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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: rockyrude on August 30, 2017, 09:10:53 AM

Title: lazycam height
Post by: rockyrude on August 30, 2017, 09:10:53 AM

Is it possible to key in the height of an object? The drag and drop is very problematic.

Title: Re: lazycam height
Post by: RICH on August 31, 2017, 05:56:49 AM

Have you read the manual?

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The drag and drop is very problematic.

Not sure what your talking about.

RICH

Title: Re: lazycam height
Post by: rockyrude on August 31, 2017, 07:40:17 AM

I actually used the wrong terminology, I meant depth. To set the material thickness the set depth function is a drag and drop function which is very hit and miss. I would like to be able to just key in a depth to a known dimension.

Title: Re: lazycam height
Post by: RICH on September 01, 2017, 05:56:25 AM

Tutorial #6 in the manual is about plunge clearance, etc.

RICH

Title: Re: lazycam height
Post by: rockyrude on September 11, 2017, 12:23:29 PM

I know about plunge clearance. I need a more accurate way to define material thickness.

Title: Re: lazycam height
Post by: RICH on September 12, 2017, 05:39:42 AM

LC is what it is and anything I know about it is in the manual I wrote.
It's not like some other CAM software. See page 18 of 23 in the manual  for my definition of what Set layer Depth does.
Thus  there is no "set material thickness". I guess if you wanted to have something appear in the graphics one could have a layer
which would represent the material foot print and set that to a some depth below Z=0.

BTW, it must be accurate as you are the one telling LC how deep to cut a layer.

RICH