This tutorial guides you through the process of using CAM Assist's ‘3+2 Axis’ machining mode, with a ‘User-defined' machining direction, to compute a toolpath strategy for a part.
When using the ‘User-defined’ machining direction:
The tool orientation comes from the orientation you specify in the Target setup(s) within CAM Assist.
A toolpath strategy will only be computed by limiting the tool to the specified orientation.
Facing operations will only be computed if the +Z Axis is selected.
The tool then operates on the part from a fixed orientation, which means that the orientation cannot change during cutting.
This tutorial uses CloudNC’s part ‘Demo 1’. However, the same process can be used for any part that can be opened in Siemens NX.