Summary
At first, we discovered why it is so important to start with a facing operation, then, using Sandvik CoroPlus, we could get all the cutting parameters to implement.
After this introduction, we deeply described all the options for the Facing command. This is very important because, as we are about to discover, there are many other turning and milling strategies that we will implement to machine our part, but they will all look and work in the same way.
Once we completed our first operation, we discovered how to simulate our tool and how to check for errors; since we couldn’t spot any, we moved forward with postprocessing up to the G-code generation.
It is fair to say that all the efforts we spent on these pages on such a simple facing operation will be worth it time and time again.
Now that we’ve got an idea of a typical workflow with CAM operations, we can move forward with more complex machining strategies.
In the next chapter, we will keep machining...
