Guide to using SolidCAM to generate 2D toolpaths (pocket+profile) with CNC router

This first video shows the following steps:

  1. creating a basic part by importing a .dxf file and extruding it 18mm deep
  2. creating a co-ordinate system in Solidworks that can be used by SolidCAM
  3. defining the settings for the SolidCAM operations (co-ordinate system, part, stock)
  4. defining the pocket steps (and copying them with updated geometry selection)
  5. defining the profile step
  6. simulating the toolpath, with checks (stepdown amount, cut inside/outside, order of operations)
  7. exporting the g-code using the ‘router’ post-processor (.ncp file for this machine).

and this second video shows how to load the .ncp file with the g-code into the ‘Remote’ software which runs the machine. We also train the software to set XYZ0.

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Derek Covill

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