A tutorial on 3D Rotary design for machining on a rotary axis using Carveco Maker Plus. By employing the extrude tool to dynamically manipulate vectors, you can craft distinctive shapes and profiles. Enhance your designs by incorporating multiple 3D relief models and imported textures.
In this tutorial, we'll explore the process of working with multiple imported 3D relief models for rotary machining.
This tutorial will explore the fundamentals of rotary machining. We'll be working with vectors and leveraging familiar 2D toolpath operations found in Carveco Maker, to help you seamlessly transition into the world of rotary CNC machining.
Toolpath Panelling or Tiling is the ability break up a large design to machine in multiple sections. This effectively allows you to machine work that's larger than the physical dimensions of your machine bed.
The Tool Database is Carveco's included library of tools and global tool data. The database is fully customizable and allows you to edit, duplicate and create your own tools or groups of frequently used tools for your projects.
The Profiling Toolpath allows you to essentially Cut-Out or cut around a specified vector. You can use the profile toolpath to machine inside, outside, or along the boundary of selected vector and is ideal for cutting out letters and shapes from a material block.
Bridges or tabs, are small areas of material designed to hold your work in place while performing cut-out operations on a profiling toolpath. Carveco allows you to automatically add bridges or lets you manually control the number, placement, length and thickness of any bridges you wish to add. You can also edit the bridges you...
Leads (or Lead In/Lead Out moves) are toolpath operations where the tool plunges into the material outside of the shape you wish to cut. This allows you keep any unwanted artefacts such as tear out, chipping or burning, positioned in your waste material and away from your final piece.
Ramping is a toolpath option that allows you to gradually lower the tool into your material. This helps minimize the load on a tool at the start of a toolpath and can also help prevent any unwanted artefacts such as chipping, tearing or burning.
