Stock and Transformation

This page enables you to define parameters for setting the stock material.

Stock

This option enables you to modify the stock definition.

Overthickness

This option enables you to expand/shrink the stock as per the defined offset using positive or negative values.

Stock definition style

This option enables you to specify the method of machining area definition. The Overthickness value is added as offset to the stock, which is used as stock for the current operation.  

  • Automatic

In this option, SolidCAM defines the stock between defined blades from the input geometry.This option is set as default.

  • Auto updated stock

In this option, SolidCAM automatically calculates the updated stock of previous operations.

  • By selected operations

In this option, you can select the operations from Updated stock based on.. section to calculate the updated stock.

  • Stock by *.FCT file

In this option, machining is performed in the area defined by an offset from the updated stock, defined in FCT file located in the CAM-Part folder.  

  • Stock by *.STL file

In this option, machining is performed in the area defined by an offset from the updated stock, defined in STL file located in the CAM-Part folder.  

Rotation

This option rotates and copies the tool path around an axis of the multiblade.

Rotation axis

This option enables you to define the axis of rotation of the tool path.

  • Automatic

In this option, SolidCAM automatically sets the axis for rotation.

  • User-defined

In this option, you can manually set the axis for rotation.

Rotation axis base point

This option enables you to define the base point of the rotation axis that is needed in addition to the direction.

Number of segments

This option defines the total number of tool path segments in the part that need to be rotated.

Machine

This option allows you to set the segments for machining.

  • All

In this option, you can machine all the segments that were defined in the part definition or only a determined number.

  • Determined number

In this option, you can machine a determined number of segments that were defined in the part definition.

  • Determined by geometry

In this option, you can machine all blade geometries (e.g., roughing and finishing) using the same operation.

Start angle

The start angle enables you to define the start angle position of the tool path according to its initial position. The Start angle for segments can be set as All segments or User-defined.

Direction

This parameter enables you to define if the rotation sequence should be clockwise or counterclockwise.

Sort by

This parameter enables you to define the sorting method.

  • Complete segment

This option enables you to machine each segment completely before moving to the other segment.

  • Layer

This option enables you to machine all the layers of all the segments sequentially.

  • Slice

This option enables you to machine all the slices of all the segments sequentially.