Enclosing Rectangle and Offset – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 15

Enclosing Rectangle and Offset – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 15

Enclosing Rectangle and Offset Geometry – Lesson 15 – Alphacam Router Tutorial Let’s move to the Operations tab in the Project Manager and hide the operations by unchecking the boxes next to these operations. The view will be clearer. Let’s create the geometry of the stock. The easiest and fastest way to do this is…

Simulation – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 14

Simulation – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 14

Machining Simulation – Lesson 14 – Alphacam Router Tutorial We can run the simulation in several ways. I will now show the two most used. The simulation can be started by selecting the appropriate type of simulation from the View tab. Or simply by right-clicking in the work area and choosing Simulation from the circular…

Pocketing – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 13

Pocketing – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 13

Pocketing – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 13 For pocket machining we will use the same tool that we used for machining contours. So we don’t have to choose a tool anymore, we can choose Pocketing from the Machine tab. Pocket machining removes material from the interior of the closed geometry. Similarly to machining contours, select…

Rough or Finish – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 12

Rough or Finish – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 12

Rough or Finish – Lesson 12 – Alphacam Router Tutorial Machining strategies in Alphacam are located in the Machine tab. To be able to choose a machining strategy, we must first select a tool. From the Machine tab, select the Select Tool option. The Alphacam tool table appears. Initially, it opens with a list of…

Tool Directions – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 10

Tool Directions – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 10

Tool directions – Lesson 10 – Alphacam Router Tutorial YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/2aiolqVqzX8 Let’s prepare geometry for applying toolpats. Open the first part, p1-geometry-2d. First, hide the Dimensions layer and the Construction layer. Let’s turn on the visibility of the geometry direction arrows (Ctrl + G). In addition to the fact that one arrow means one…

Dimensions – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 8

Dimensions – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 8

Dimensions – Lesson 8 – Alphacam Router Tutorial YouTube: https://youtu.be/VDrE_CvZULY To give you more information on the CAD functionality of the Alphacam, it is worth saying a few words about dimensions. At least to add or check basic dimensions. Dimensioning is in the CAD tab. Choose this option. And first we need to specify what…

Bolt Hole Circle – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 7

Bolt Hole Circle – Alphacam Tutorial – Lesson 7

Bolt Hole Circle – Lesson 7 – Alphacam Router Tutorial YouTube: https://youtu.be/oXVRcu8JzUs We will now draw circles with a diameter of 9 and 15 mm, lying on a circle with a diameter of 150 mm. There is a function in Alphacam that makes it easier. From the Geometry tab, expand the Special Geometries option and…