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…
DraftSight & Alphacam – From DraftSight to Alphacam Subscribe me on YouTube! In the video below you will see: – how to draw a sample drawing in DraftSight – how to import DWG from DraftSight to Alphacam – how to set material in Alphacam – rough or finish strategy – pocketing strategy – drilling strategy…
Alphacam Rough or Finish – Contour machining in Alphacam In this lesson we will discuss Z levels form Levels and Cuts Tab from Rough or Finish operation. This operation will allws us to machine Alphacam geometries eg. Lines or rectangles… This produce tool path along the contour. Let’s check the Z Levels from Levels and Cuts Tab Safe Rapid Level The Z level that the tool can safely traverse the machining area at a rapid speed. Rapid Down To The Z level that the tool can move down to at a rapid speed. Material Top The Z level of the top of the material to be machined. Final Depth The Z level at which the tool will make its final pass. In the video you will get more information. Please see the video on YouTube!
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….