F1 car machined right>left NOT left<right

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F1 car machined right>left NOT left<right

Post by Denford Admin » Mon 03 Jul , 2006 15:07 pm

F1 car machined right>left NOT left<right

In the tutorial supplied with QuickCAM PRO it tells me to set the raster angle to 90
When I do, the cuts are generated from RIGHT (X+) to LEFT (X-) and not the other way round as in the tutorial :roll:

This is only a problem when I'm making a car that will break off the right hand side on the final few passes.

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Post by Denford Admin » Mon 03 Jul , 2006 15:11 pm

Unfortunately the tutorial has been based on using QuickCAM 3D version 3 (the basic one)

When using QuickCAM PRO you should select a raster machining angle of 270 degrees and not 90 - this will generate the toolpath required.

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