Using ‘Machine full part’
- Kevin Strider (Unlicensed)
- Geoffrey Brennan
‘Machine full part’ is available from the bottom of the Setup tab; it provides two different machining strategies, depending on whether the checkbox is checked or unchecked:
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 (see Machine full part - unchecked, below).
Keep in mind
'Machine full part’ may be restricted by the choices you have made within the CAM Assist add-on.
Machine full part - unchecked
When ‘Machine full part’ is unchecked, you must select the faces on the part that will be used by CAM Assist to create a toolpath.
Selecting faces
Take the following steps:
Uncheck ‘Machine full part’
'Select Faces (0)’ button appears at the bottom of the section.
Click the box to the right of ‘Select Faces (0)’ (as shown in the image to the right).
Click on the part’s faces that you want to be machined.
‘Select Faces (0)’ changes to ‘Select Faces (n)’, where n is the number of faces selected.
On clicking OK, CAM Assist will compute a toolpath strategy but only for:
Finishing toolpaths for all selected faces
Holemaking toolpaths for all selected holes
Deburring toolpaths for all adjacent edges
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