User Guide

SolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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5-axis Machining
It is very important to define the geometry for the
Upper and Lower Edge curves correctly. SolidCAM
generates the tool path from the Upper Edge curve
till the Lower Edge curve.
It is recommended to select
the edges of the surface as the
geometry of the Upper and
Lower Edge curves. SolidCAM
will check the distance from
the curve to the surface and if
the distance is bigger than 0.03
and the option that moves the
tool exactly on the edges of
the surface is used, tool jumps can result. The reason for these jumps is that
SolidCAM did not find a point on the surface after creating a circle with the
tolerance size on a plane normal to the point on the curve.
Upper Edge curve
Lower Edge curve