v24 simple 3 axis flatlands

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1 Version24|Simple3AxisFlatlands|BobCADCAM,Inc.

Version

24

Lesson

Simple

3

Axis

Flatlands

BobCADCAMVersion24TrainingLesson


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TheVersion24offersapowerfulandeasytouse3AxisMachiningWizardtostepyouthroughtheprocessof

creating3AxisprogramsforCNCmachining. Thisexercisehasbeencreatedtoteachyouhowtodrawa

simplesolidmodeltobeusedforcreating3AxisFlatlandstoolpath. Thisexerciseisdesignedtobeusedwith

theV24PROversion.

Startoffwithanewdrawingscreenandfollowalongdoingeachstep.

Step1

Wearegoingtostartthisexercisebycreatingasimple3Dmodel. ClicktheCubefeatureiconfromtheSolids

ToolbartoloadthefeatureintotheDataManager.

Or,youcandothisbygoingtotheSolidsMainMenuandselectingCube.

ThiswillloadtheCubefeatureintotheDataManager.


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Enter4fortheLengthX

Enter4fortheWidthY

Enter2fortheHeightZ

ChooseEnterintheOriginsection

LeaveXat0

LeaveYat0

Enter 2forZ(thetopwillbeatZ0)

ChooseBottomLeftfromthepulldownmenuandclicktheOKbutton.


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NowyoucanclicktheISO2ViewiconfromtheViewToolbar. Thiswillchangetheviewtoa3Disometric

view.

NowclicktheViewAllicon fromthemaintoolbartoobtainaclearviewoftheentireshape.


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Step2

NowdrawaspherebyclickingontheSpherefeatureiconontheSolidstoolbar.

ThiswillloadtheSpherefeatureintotheDataManager.

EnteraRadiusof1.5

SelectEnterintheOriginsection.

Enter2forX

Enter2forY

LeaveZat0

ClicktheOKbuttontodrawtheshape.

NowclicktheCancelbutton.


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Theresult:

NowgototheSolidstoolbarandselectAdd.

YoucanalsoclickthisfeaturebyselectingtheSolidsmainmenuandthenbyclickingAdd.

Simplyclickonthesphereandthenclickonthecube.WithbothselectedhittheSpacebarkeyboardorclick

theOKbuttonintheDataManager. ThenclicktheCancelbuttontoexitthefeature.


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Atthisstagewearereadytobegincreatingtoolpath. However,thetopofthispartisaboveZ0. Thismeans

weneedtousetheTranslatefeaturetodropthepart1.5inchesintheZaxis. TodothisclicktheTranslate

featureiconfromtheUtilitiesToolbar.

You

can

also

access

this

feature

by

going

to

the

main

Utilities

Menu.

ByclickingthefeatureiconitwillloadintotheDataManager. TheFIRSTthingtodoisclickonthemodelto

selectit. Onceselected,hittheSpacebarkeyonthekeyboardtoindicateOK.

MakesurethattheDeltabuttonisselected.Wearenotmakinganycopies. ClicktheEnterbuttonintheEnd

sectionandenterX&Y0and 1.5forZ. ClicktheOKbuttontomovethepartandthenclicktheCancelbutton

toexitthefeature.

Theresult:


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Step4

PlaceyourcursoronMillingStockintheTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickMill3Axis.

Thislaunchesthe3AxisWizard.

ClicktheFlatlandsoption(availableonlyintheV24PROVersion)andthenclicktheNextbuttontoadvance

thewizard.


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ThisistheSelectGeometrypage.

Wehavethemodelandthenwehavetheboundary.Wewanttoselectthemodelfirstsogoaheadandclick

theSelectGeometrybutton. Thewizardwillgoawayandyouwillbeinselectionmode.

Youneedtoclickanddragaselectionwindowoverthepart. Justplaceyourcursorintheupperleftareaof

thepartinopenspace,clickyourleftmousebuttonandholditdownwhilemovingyourcursortothelower

rightareaoftheworkspace. Thenreleaseyourmousebuttontowindowselectthepart. Nowhitthe

SpacebaronyourkeyboardtoindicateOK. Bydoingthisthewizardwillreappear.

Inwindowpickingthepartyouhavealsoinadvertentlyselectedtheboundarygeometry. Thisisnota

problem. Aslongasthemodelwasselectedyouarefinehere. NowwiththeSelectionpagebackupagain

clicktheSelectBoundarybutton. Thewizardwillgoawayandyouwillbebackinselectionmode.

Placeyourcursoronalineofthesquare,holddownyourshiftkeyandclickthelinewithyourmouse. The

entiresquareshouldhighlight. HittheSpacebarkeyonyourkeyboardtoindicateOKandthewizardwillre

appear.

ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizard.


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ThisistheFeatureFlatlandspagethatdealswiththeRapidmovementsoftheprogramyouarecreating.

TheClearancePlanewillbeset.

TheRapidPlanewillbe.1fortheexercise.

TopofPartis0.

ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance. ThisisthePostingpage. GoaheadandclicktheArcFitoptionaswewant

tousearcsegmentsratherthanlinesegmentswhenwecreatetheprogram. Theresultwillbeamuchmore

efficientNCprogram.


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ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance. ThisistheRoughtoolpage.

Forthisexercisewewillchangethepreloadedsystemtool. Enter.25fortheDiameterand.125forthe

CornerRadius. Eventhoughweareusingthesystemtool,youcanchangetoolsandaccessyourtooldatabase

veryeasilyhere. ToaccessthetooldatabaseyouwouldclicktheToolLibrarybutton.

TheRoughToolpageallowsyoutoadd,deleteormodifytoolsfromthetooldatabase.

ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.


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ThisistheLeadspage. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.

ThisistheOptionspage. ForthisexercisewewillbeusingToolTipasthecuttingpoint. Thisinstructs

BobCADCAMtocalculatethetoolpathfromthetooltip. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.


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ThisistheLinkspage. ClicktheSLinkoption.

TheMaxLinkGapvariabletellsthesystemthemaximumgapbetweenpassestowhichitmayapplythislink

typebeforeitmustretractthetool. Ifthedistancebetweentheendofonepassandthestartofnextpassis

thesameasorsmallerthanthepercentageofthetoolentered,itwilllinkthem. Ifthedistancebetweenthe

endsofthepassesisgreater,thesystemwillretractthetooltoclearanceforsafetyinstead.Thevalueentered

isapercentageofthetooldiameter.Wedonotneedtochangethisfortheexercise.

ClicktheFinishbuttontoclosethewizard.

Step5

ClickonFlatlandsintheTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickComputeToolpath.


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Theresult:

Step6

ToposttheNCFile,clickthesmall+PlussymbolnexttoCAMPartatthetopoftheTreetoexpandthefolder.

RightclickyourmouseonMillingToolsandclickPost.

ThiswillgeneratetheNCFile.


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Tochangepostprocessorsyoucanright click your mouse on the existing post and click Edit.

ByclickingEdit,youwillopentheSelectPostdialog.

ClicktheSelectbuttontoaccesstheOpendialoggivingyouaccesstoyourexistingpostprocessors. YourMill

postprocessorswillbelocatedintheMillFolder.


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DoubleclickonapostfileandtheOpenboxwillrevertbacktotheSetPostProcessordialog. ClickOKandthe

newpostprocessorwillbelistedintheCAMTree.

Thatconcludesthisexercise.

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