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3 Axis Machining

ProCAM II offers two levels of 3 Axis Milling.

3 Axis Milling Level I includes Adv. Roughing, Adv. Slice, Adv. Z Level, and Adv. Pencil Mill cutting cycles along with UV Cut and Curve Cut cycles.

3 Axis Milling Level II includes Level I cycles plus Adv. Constant Offset, Adv. Curve Projection and Adv. Finish Flats cycles. Rest machining support for all Adv. 3 Axis cycles is also included.

Advanced 3 Axis Cycles

To meet changing needs in the machining industry, Geometric's new Advanced 3 Axis cutting cycles have been developed for speed, accuracy and efficient memory usage. Simple and complex parts can be cut quickly and accurately with a high quality toolpath. 

Selective toolpath controls provide options such as high speed machining, leads, links and filters for efficient multi-surface code generation. OpenGL, simulation, interactive picking and a modern user interface further enhance programming.

ProCAM II with Advanced 3 Axis Cutting

Advanced 3 Axis Mill Features

  • All Advanced 3 Axis Milling cycles:

    • Can be modified to stay contained within an area or to avoid an area.

    • Provide interactive methods for defining contain and avoid areas.
    • Can optionally machine over avoid areas.
    • Can generate high-speed toolpaths with no sharp corners.
    • Can generate toolpaths with ball, flat, hog nose, tapered ball, tapered flat, or tapered hog nose tools.
    • Allow user defined start and end Z depths.
    • Support slope containment (except Rough and Finish Flats cycles).
  • Advanced Roughing and Z-Level include an option to avoid small pockets.
  • Advanced Slice includes Planar slice cutting options for cross machining and up and down milling.
  • Advanced Pencil Mill generates toolpaths to finish machine corner areas using a single pass or multiple constant stepover passes.

Additional Level II Features

With a 3 Axis Mill Level II license:

  • Finish Rest machining allows a finish cutting cycle to be generated on areas where the part is uncut. Toolpaths can be generated where material is left either by a previous tool or by previous operations (Work in Process)

  • Rough Rest machining allows a rough cutting cycle to be made on part areas where material was left from selected previous cycles.
  • The Constant Offset Cut cycle removes material by maintaining a constant user-defined stepover relative to the surface. This cycle generates a semi-finish or finish toolpath with a true constant stepover regardless of the slope being machined.
  • The Advanced Curve Projection Cut cycle removes material by projecting cross section entities onto the surface and generating toolpaths along the projected entities.
  • The Finish Flats Cut cycle uses a roughing pattern to remove material on flat faces.