Geometry

The ‘Geometry’ section of the Advanced Tab enables you to redefine the geometry to include aspects of the original model that you wish to include or omit from CAM Assist’s machining strategy.

For examples and guidance on each of the Geometry features, see Using the ‘Geometry’ section.

‘Geometry’ section - showing all available options (see below)

Features

The following table describes each option in the ‘Geometry’ section, as shown in the above screenshot.

Option	Description

Option	Description
Action on model with errors	If you hover the mouse over the value for this option, a drop-down box is revealed. The revealed 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: Fail on errors - returns a description of the model problem. Proceed with errors - process the model as received. The generated program may miss geometry or be incorrect in areas where the model has errors. Attempt to fix errors - CAM Assist will try to fix the model's geometry. This can fix errors, but can result in modifications to the geometry that mean the program misses geometry or is incorrect. The better option between ‘Proceed with errors’ and ‘Attempt to fix errors’ depends on the specific part and error. In many cases, the best approach is to first try ‘Proceed with errors’ and, if that output is not correct, try ‘Attempt to fix errors’.
Machine full part	Checked (default) - CAM Assist will produce a toolpath strategy to machine the full part. Unchecked - the user must select the faces of the part that CAM Assist should attempt to machine. For step-by-step instructions on using using the Geometry feature to indicate which faces are to be machined, see Machine full part.
Same physical part	Checked - CAM Assist will treat the selected setups as being associated with the same physical part that is to be machined. Unchecked (default) - CAM Assist will treat the selected setups as distinct parts to be machined.
Geometry	For step-by-step instructions on using using the Geometry feature to indicate which faces are to be machined, see Machine full part.