Fourth Axis/it

Descrizione
Queste funzioni sperimentali consentono la fresatura di facce e tasche

Queste funzioni sono in fase di sviluppo iniziale. Possono esistere dei bug. Grazie per il vostro feedback e test.

Installazione
Ideally, upgrade to version 0.19.16502, or higher.

Download these scripts:


 * PathProfileFaces.py available here and
 * PathAreaOp.py is here
 * PathPocketShape.py from here too (for pocket operations)

Place them in your FreeCAD/Mod/Path/PathScripts directory, *after* renaming your originals for safe keeping. Rename the new scripts to the original script names. Restart FreeCAD and have fun.

Use at your own risk.

Limitazioni
Current 4th-axis capable operations do not handle complex/compound rotations: those involving X and Y simultaneously.

There is currently no GUI integration of 4th-axis rotational settings in the release branch. All related settings are in the Data tab of the Properties View section for each individual operation supported.

Profile Faces

 * Select the face(s) for the operation as normal
 * Click on the Path Profile Faces icon to start the operation
 * Change your settings as desired
 * Click OK to run the operation
 * In the properties list for the new operation, change the "Enable Rotation" setting as needed for the face(s)
 * Recompute the operation
 * Adjust start/final depths as needed. Final depth is coded to NOT go beyond the selected face used for the profile.

Pocket Shape

 * Click on the Path Pocket Shape icon to start the operation.
 * Click the OK to create the operation - no faces selected
 * Select the new Pocket_Shape operation in task window
 * In the operation's Properties list, scroll to Path section and change the "Enable Rotation" property to the desired 4th-axis setting.
 * Re-compute the operation
 * Double click on the same operation, to edit settings in the task window.
 * Open the 'Base Geometry' tab. Select one face (preferred at the moment) and click the 'Add' button, placing that face in the Base Geometry list.
 * Change the other operation settings as desired.
 * Click OK to save and apply the changes.

Risoluzione dei problemi

 * There is an "Inverse Angle" property. You may have to toggle this to get correct paths for some of your faces.
 * Set "Enable Rotation" to other than 'Off' to profile faces perpendicularly that are not normal to Z-axis.
 * Toggle the "Reverse Direction" property if the path appears to be off by 180 degrees.