User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5-axis Machining
3. CoordSys Page
Choose the appropriate CoordSys position for the operation. The CoordSys Position can be chosen
either direcly on the model or from the list.
After the CoordSys selection, the model will be rotated to the selected CoordSys orientation.
The CoordSys selection operation must be the first step in the Operation
definition process.
In the 5 axis (3) Operation, SolidCAM enables you to choose both the Machine
Coordinate systems and CoordSys Positions for the operation. In 5 axis (4)
and 5 axis (5) operations, SolidCAM enables you to choose only the Machine
Coordinate systems. The Machine CoordSys definition contains data of the
Machine CoordSys location relative to the center of the rotation of the machine.
Therefore, SolidCAM enables you to generate the G-Code according to the
center of the rotation of the machine.