SimplyCam V2. Documentation

Profiles

This dialog allows you to define the profiles on which to perform the pocketing machining.
It also allows you to define the tool compensation and the lead in and the lead out.

Profiles Definition section

Each profile defined, it is displayed on the screen with an arrow indicating the direction of the cut and the point of start.
It also increased the indicator in bottom section, showing the number and type of defined profiles.

Note: the Pocket toolpath does not allow open profiles.

All
All entities on the active layers (visible) are selected and chained automatically, if possible.

Select
The selected entities, one by one, at the end are concatenated to create one or more profiles (chains).

Window SelectWin
All entities lying inside the rectangular window are selected and concatenated to create one or more profiles (chains).

Chain
Clicking on an entity, all entities connected to the respective end points, are concatenated to form the profile (chain).

Reverse
Reverses the direction of the chains.

Start Point
Move the starting point of the chain.

Unselect Last
The last defined chain is removed from the selection list.

Unselect All
All defined chains are removed from the selection list.

Cutter Compensation section

Start in mid
With this option, the starting point of the finishing passes, it is moved to the middle of the first entity.
Useful to avoid having the attack on an inner corner of the path.

Offset Side
This parameter, which determines the offset direction, ie the direction of the tool relative to the profile, is handled automatically by the pocket function.
The external profiles are offset towards the inside, while the inner profiles (islands) are offset towards the outside.

Offset distance
This value corresponds to the tool radius. Pressing the button refers to the dialog of selection tool.

Lead in / Size
This option adds a line or an arc at the beginning of each finish cut of the profile.

- Line:: A perpendicular line is added to the start of the pass.
- Arc:: An tangent arc is added to the start of the pass.
- Size: If the lead in is a line, the value refers to the length, however, if the lead in is an arc, the value refers to the radius.

Lead out / Size
This option adds a line or an arc at the end of each finish cut of the profile.

- Line:: A perpendicular line is added at the end of pass.
- Arc:: An tangent arc is added at the end of the pass.
- Size: If the lead out is a line, the value refers to the length, however, if the lead out is an arc, the value refers to the radius.