User Guide

5-axis MachiningSolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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Retract tool away from orign:
Simulate the appropriate operation of Exercise11. The CAM-Part is located in the Exercises\Gouge_
check folder.
Retract tool cut to center:
You need this gouge check option for
tube milling. To avoid the gouge the
cutter will be tilted to the cut center.
The cut center is the center point of
your enclosed geometry.
This drawing shows a simple cutout
through a tube. The green drive
surface is machined in parallel Z-cuts.
The red surface is the check surface.
With the gouge check the cutter
retracts along the check surface to
the cut center.
Tool axis
Origin
Surface normal
Tool path
Cut center
Drive surface Check surface