RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] tool path question

I think Draw, Others, Contour Tooling will do what you want. Specify a total
depth and how much to take in each pass. It will then use multiple passes to
get to the depth you want.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Ok after playing around with the Vector demo i am starting to get a
> grasp on things. I just drew a box and chucked a pen in my mill to
> see if I could get it to draw a box and sure enough it did. Small
> stuff I know but I was sure amazed! I understand the lines for the
> box I drew and converted to G-code was the tool path. What I would
> like to try is machining two shoulders approximatley .345 (don't have
> the plans in front of me) on a square piece of brass. I guess I will
> draw the part the way its supposed to look when its finished and then
> draw the tool paths, is this correct? Concering the tool paths will
> I have to make a line every .12 (the amound I can usually take in a
> pass with the mill) for the tool path?
>
> Thanks for all the help and patience :)
> Matt
>
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