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Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................... 3 About this Guide...................................................................................3 Other Resources .................................................................................... 4 What is Edgecam?................................................................................5 Supporting Applications .........................................................................6 Installing Edgecam................................................................................ 7 Licensing your Edgecam Installation .......................................................7 Running Edgecam without a Licence.......................................................7 Installing Edgecam ...............................................................................8 If the Edgecam DVD does not Autorun ....................................................8 What else can I Install? .........................................................................9 Preparing Edgecam .............................................................................10 Switching to Student Edition Mode........................................................10 Starting Edgecam ...............................................................................11 Registering Edgecam ..........................................................................11 The Edgecam User Interface ................................................................12 Customisingthe User Interface ........................................................... 13 Checking the Defaults File ...................................................................14 The Milling Exercise............................................................................. 15 Loading the CAD Model .......................................................................16 Switching to IsometricView .................................................................17 Zooming In and Out............................................................................17 Creating the Stock ..............................................................................18 Using Undo ........................................................................................19 Getting StartedSeptember 2009 1

Showing Translucent Stock ..................................................................19 Finding the Features ...........................................................................20 Saving and Opening your Work ............................................................21 Specifying the ToolStore Database........................................................22Specifying the Material ........................................................................24 Creating the Machining Sequence .........................................................25 Drilling the Hole .................................................................................26 Roughing the Part...............................................................................27 RestRoughing the Part........................................................................29 Machining the Flat Lands .....................................................................30 Profiling the Inner Profile (Upper Boss)..................................................31 Profiling the Outer Profile (Lower Boss) .................................................33 Profiling the Pockets...........................................................................34 Simulating the Machining ....................................................................35 Generating CNC Code .........................................................................37 Exercise Summary..............................................................................38 Creating a Code Generator Exercise...