Set the Tilt Angle and Cutting Speed

This operation is used to set the tilt angle and cutting speed according to the actual situation.

To set the tilt angle and cutting speed, do one of the following:

• Use standard five-axis machining.

• Edit tilt angle.

Use Standard Five-axis Machining

This operation is used to machining all objects with standard five-axis machining parameters.

It is applicable to the object whose tilt angle of each edge is the same.

To use standard five-axis machining, do the following:

1. In NcEditor, to open NcEditor Common Parameters dialog box, do one of the following：

   • In the tool bar, click .

   • In the menu bar, click View → NcEditor Common Parameters.

   

2. Select Enable standard 5-axis machining and click OK.

   It is recommended to use default values of parameters Tilting Angle and Cutting Speed.

Edit Tilt Angle

This operation is used to select different tilt angles and corresponding speed, so as to ensure cutting effect of workpiece surface.

It is applicable to the object whose tilt angle of each edge is different.

To edit tilt angle, do the following:

1. In NcEditor, to open NcEditor Common Parameters dialog box, do one of the following：

   • In the tool bar, click .

   • In the menu bar, click View → NcEditor Common Parameters.

   

2. Select Enable Edit Inclination Angle, select the following parameters in Param for Lean Angle area:

   • Optimize Cutting Method: Optimize cutting by controlling the uncertain factors caused by tool error in scrap region (invalid region).

     Note: Only when the groove direction and valid region are within the internal region of object, this parameter takes effect.

   • Show Tilting Angle of Edge: show in figures as follows:

     

   • Show Valid Range: Shows in purple lines.

   • Show Edge of Large Angle in Boldface: The larger the tilt angle of edge, the wider the line weight of edge.

3. To add / delete technics for tilt angles, including tilt angle and speed of the linear axis, in Angle Process Library area, click Add/ Delete.

   Note: The added tilt angle cannot be the same with the existing one.

4. To set tilt angle and speed for each edge of object, do one of the following:

   • By selecting the target edge:

     1. Click in the tool bar and select the target edge. Set Tilt Angle dialog box pops up and the selected edge shows as a dash line:

        

     2. Set the tilt angle and tilt direction of the tool head and click OK.

        The speed for the tilt angle corresponds to that in Angle Process Library area of Editor Common Parametersdialog box.

   • By selecting the start point and end point:

     1. To open Set Tilt Angle dialog box, click in the tool bar, select the start point on the object, move along the machining direction and select the end point.

        

        The red arrow represents the machining direction.

     2. Set the tilt angle and tilt direction of the tool head and click OK.

After selecting Enable Edit Inclination Angle, according to your need, do one of the following in the tool bar:

• To change the groove direction, click / .

  Alternatively, do related settings in Set Tilt Angle dialog box.

• To change the valid region of object, click .