Interoperational tool movements

This page contains options that enable you to control the interoperational movements.

For each new CAM-Part, these settings are copied from the SolidCAM Settings and can be adjusted according to your preferences.

Part Clearance level

All interoperational movements are performed through the Part Clearance level. This is the default option.

When you switch to the Part Clearance level mode, SolidCAM disables the Start level field in all the operations. All SolidCAM operations (except for Sim. 5 Axis operations) have to be recalculated. After the recalculation, all interoperational movements are implemented through the Part Clearance levels of the appropriate Coordinate Systems.

Operation Start level

When two neighboring operations use the same Coordinate System, Tool and Tool offset, the interoperational movement between them is performed through the Operation Start level of the second operation.

When you switch to the Operation Start level mode, SolidCAM enables the Start level fields in all operations and defines the Start levels equal to the Part Clearance level of the related Coordinate Systems. All interoperational movements will be implemented through the appropriate Start levels.