Regenerate Toolpath Examples

1. Copy a Machining Strategy

Use the Regenerate Toolpath command to apply an operation that was done on one design to a another design.

1. Open a copy of SURFCAM and open the design file with the operation that you will copy.

2. Open another copy of SURFCAM and open the other design file.

3. Use the Copy button on the Operations Manager toolbar, or press CTRL+C, to copy the needed operation from the first design. Paste the operation into a Setup Section in the Operations Manager Toolpath Tree for the second design. The toolpath and the value of all the machining parameters are copied.

4. Right-click the operation you pasted to display the right-click menu box.

5. Click the Regenerate Toolpath option to display a dialog box for the operation.

6. Make the necessary changes in the parameters on the several tabs and click OK.

7. SURFCAM prompts you to select the geometry before the new toolpath is drawn.

2. Changes to a Design

When a design is changed after the toolpaths are created, the old toolpaths cannot fit.

Use the Regenerate Toolpath command to create a new toolpath for the new design.

1. Right-click the old operation in the Operations Tree.

2. Repeat steps 3 through 5 in the above example.