Slot is the another special geometry in Alphacam.
After selecting this option window shown below will appear:
When you fill the text boxes and click OK, you will get:
The slot parameters shown in the figure below:
How to copy elements in Alphacam? To copy element select the Copy function form the Edit Tab. You can copy the geometries, 3D solid models and tool paths. Now we focus on geometries. Later we will discuss copying tool paths. When it comes the copying 3D models, this is done in the same way as…
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…
Lead-In Lead-out in Alphacam Subscribe me on YouTube! YouTube: https://youtu.be/mYBaJqXKtz8 Go back to Roll Round XY Corners. Let’s have a look to tool-in and tool-out. It is not good. At the beginning, let’s change how the tool will approach to the material. Edit the rough or finish operation (it should call FINISH PASS on operations…
Find geometry – Alphacam YouTube: https://youtu.be/of5PrgifkrA Another useful option is the Find. Allows to find the indicated geometry in the geometry list. Suppose we want to expire two short lines, but we do not want to delete them. In the Project Manager, go to the Layers tab. At the top is the Find button hidden…
Define Tool – Alphacam In Alphacam, as in most CAM systems, we can define our own tools. We have the ability to define several types of tools here. To define new tool select Machine | Define Tool. In this part of the course we will define a flat end mill. Select the FLAT END and…
Alphacam Offset function Subscribe me on YouTube! YouTube: https://youtu.be/_ZPipIVH7I4 In this example, I will show how the function Offset from Edit Tab. Draw a rectangle with first corner in X0 Y0 and second corner X600 Y400. If you do not have any geometry in the workspace options in the Edit tab are inactive. Now you…