Contour 5-Axis Machining

SolidCAM provides you with the Contour 5-Axis machining operation. The calculation based on this operation creates tool path with a wireframe as input drive curve. This strategy works without any machining surfaces.

Adding a Contour 5-Axis machining Operation

Contour 5-Axis Parameters

Adding a Contour 5-Axis Machining operation

In SolidCAM Manager, right-click the Operations header and choose Add Milling Operation > Contour 5-Axis Machining menu to add a Contour 5-Axis Machining operation to your CAM-Part.

You can also click the Multiaxis > Contour 5-Axis  Machining icon on the SolidCAM Operations tab.

Parameter pages

The parameters of the Contour 5-Axis Machining operation are divided into a number of subgroups. The subgroups are displayed in a tree format on the left side of the Operation dialog box. When you click a subgroup name in the tree, the parameters of the selected subgroup appear on the right side of the dialog box.

  • CoordSys

The Coordsys page of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Coordsys page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

 

  • Tool

The Tool page of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Tool page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

  • Levels

The Levels page of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Levels page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

 

  • Tool axis control

The Tool axis control page Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Tool axis control page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

  • Link

The Link and Default Lead-In/Out pages Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Link page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

  • Gouge check

The Gouge check and Clearance data pages of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Gouge check page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

 

  • Machine control

The Machine control page of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Machine control page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.

  • Misc. parameters

The Misc. parameters page of the Contour 5-Axis Machining dialog box is similar to the Misc. parameters page of other Sim. 5-Axis Milling operations.