SprutCAM... Machining strategy of a detail is priorly defined by a type of operation. In the system, operations are divided into three groups: roughing, finishing and rest millings. Roughing operations allow machining of the entire workpiece material. Finishing ones provide the required quality of a surface, at that, machining is performed only in the area of workpiece existence. Rest milling operations give the opportunity to remove the material, left after previous operations. Also by the origin of a being machined model, operations can be divided on operations for machining of meshes and surfaces, and operations, the being machined model of which is defined as curves. Finishing operations Plane finishing operation    The operation is designed for machining of models of solids, surfaces and meshes. Transference of a tool can be performed by work-passes. Every work-pass lies in a vertical plane, located under a defined angle to the X-axis. A step between neighbouring work-passes can be ether permanent or calculated from the defined height of a scallop. Machined areas of a model can be limited, depending on the slope of surfaces. Machined diapason is defined by means of minimal and maximal slope angles. Depending on a direction of a work-pass and a slope of a surface, machined areas of a model can be limited by the frontal angle. It is possible to concentrate work-passes to a single trajectory, so that machining is always upwards. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to a machined surface and retract is provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. A workpiece can be a solid, a surface, a mesh, or a projection of closed curves and also as rest material, left after machining by previous operations. In the restricting model mashes and surfaces, which are necessary to control, can be defined. With help of closed curves, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined in plane. Waterline finishing operation     The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids, surfaces and mashes. The primal transition of a tool is executed in horizontal planes. A step between neighboring planes, defines height of machined layer and can be ether permanent or calculated from defined height of a scallop. Machined areas of a model can be limited, depending on the slope of a surface. Machined diapason is defined by minimal and maximal slope angles. Machining can be performed downwards, as well as upwards. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to a machined surface and retraction from it, are provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. A workpiece can be defined as solids, surfaces, meshes, projections of closed curves, and also as rest material, left after machining by previous operations. In a restricting model, meshes and surfaces, which are necessary to control, can be defined. With help of closed curves, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined in a plane. Complex finishing operation    The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids, surfaces and meshes. Machining is executed in two phases. Flat areas of a geometrical model are machined by plane operations, and surfaces close to horizontal ones, by waterline operation. A workpiece can be defined as solids, surfaces, meshes, projection of closed curves and also, as rest material left after machining by the previous operations. In the restricting model, meshes and surfaces, which are necessary to control, can be defined. With help of closed curves in a plane, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined. Plane optimized operation   The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids, surfaces and meshes. Machining is executed by two plane operations with mutually perpendicular direction of workpasses. Areas of workpasses, incoming into the resulting trajectory, are selected accordingly to location of a touch point. A workpiece can be defined as solid, surface, mesh, projection of closed curves and also, as rest material left after machining by the previous operations. In the restricting model, meshes and surfaces, which are necessary to control, can be defined. With help of closed curves in a plane, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined. Drive finishing operation   The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids and surfaces. The parameters are similar to plane finishing operation. Transition of a tool is executed by work-passes. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to machined surface and retraction from it is provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. A workpiece, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined by means of closed curves built in 2-D geometry mode. A trajectory of transition of a tool in a plane can be defined by an arbitrary method. A wide range of abilities to define trajectory by one as well as two drive curves is available. As a single case, radial and spiral methods of machining are possible. Roughing operations Plane roughing operation    The operation provides machining of models defined as solids and surfaces. Transference of a tool is performed by workpass. At that, the whole laid off material is divided into layers by horizontal planes. Machining is executed downwards. Motion trajectory of a tool in clearance of the upper layer is an analog to the trajectory of plane finishing operation. In clearance of the following layers bypassing of previously machined areas is executed at the safe plane. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Workpiece, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined by means of closed curves, built in the 2-D geometry mode. Waterline roughing operation    The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids, surfaces and meshes. A workpiece can be defined as solids, surfaces, meshes, projections of closed curves, and also as rest material left after machining by the previous operations. Deletion of material of a workpiece is executed by horizontal layers. Thickness of a deleted layer can be ether permanent or calculated from the defined height of a scallop. A user defines a step of equidistant selection in the layer. A function of re-machining of corners can be selected at request. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to a machined surface and retraction from it are provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. Depending on a defined type of cut in, transition from one layer to another can be executed through one pre-drilled point, zigzag or by spiral. If cut in through pre-drilled points is selected, then in the event of approach to the selected area from an outside being impossible, a most probable starting point is selected automatically. And in absence of it, coordinates and depth of drilling are defined automatically. In a restricting model meshes and surfaces, which are necessary to control, can be defined. With help of closed curves, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined. Drive roughing operation    The operation is designed for machining of models defined as solids and surfaces. Parameters are similar to plane roughing operation. Machining is executed by workpasses. Form and position of a workpass can be defined by an arbitrary method, as it is for the drive finishing operation. Division on layers by horizontal planes is analogue to the plane roughing operation. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to machined surface and retraction from it is provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. A workpiece, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined by means of closed curves built in 2-D geometry mode. Assignment of trajectory in plane for drive operations   Operations of curves machining Engraving operation    The operation provides finishing passage of a tool by a being machined model, defined by projections of curves on a plane and a side angle. A being machined model is formed by a user dynamically from the existing curves, by means of boolean operations. Any curve can define a scallop, ditch, or inverse curve, of defined thickness. Closed curves can define ledge, cavity or inverse area with a defined stock. The most important dignity of an engraving operation is the ability of three-dimensional re-machining of corners. It is designed for clearance of rest material in corners and other places, where it is impossible to make it by a tool with defined geometrical parameters on the current level of machining. If a tool has fashioned part, diameter of which gradually decreases to the final point, then at increase of the Z coordinates of a tool, machining of “tighter» areas is possible. A workpiece, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined by means of projections of closed curves. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to a being machined surface and retraction from it are provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. Area clearance     In the operation, clearance of material of a workpiece by a being machined model, defined by projections of contours on a plane and a side angle, is performed. A being machined model is formed by a user dynamically from the existing curves, by means of boolean operations. Any curve can define a scallop, ditch, or inverse curve, of defined thickness. Closed curves can define ledge, cavity or inverse area with a defined stock. A workpiece, areas of machining and restricting areas can be defined by means of projections of closed curves. Function of re-machining of corners can be activated if required. Climb and conventional types of milling are supported. Safe approach to a being machined surface and retraction from it are provided by a wide range of types of approach and retraction. Profile milling     Transition of a tool is executed along a contour built in 2-D geometry mode. Motion trajectory of a tool defines from condition of touching of a contour from the left, right or top. Machining of the contour, laying in a spontaneous plane is possible Machining of 3-D curve    The operation is designed for defining a trajectory by means of spatial curves. Curves can be imported from files supporting IGES, Post Script, dxf, 3dm format, or defined in built-in 2-D modeller. Trajectory can be obtained from the condition of touching of a curve by a tool from the left or right, or ether by motion of the programmed point of a tool along a defining curve. Coordinate Z trajectory can ether have fixed value, or repeat the form of the curve. Re-machinings Operations of re-machining allow automatically reveal and machine material of a workpiece left after the previous operations. All operations of re-machining are similar to the analogous finishing and roughing operations and have similar parameters and strategy. Distinguishing feature is only the set of parameters as default. Plane re-machining    Complex re-machining      Home | News | Produkte | InfoDesk | Service | Downloads | Kontakt ALIBRE DESIGN Switzerland - CADTEC (Schweiz) GmbH - Swiss Premier Reseller of ALIBRE DESIGN Alle Preise zzgl. 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