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by Tad Whitchurch,
Director CAD/CAM Training and Support
Hagerman & Company, Inc.
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EdgeCAM Tech Tip
The following is a list of what may seem like basic tools but can be large time-saver tips. Thanks again for our contacts at Edgecam/Pathtrace.
• Selecting the proper solid faces and/or entities can be
simplified by using the window command.
Depending on the direction the window is created, can vary
what faces and entities are selected.
o Select a number of items by using click and drag to
enclose them in a window.
o Left mouse click and drag from:
• Left to right to select all
entities that are within the window created.
• Right to left to select all
entities that are within or partially/intersecting the window
created.
•
Click
Entity Types in the Input toolbar if you want only a certain type of
entity to be selectable.
• In the ‘Layers’ Tab, you can show this individual layer by
right clicking on the layer and selecting Show
Only’. Alternatively, you can right click in the
‘Layers’ Tab and ‘Show All’ layers.
•
To
display features (in translucent form) click Toggle Features in the
Display toolbar to activate it. Click Toggle Features again to
de-activate it and switch off the feature display.
• Choose between splitting the view horizontally or
vertically.
• To hide the toolpath for a specific instruction:
o In the Sequence window, right-click on a (machining)
instruction.
A tick
next to the option indicates that the toolpath for the instruction
is displayed.
o Click the Visible option from the shortcut menu to
hide the toolpath for that instruction.
Hidden toolpaths are shown in pale
grey in the instruction list.
Note
• You can hide the toolpath for an operation without having to
expand it.
• You can select multiple instructions by holding down the CTRL or
SHIFT key while selecting the instructions with a left mouse click.
If you have any tips of your own that you would like to share and see published in our newsletter feel free to email me direct at tadwhitchurch@hagerman.com.
This page last edited on Tuesday, June 07, 2011
