Sections
The Tool Usages tab contains the following sections:
Tooltips
Tooltips contain useful information on the purpose and use of features within the Tools tab. To see a tooltip, just hover over a feature.
For more details on each of the above features, see below
Face milling
Contains a ‘Facing operations’ checkbox that is used to configure CAM Assist to compute Facing operations (for Rouging and Finishing) or not:
Checked - CAM Assist will compute Facing toolpaths using a Face Mill or End Mill to face off the part.
Unchecked - CAM Assist will not compute Facing toolpaths for the part.
Roughing
Contains a collection of checkboxes that are used to configure CAM Assist to compute Roughing operations.
Bulk roughing
Checked - CAM Assist will compute Roughing toolpaths to efficiently remove the bulk of the stock material around the part.
Unchecked - CAM Assist will not compute any Roughing toolpaths.
Detailed roughing and Hole patching are unchecked and disabled.
You must manually create Roughing toolpaths to clear the stock for the Finishing operations.
Detailed roughing
This option is only available if Bulk roughing is checked.
Checked - CAM Assist will compute detailed Roughing toolpaths that have a fine stepdown and ensure that freeform features are adequately roughed out.
Using this strategy can be computationally expensive and may involve longer toolpath generation times than other methods.
Unchecked - CAM Assist will not compute detailed Roughing toolpaths.
Hole patching
This option is only available if Bulk roughing is checked.
Checked - CAM Assist will use ‘Bodies’ to fill in holes to prevent Roughing passes from attempting to cut into them.
This can be important for efficiency and ensuring surface finish and part tolerances.
Unchecked - CAM Assist will not prevent Roughing passes from cutting into holes.
