That is correct, the cutter tool is kept perpendicular to the drive surface. It is possible to use all of the standard 3D functions like roughing, planar finishing, z-level finishing and pencil tracing from a 3D drive surface in madCAM. The drive surface can either be a surface that is part of the model, or like in this example, a separate surface that is not part of the model.
I am trying the trial version.. Why does 5axis planar finishing using drive surface 'line' option sometime cause extra rapid lines? Is there a way to control rapid lines in a toolpath, perhaps turn all rapid lines off while in a cut? I want the toolbit to enter, cut and exit at the end. Instead, it enters, cuts, jumps away from surface few time at certain points, continues cutting and then exits at the end. I'm using 'line' option and not circular or conventional setting.
That is correct, the cutter tool is kept perpendicular to the drive surface. It is possible to use all of the standard 3D functions like roughing, planar finishing, z-level finishing and pencil tracing from a 3D drive surface in madCAM. The drive surface can either be a surface that is part of the model, or like in this example, a separate surface that is not part of the model.
I am trying the trial version.. Why does 5axis planar finishing using drive surface 'line' option sometime cause extra rapid lines? Is there a way to control rapid lines in a toolpath, perhaps turn all rapid lines off while in a cut? I want the toolbit to enter, cut and exit at the end. Instead, it enters, cuts, jumps away from surface few time at certain points, continues cutting and then exits at the end. I'm using 'line' option and not circular or conventional setting.
How does he process the drivesurface from a+ to a- without turning into a 0?(coup in a0)
How does this differ from milling by curve boundaries? Does drive surface always keep the cutter at a perpendicular angle to the surface?
It doesn't get much easier than that for simultaneous 5-axis programming!