CNC machines

Name

Machine name.

Code

Machine model, code.

Controller name

Name of the machine controller.

Description

A more detailed description of the machine.

Work area length

The description of the working space boundaries in X direction.

This plays a role in determining whether the workpiece of a given size may be processed in this machine. If the value 0 is indicated, then such a check is not performed.

Work area width

The description of the working space boundaries in Y direction.

This plays a role in determining whether the workpiece of a given size may be processed in this machine. If the value 0 is indicated, then such a check is not performed.

Work area height

The description of the working space boundaries in Z direction.

This plays a role in determining whether the workpiece of a given size may be processed in this machine. If the value 0 is indicated, then such a check is not performed.

Machine type

Describes the machine type. Two options are available:

This option affects the behaviour of the entire Woodwork for Inventor CAM. It affects the following aspects:

CNC processing center

Nesting Router

May include many clamping options

Only one clamping option is available.

Clamping options support various technological states of a workpiece: workpiece, part without covers, part with covers, etc.

The clamping option supports one state of a workpiece: part without covers..

Clamping corners can be selected.

Clamping corners cannot be selected.

Such operation is not included.

Always has a special external loop following operation.

A CNC program is generated for each clamping option of the part.

All parts of an assembly for which a CNC job was created using Nesting Router are assembled and exported to the Nesting program, where a CNC program is created (cutting parts from a single sheet of material).

Correction on air

Different algorithms are activated for the mechanism used to represent the mill tool trajectory. Some CNC machines or front-end CAM systems interpret the tool Radius correction

commands differently. Some of them interprets that the tool that moves to the first trajectory point at a rapid pace is positioned in the corrected position and this corresponds to the On value. Other systems perform tool correction by moving along the first trajectory segment. This corresponds to the Off value.

Clearance height

Specifies a safe height above the part surface that the tool rapids to vertically.

Safe plane height

Specifies a safe travel height that the tool rapids to horizontally above the part surface.

Post processor

Specifies the Post Processor which processes the created trajectory and outputs it to a file format for a given machine or a front-end CAM system.

All Post Processors are contained in the following Directory:

C:\Program Files\Woodwork for Inventor 2019 v9\Postprocessors\

Post-processor output format

Field indicating what file extension the output file will have. This parameter cannot be adjusted and it comes together with the selected Post Processor.

CNC machine screen-saver field

Each machine can have a screen-saver with an image up to 200kB in size. Users may change this image at their own discretion.