After selecting this option you have to specify 3 point lying on the circle.
You can enter XY coordinates of points or selecting these points by clicking in the workspace.
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TANGENT to Snap YouTube: https://youtu.be/icV4YNQymc8 Now we will practice the TANGENT to snap. In the centers of the lines that we drew previously, draw circles with a diameter of 30. Choose Geometry | Line and select the TANGENT to snap (6 from the left). Point to the smaller circle on the left, anywhere above the…
Alphacam for beginners – Rough or Finish operation In this lesson I will show you the first step when it comes to contour machining. It is Rough or Finish operation in Alphacam. We want to machine the rectangle 200x100x16. This operation is in the Machine Tab. But it is not active. The first step is a tool selection. Click on the Select Tool option. Windows shown bellow will appear. The default folder for router tools is a C:\Alphacam\LICOMDAT\rtools.alp I recommend you save all your tools in this folder or some sub-folders in this folder. OK, you can select the tool using two methods. First one, select the required tool and click on Select tool icon. Now you have tool stick to the mouse pointer. To select this tool click left mouse button on the Alphacam workspace or press Enter. The second way for tool selection, double click left mouse button on required tool and after that click left mouse button on the Alphacam workspace. Now, the operation is active and you can select the Rough or Finish operation from the Machine Tab. After the selecting this option window shown bellow will appear. We have few Tabs and parameters. Let’s check other tabs we leave the default parameters in most option….
Rectangle in Alphacam Another basic geometry, as often used as a line, is a rectangle. To draw a rectangle in Alphcam select Geometry | Rectangle. To draw a rectangle, we must specify the coordinates of the points defining the diagonal of the rectangle. We can do it in different ways. Either click on any two…
How to draw a circle in Alphacam? Way 1st Circle as the line and rectangle is a simple shape. This shape is also very useful. Circle usually will be used to draw the holes for drilling. We can draw a circle using one of several options. One of these options is the center + diameter….
Alphacam User layers In Alphacam you can also create your own layer on which you draw geometries. To create layer, click the RMB on User Layers and select Add Layer from drop-down menu. Window appears: You can specify Name, Line Type, Line Width and Colour. To change colour click Edit button and select proper colour….
Alphacam Array – Rectangular pattern in Alphacam Subscribe me on YouTube! YouTube: https://youtu.be/AtLFIQNSpFA Array command allows you to create rectangular pattern of existing elements After the selecting command you can use mouse pointer to select element(s) to array. Click RMB or Esc to accept the selection. Window shown below appears: Number in X – the…