CIMCO

101Use window selection to select the letters to mill. This is done by left-clicking in the upperleftcorner of the drawing. Now hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor to thelower-right corner and release the mouse button. Click on the button Show Toolpath. Nowthe screen will show the generated toolpaths which is layed out directly over the outline ofthe text (it might be hard to see). Finally click on the button Export Editor.Now the NC-codes for the machining are shown in the editor. Use the Graphical Backplot tosimulate and verify the toolpaths. To start the backplot click on the Backplot menu and thenon Backplot Window.Use the buttons in the lower-right corner of the window to control the simulation speed anddirection. By clicking on a line in the NC-code to the left the tool will jump to that positionin the simulation. The up and down key moves the line selection to the previous or next line,and the tool will be moved acordingly.