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Creating Geometry Create Create Rectangle Click F9 to show/hide the coordinate axes Position the mouse close to the origin Notice that the auto cursor snaps to the origin Left click the mouse Pull the mouse into quadrant 1 and notice the dynamic rectangle Enter the width and height values in the ribbon bar boxes as shown. Enter Esc Click Fit reating a Rectangle 1 X+ Y+ Name Plate Name Plate 1

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Creating Geometry

CreateCreate RectangleClick F9 to show/hide the coordinate axesPosition the mouse close to the origin Notice that the auto cursor snaps to the originLeft click the mouse

Pull the mouse into quadrant 1 and notice the dynamic rectangle

Enter the width and height values in the ribbon bar boxes as shown.

EnterEscClick Fit

Creating a Rectangle

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Y+

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Offset a ContourXformXform Offset Contour

Make changes

Don’t click OkClick on the line shown

Click Ok

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Make changes

New for XNotice as the values are entered the changes can be seen.

0.15EnterNotice the offset on the screen

Click Ok

Fit

Result

Clear Colors

Result

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Translating in the Z axis

Isometric ViewFitXformXform TranslateNotice the prompt

Change the selecting option to Chain using the drop down arrow.

Select the inside rectangle as indicated

Click End Selection or Enter

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Make changes

OkClear ColorsFit

Result

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Translate 2 lines in the Z axis

XformXform TranslateNotice Prompt

Change selecting method to Single

Select lines 1 and 2Of the inside rectangle

Enter or End Selection

Make Changes

Enter value and notice result

OkFitClear Color

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2

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Result

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Save File

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Creating Two 3 Point Arcs

CreateArcCreate Arc 3 pointsLet the auto cursor assist

and click on the points

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2Midpoint 3

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5Midpoint 6

Esc or Ok

Result

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Creating Letters

Top ViewCreateCreate LettersTrue Type R…Select Comic Sans MSOk

Make Changes

Ok

Enter Starting Location of Lettersby clicking approximately

Result

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Dragging Geometry to a New Location

XformXform Drag…Select the Window option of selecting

Select entities to dragClick location 1

Enclose the text withinthe window

Click location 2

Result

Choose Move icon

Select the Starting Point by clicking on any letter

Drag the text until it is centeredClickOk

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Result

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Enter or End Selection

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Creating a Ruled/Lofted Surface

Click on Isometric ViewCreateSurfaceCreate Ruled/Lofted Surface

Change changing optionto single

Select arcs1 and 2

Ok

Esc

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2

Result

Alt S turns shading on/off

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Create a Tool Containment Rectangle/Box

Click Top ViewCreateCreate RectangleClick position 1Click position 2Exact position is not needed

Click Apply Ok

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Result

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Save

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Creating Tool Paths

Select Machine Type

Machine TypeMillClick on your machine or a generic 3 axis VMC

Notice that the information stored in the Operations Manager

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Click to show Stock setup

Click

Make changes

Ok

To move arrow location, click desired location

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Creating a Pocket Tool Path

Top ViewToolpathsPocket ToolpathsSelect Chain and Inside

Make Changes

Click on the outside rectangleUntil it is all selectedEnd Chain

Click on all the letters until all the letters are yellow

End Chain

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Select library tool…

Unclick Filter Active

Select an 1/8” ball endmillOK

Make Changes

Don’t click Ok

Click on the Pocketing parameters tab

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Make changes

Don’t click Ok

Select Roughing/finishing parameters tab

Make changes

Ok

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Result

Isometric View

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Save

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Creating a Projected Tool Path

Alt T Show/hide displayed tool path

Isometric ViewAlt S Shading on/offToolpathSurface FinishFinish Project Toolpath

Make changes

Select the same tool

Click

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Enter or End Selection

Should have 1 DriveOk

Select Standard Selection

Select drive surface by clicking onany part of the surface

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OK

Make changes

Select next tab

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Make changes

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Save

Result

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Creating a Surface Finish Tool Path

ToolpathsSurface FinishFinish Parallel ToolpathSelect surface by clicking any where on the surfaceEnd Selection or Enter

Click on the arrow by containment

Select the chain that creates a box around the letters

There should be 1 Drive and 1 Containment

Ok

Ok

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Make changes

No

Make changes

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Result

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Make changes

Ok

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Select Finish Parallel Parameters

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Verify Selected operation

Drag the mouse over the Toolpath page and notice how the buttons light up

Holding down the shift key check operations 2 and 3

Click Configure to define stock size

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Isometric ViewFit

Verifying Selected Operation

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Use Stock Setup valuesVerify changes

Ok

Play

Result

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Exit

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Posting the G and M Code

Make Changes

Click to post code

Ok

Save to the desired destinationMake the chips fly

Only operations 2 and 3 should be checked

No

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Cutting Tools Sources

MSC Industrial Supply Co.1-800-645-7270www.mscdirect.com

J&L Industrial Supplywww.jlindustrialsupply.com

Encowww.use-enco.com1-800-USE-ENCO

Micro 100 Tool Corporation1-800-635-3080

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Creating Geometry

Creating a Rectangle 1

Offset a Contour 2

Translating in the Z axis 4

Translate 2 lines in the Z axis 6

Creating Two 3 Point Arcs 8

Creating Letters 9

Dragging Geometry to a New Location 10

Creating a Ruled/Lofted Surface 11

Create a Tool Containment Rectangle/Box 12

Creating Tool Paths

Select Machine Type 13

Creating a Pocket Tool Path 15

Creating a Projected Tool Path 19

Creating a Surface Finish Tool Path 22

Verifying Selected Operation 25

Posting the G and M Code 27

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