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TOOL PATH
CHAPTER TEN
10. TOOLPATH
Engraving is to carve characters or graphs on such materials as two-color board, metal, wood, and
stone. CNC machine controls the motion of X, Y and Z axis under the instruction of the computer, and
drives high-speed tool or laser gun to move on the material, achieving the desired result.
After designing an artwork, the artwork’s tool paths are calculated by ToolPath functions in Ucancam.
The data of the tool path is then sent to the control box for machining.
Various types of machining are provided by Ucancam, including profile machining, area clearance, 3D
engraving, midline machining, drilling, inlay machining, prism machining, intelligent machining, embossing
machining, image dot machining, image relief machining, etc.
10.1 General Knowledge About Tools
Proper tools should be chosen when machining different materials with various rigidities in order to
achieve the desired result and not to break tools. You can select the tools in the tool library.
Click on the shortcut icon
on Tool Path Bar or click Toolpath->Tool management on the
menu bar and the following dialog is displayed. (Fig. 10-1)
Fig. 10-1
Tools commonly used in Ucancam include end mill, ball nose, bull mill and conical. New tools can be
added and existing tools can be deleted or edited in the tool library.
10.1.1 End Mill
Parameters of end mill include diameter of blade (D) and height of blade (H).
Fig. 10-2 (End mill)
Fig. 10-3 (tool edit)
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