The ‘General’ section enables you to specify the environment in which machining will take place, and edit the properties of the milling machine.
The layout of the ‘General’ section changes depending on your action for the following:
Machine - clicking the drop-down arrow for the Machine displays a set of properties that CAM Assist needs to compute a toolpath strategy.
Machining mode - CAM Assist provides two modes:
3 Axis
3+2 Axis
Machining direction - this is displayed only when the selected machining mode is 3+2 Axis.
For information on each of these features, see below.
Features
The following table describes each feature in the ‘General’ section, as shown in the above screenshotsscreenshot.
Feature | Description | ||
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Tool library | The Mastercam tool library to use within CAM Assist. | ||
Tool Summary | Shows a summary of the tool, including the following:
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Stock material | CAM Assist will select tools, machining strategies, and cut parameters based on the selected material. For a full list of materials that you can use in CAM Assist, see Supported Materials. | ||
Machine | While the Machine itself is configured within Mastercam, there is a set of properties that CAM Assist requires to compute toolpath strategies. These values can be amended as follows:
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Machining mode | For more information on both Machining modes, see Machining Modes in the 'How-to Guides’. | ||
Machining Direction | This section of the General tab is displayed when ‘3+2 Axis' is selected for the ‘Machining mode’. |