Sections
The Setup tab contains the following sections:
You can also select the following:
Machine full part (or just the faces that you specify)
Tooltips
Tooltips contain useful information on the purpose and use of features within the ‘General' Setup tab. To see a tooltip, just hover over a feature.
For more details on each of the above features, see below
Machining mode
Depending on which Machining mode is selected, the layout of the ‘Setup’ section changes, as shown in the following side-by-side screenshots.
Layout if the ‘3 Axis’ Machining mode is selected
Layout if the ‘3+2 Axis’ Machining mode is selected
Machining mode choices
As can be seen from the above screenshots,CAM Assist provides the following Machining mode choices:
3 Axis - no other machine mode configuration is required.
3+2 Axis - if selected then a Machining Direction is required:
Aligned to X, Y, Z axes - the tool orientation used to create toolpath strategies can only come from the +X, -X, +Y, -Y, and +Z axes.
User defined - the tool orientation comes from the orientation specified by the user in the Target setup(s) within CAM Assist.
Automatic - automatic 3+2 strategies are only available for evaluation through participation in CloudNC’s ‘Early Access Beta Program'.
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For detailed step-by-step instructions on using all four choices, see Machining modes in the 'How-to Guides' section. |
Multi-file support
For details and step-by-step instructions on how to use multi-file support in CAM Assist, see Using ‘Multi-file support’.
Target setups
The
workpiece(s) contained within the 'Target setups’ section reflect the workpiece configuration for the part as displayed in the 'Geometry View’ of
Action on model with errors
Machine full partSiemens NX (as shown in the screenshots, below).
The content of the ‘Target setups’ section is affected by the choice made for Machining mode (see above).
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For detailed step-by-step instructions on using the Target setups, see Machining modes in the 'How-to Guides' section. |
Other features
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Action on model with errors | The drop-down box contains a list of distinct actions that CAM Assist takes when it cannot correctly parse the model. Errors can occur due to a fault in the model, or due to an incompatibility between the underlying CAD systems used by Fusion and CAM Assist. In most cases, CAM Assist can continue to compute toolpaths for most or all of the part. Available options:
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Machine Full Part | For step-by-step instructions, see Using ‘Machine full part’. |