Now that we have the shape defined, lets proceed and setup to do an outside offset contour and generate the g-code into Mach3.
Click on the Constraint tab to show the constraint panel.
Enter the following values:
Equipment
SafeZ .5
Max Feed 40
Max spindle 1500
Material
Select Light metals (Aluminum)
Tooling
For this exercise we will use tool zero. Tool zero cannot be defined in the tool table and its parameters are entered during the definition of the tool path in the next step. Refer to the tool table help on how to effectively use the tooling.
Set the Rapid/Feed transition to 0.1. This is the height at which a Z axis move down will change from rapid rate to plunge rate as defined in the path definition. Check the progressive transition check box. This will cause the transition height to move down by the step size on each subsequent pass.
The constraint section will now look like this:
