Preparation for machining – Alphacam

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The geometry is almost ready for machining. At the beginning, remove the outer rectangle. It’s a bit too big for the stock. We will prepare a smaller one later.

Choose Edit | Delete and remove the outer rectangle.

Now set the geometry direction arrows properly.

All geometries are closed, so we’ll only use sections for closed geometry.

Choose Machine | Tool Directions. For external contours as Direction select CW, and as Side – Outside. For circles Direction also CW, and Side – Inside.

Let’s change the starting point for the external contour.

Choose Edit | Start Pt, then select the MID-point of snap and select the left lower line.

We are slowly approaching the programming of machining, but we still have to prepare the geometry of the stock.