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- #TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP HOW TO#
- #TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP FULL#
- #TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP PRO#
Basically, take the circumference of the cylinder and divide it into 360 pieces. The software does the math to convert inches (or millimeters) to degrees. Note how, for rotary toolpaths, the X values have been translated to angles. The origin is specified as the lower left corner. For this example the toolpath will move from A to B to C to D and back to A. Let's look at how the code changes when we compare a conventional toolpath to a rotary toolpath. How Does the Code Change for Rotary Work? Some people find the following description of the right-hand rule helpful in understanding the relationship between XYZ and rotary movement. This can help us visualize what the final result will look like even though we don't have the typical preview we are used to from Vectric products. Now look at the preview of the flat design and the toolpath wrapped around the cylinder.
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Since there are 360 degrees in a circle when you move from 0º to 360º you have gone all the way around the cylinder and are back at the starting point. The rightmost point on the design would be at 360º Midway between the left and right borders would be 180º The leftmost point on the design would be at 0º If you are wrapping the X values around the rotary axis: Perhaps this is easier to visualize if we take a common cylinder and show it laid out flat and then wrapped into a cylinder. This is referred to as "Wrapped Rotary Axis Machining".įor the purposes of this tutorial we will be wrapping the X values around the cylinder, but the basic concepts apply to either X or Y axis wrapping. The way that rotary support works is to translate moves from the X or Y axis and change them to a move on the rotary axis (usually referred to as the B axis) so the design is wrapped onto a cylinder. Rotary Machining takes a "flat" design and wraps it around a column
#TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP HOW TO#
The following link describes the basics of an indexer, names key parts, and shows how to mount material in the indexer.
#TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP FULL#
You cannot take a full 3D file and directly toolpath and carve it using the rotary axis machining.Īlso, the software does not calculate rotary 4 axis toolpaths for 3D models. Instead the output might be shown as though machined on a flat piece of material and/or as a wireframe cylinder with toolpaths projected onto it. It was with some trepidation that this feature was included because there would not be a realistic preview of the finished product which is a hallmark of the Vectric products.
#TRACE BITMAP VECTRIC VCARVE DESKTOP PRO#
In December of 2009 Vectric released upgrades to Aspire and VCarve Pro that included support for wrapping X or Y moves around a rotary axis. It was a "chicken-and-egg" scenario: there were few rotary machines in use because of limited software, and little software development because of so few machines with rotary capabilities.Ī small but vocal group encouraged Vectric to move forward with rotary support even though the previewer would not provide the same level of information as standard XYZ axis machining. Also, a number of shops had purchased a rotary axis (also known as an indexer) but the devices languished unused because they were too difficult to program. As a consequence there were few shops that had CNC machines with a rotary axis. The software that did exist was rather expensive. Until recently there was limited software support available for rotary axis work from CNC software vendors.