CNC-Calc

Turning Operations

The Turning Operations toolbar allows the user to perform various operations used in the manufacturing of parts. All the operations can be exported directly to CIMCO Edit or to the clipboard, for insertion in a user-defined location.

Roughing Turning
Roughing will create a roughing operation based on a selected outline contour. In this operation it is possible to create both roughing and semi-finishing cuts, but only with one tool.

Face Turning
Facing will create a facing operation. This operation can contain both roughing and finishing cuts, but only with one tool.

Finish Turning
Finishing will create a finish operation based on a selected contour. This operation will make only one toolpath that fits the selected contour.

Grooving
Grooving creates a grooving operation, based on a selected contour. This will enable machining of the areas that could not be machined with either the Roughing or Finishing operation.

End Drilling
Drilling generates operations for drilling a center hole in the part. The drilling operation will be performed as one continuous motion or as pecking with or without dwelling at the end of each plunge.

Threading Horizontal
Threading creates threading operations for inside and outside threads. The geometry of the thread can be entered by hand or selected from tables. The thread geometry can be normal or conical.

Cutoff
Cutoff generates an operation for cutting off the part from the stock. In the operation it is possible to define the corner geometry as sharp, round or chamfered.

Export Contour
Export contour can export a contour that the operator has selected on the drawing. If a controller has smart canned cycles for example a specific roughing operation, the user can create a macro in the editor to support this, and then export the actual contour for insertion in the canned cycle.param

Calculator
The feed and speed calculator is used to generate tool changes, or to simply calculate the feed and speed, based on the data for a specific tool.

Milling Operations

The Milling Operations toolbar allows the user to perform various operations used in the manufacturing of parts. All the operations can be exported directly to CIMCO Edit or to the clipboard, for insertion in a user-defined location.

Face Milling
Face milling creates a facing operation based on a selected outline contour.

Pocket Milling
Pocket milling creates pocket operations for one or multiple pockets. These pockets can contain multiple islands, or none. In a single operation, it is possible to make both roughing and finishing cuts, but only with one tool.

Contour Milling
Contour milling creates operations for contour milling. A contour operation can machine multiple contours with roughing and finishing cuts, but only with one tool.

Drill Holes
Drilling creates drilling operations for hole drilling. From a drawing, the hole positions can be selected with the use of a filter, or by simply indicating the hole position. If multiple holes are drilled, they can be arranged in both rectangular and circular patterns.

Helix Drilling
Helix drilling can generate operations for helix drilling. Like normal drilling, multiple holes can be selected with the use of filters, or by selecting the individual circles from the drawing.

Thread Milling
Thread milling can create threading milling operations. The threads can be inside or outside, and can be created for tools with one or multiple teeth. Again, multiple threads can easily be selected with the use of the filter function.

Mill Letters
Simple letter milling can generate operations for milling simple letters on the drawing. These letters will have to be drawn using the simple letter function, but then all letters can be selected with the window functions, and machined in operations based on their start and end depths.

Mill TrueType Letters
TrueType letter milling can create operations to mill the outline and/or the interior of the individual letters. The letters can be selected with the window function, and all letters with the same parameters can be machined in one operation.

Export Contour
Export contour can export a contour that the operator has selected on the drawing. If a controller has smart canned cycles, for example a specific pocket operation, the user can create a macro in the editor to support this, and then export the actual contour for insertion in the canned cycle.

Calculator
Feed and speed calculator is used to generate tool changes, or to simply calculate the feed and speed, based on the data of a specific tool.