This is a tool path start position with a new start point and a 20 degrees rotation angle. Simlate operations of Exercise4 . The CAM-Part is located in the Exercises\Start_Point folder. 70 5-axis Machining SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 7. Finish Parameters page: 71 SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining 7. 1 Tool Contact point Examples of the Tool Contact point option are located in the Exercises\Tool_Contact_point folder. This parameter defines the contact point of the tool and drive surfaces. At a surface point with a given surface normal direction, the tool can always be placed tangentially. Move direction Radius Center Front You can see the touching points in the above picture. Center is exactly in the middle of the tool. [. . . ] Stock Page If this switch is set to true, then the surfaces or triangle meshes must be provided to the library to define the stock or remaining stock from the last operation. This information is then used to allow only tool path segments that are removing chip (material) from this given stock. if multiple cuts are used, the stock definition will allow the library to eliminate air cuts. All the tool path segments out of the stock definition will be filtered out. 145 SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual 5-axis Machining 12. [. . . ]