trochoidalpath
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2016
I have a best practices CAM question.
Historically, once I have drawn up a part, I define a stock object, and set the part origin to a stock point (either one corner or the top center). I probe down that stock point, and away I go. If I have multiple parts set up to run at once, I just stick each of them in different coordinate spaces, and run each part in series. This is a bit inefficient, and I have to be quite careful about the motion area, so I don't smack into a vise jaw (or worse)....
I built a nice solid model with sliding joints for the table, vise jaws, tool setter, etc. Is the best practice to import this model into each part (or make an assembly?) and then do the CAM from within that whole-table model?
Historically, once I have drawn up a part, I define a stock object, and set the part origin to a stock point (either one corner or the top center). I probe down that stock point, and away I go. If I have multiple parts set up to run at once, I just stick each of them in different coordinate spaces, and run each part in series. This is a bit inefficient, and I have to be quite careful about the motion area, so I don't smack into a vise jaw (or worse)....
I built a nice solid model with sliding joints for the table, vise jaws, tool setter, etc. Is the best practice to import this model into each part (or make an assembly?) and then do the CAM from within that whole-table model?