User Guide

5-axis MachiningSolidCAM2005 Milling Manual
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7.1 Tool Contact point
Examples of the Tool Contact point option are located in the Exercises\Tool_Contact_point folder.
This parameter defines the contact point of the tool and drive surfaces. At a surface point with a given
surface normal direction, the tool can always be placed tangentially.
You can see the touching points in the above picture.
Center is exactly in the middle of the tool. Front
is the point where the flat part of the tool ends and the radius starts, but only in the move direction.
Radius is every point on the round radius surface.
Radius
Move direction
Center
Front