User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5-axis Machining
Exercise 3:
1. Load the SolidWorks document: Exercises\Cut_control\cone.sldprt
2. Define a new CAM-Part. Use the Fanuc_4x_x postprocessor.
3. Define the Machine CoordSys with the X-axis directed along the cone centerline
and the Z-axis directed upwards. For the CoordSys definition, use the home_
definition sketch.
4. Start a new 5-axis Operation and choose the Cuts Along Curve strategy.
5. Define the conical face as the
drive surface. Choose the circle
segment contained in the Lead_
curve sketch as a lead curve.
6. Calculate and Simulate the
Operation.