User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5-axis Machining
SolidCAM enables you to machine surfaces from the
positive direction of the surface normals. Sometimes
surfaces are not oriented correctly and you have to
reverse their normals. The Reverse/Reverse All
command enables you to reverse the direction of the
surface normals.
SolidCAM does not enable you to see the surface direction. You have to select
the faces for the 5 axis operation and calculate the operation. If the tool is
machining one of the faces from the wrong direction, return to the Geometry
definition and use the Reverse command.