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General - Summary |
TopSolid'Cam is a CADM software for creating tool paths for digital command milling machine, milling center, rotation or turn center machine tools.
All trajectories are calculated by always taking into account a first geometric model representing the part to complete and a second geometric model representing the part in its rough state. Each milling operation updates the solid representing the state of the rough part taken into account by the following operations.
The user is guaranteed not to have any collisions between the tool, the part and its environment. In addition, given that the amount of material that remains to be removed is continuous, the user must create optimum trajectories.
The two geometric models are 'solid' models, that is to say that the faces that make them up are linked to one another to create only one. In this case, it is sewing. Sewing is the action that allows you to join a set of faces in order to create a closed solid.
As you have previously seen, you must have two geometric models to create tool paths. Each of these two models can be created with an internal solid modeler, TopSolid, which is included with TopSolid'Cam.
These templates may have also been created in another CAD/CAM system and, in either case, can be read via an IGES, SET, VDA or STEP standard interface. In this case, you must ensure that these interfaces allow the exchange of solids. If this is not the case, you will have to sew the recovered models to create solids.
Below the online help summary (also accessible from the index)
I- Presentation
II- Milling Quick Start
How to quickly get started with TopSolid'Cam