CIMCO CNC-Calc 2 Tutorial

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8. CNC-Calc v2 Tutorial 8 Milling of Letters This tutorial demonstrates how a 2-dimensional text can be used as the basis for an NC program milling letters and numbers. Before you start When a new part is to be machined you should first make sure to display the toolbars you need. Start CIMCO Edit 5, click the dropdown menu Setup, and then click Show Toolbars. Now select the needed toolbars as shown below in Figure 8.1. Clicking an already selected toolbar in the list deselects it. Figure 8.1 Selecting toolbars Notice: This menu can also be reached by right-clicking any toolbar already in view. 1
Once the toolbars have been selected you are ready to start on a new drawing. To do this click on the icon or click on CNC-Calc in the menu, and then on New Drawing. Figure 8.2 How to start a new drawing using either the menu or the icon. In this tutorial we will try to machine a single line of text composed of letters and numbers. For this example we have chosen the text “CIMCO 123”. Normal upper and lower case letters, numbers, and characters can be entered when the icon is clicked. Figure 8.3 Select 'Create text in drawing' with normal characters. The dialog Text Entry appears to the left. In the input field at the bottom named text, enter the text that will be machined. In this example “CIMCO 123”. In addition to the text five additional parameters are needed to specify start point, baseline angle, letter distance and letter height. Fill in the fields with the values from below. These are also shown in Figure 8.4. X coordinates of the text start point: Y coordinates of the text start point: Angle of the text baseline: Distance between letters: Letter height: -68 -30 15.0 6.0 25.0 (mm) (mm) (deg.) (mm) (mm) When you are done entering text and values click the blue check mark button the bottom right of the dialog to accept. Your screen should now look like the following. at 2
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