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1. Parameters in rectangular duplication include Row is the number of rows Column is the number of columns Row Space is the space between every two rows Column Space is the space between every two columns Angle is formed by the bottom row and the positive direction of X axis 3 After entering the values click on the icon _ or the Enter key to finish the setup eer ee eee E BI SD 3 PE ge dg YE CET L a e P Re hi T 8 h a d i 5 m L ia 2 Y iij a ll d piiss ial n y i Fig 6 37a draw a circle 119 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING ER L D z ESrcdeorRh eS LR o WEA ERR PUEDE E PERSO ENER FE RER EES TEA Fig 6 37b set the value Fig 6 37c the result REMARK The value of row space and column space can be negative numbers it means that the duplicated objects will be placed in the negative X axis direction fk FG A Se eek een FA WAR vg wer ee e S d i j i A he EEN ee E A eee EL ee Fig 6 38b set the parameters Fig 6 38c the result Duplication along a curve This is to duplicate the selected object along a curve 120 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Draw a curve Select the object to be duplicated Click Modify gt Duplication gt Duplication along A Curve The words Please select a curve are shown in the status bar Move the cursor onto the curve AE AN we Le 6 When the cursor changes into
2. TEF SS PF i E STE MEIN TEUTTENNS P onat apa 4 AAF a Doa So ele oe aa ml Om Fig 12 50 6 Select another symbol from the Symbol library and change the size of the symbol to make Y axis value into 200 The result is shown in Fig 12 51 225 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES Spa are F Fig 12 51 7 Press Ctrl A key in the keyboard to select all the graphs align the center of the graphs and the result is shown in Fig 12 52 d i h Wl Y m gt 7 E H H D ky mi E Y Ei F A T Fig 12 52 is seo we ee EM a alWa 4 nase 1 etpaesg Ap 9 Select all the symbols and click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Intelligent machining command in the menu bar Then the Intelligent machine dialog is displayed Fig 12 54 226 CASES CHAPTER TWELVE Fig 12 54 10 Select two end mill tools with diameter of 3 175 and 22 respectively choose machining depth of 3mm overlap ratio of 60 and choose anticlockwise The result is shown in Fig 12 55 T m F 4 z Mi i H Fig 12 55 11 Select the outer box and apply profile machining to it Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 175 height of 22 outside machining total depth of 10 anticlockwise machining Click on OK to get the result Fig 12 56 k ap H mm o A ai LE ALSO MEA AS LN Et Dl N SES a W Zb Fig 12 56 12
3. click the left mouse button A dialog is displayed Fig 6 39 Cua ation along a Cure i J E Parai E C Bogidity pece mre _ Amaru C Bogidity mount arar Is Elegabalitp adpacert array a fr date dupliewtion e Elana bality catar Leo cnir array 0 Flaw bility ciraich ay kF conca Fig 6 39 Parameters include Rigidity space array The object is duplicated along the curve with the same distance between each two objects Rigidity amount array The amount is the total amount of the objects duplicated to the end of the curve with the same distance between each two objects Flexibility adjacent array Check Auto duplication and then the object is duplicated along the curve with their centers on the line If you do not check Auto duplication then the object is duplicated according to the actual amount you set in the Amount box The object is duplicated with no space between each two of them Flexibility center to center array The object is duplicated along the curve with the same distance between the centers of each two objects Flexibility stretch array The object is duplicated automatically with objects all along the curve 7 After setting the parameters click on_ D to end the setup 121 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING ALPES PA ARA ABANDO ege gem LD ee ee ee ee Fig 6 40a select the object Cuter atin ary a Cara A E Pis k Fig 6 40b set the parameters Fig 6
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5. 2 Select the circle and click on the shortcut icon bai on Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Profile machining on the menu bar Then the dialog shown in Fig 10 11 is displayed 3 Select an end mill with a diameter of 10 and height of blade of 22 and set the value of total depth at 10mm and choose clockwise cut direction Then the effect is shown in Fig 10 18 172 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH i Ho T E E AE Fig 10 18 REMARK In profile machining you should choose end mill or conical but not ball nose because ball nose is not fit for profile machining 10 3 Area Clearance Area clearance is to mill an area in the material There are two types of milling raster and offset For example we are to mill the rectangle in Fig 10 19 e E T E Er E AA Fig 10 19 1 Select the rectangle then click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Area Clearance on the menu bar Then the Area Clearance dialog is displayed 173 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH rra Linge Sectioning Sirup F jute igs fi Fr ltima F Beck nisg Foresters Edil erer scht wi ree Taal sik E DO e T Matt i ezk per Layer Beda Llorca ks hi ia Coan Lap is MES bau a Connor siissegssfea bh wa 4 EL Poreckien wemi condeer CL age oe D kti iechbst ts Tap Qateice ba alemanai liisida LE malaria cuna Fig 10 20 2 Input the parameters in the dialog Tool Library is for selecting
6. Baseline setting Fig 10 Height the height of the z axis curve that is the depth of the tool going into the material Height min depth wave height Width the width of z axis curve higi P ga ine Patel k rme Ac DON T alesghl emo Bamboo strip Fig 11 Fig 11 238 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Straight wave Fig 12 Fig 12 13 3 Curvilinear texture Click on wave board gt curvilinear texture and a dialog is displayed Fig 13 Fap kii i E Papa Hd Ha 2 po T beult Ze Path pee ZE Px Be deih ia im fa of Machining settings are the same as straight texture Baseline settings 239 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Height the height of X axis curve Width the width of Y axis curve Au Wi Vol OI W A Wi o WU ld id OM Fig 16 240 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD 13 4 Wave Click on wave board gt wave and a dialog is displayed Fig 17 A Tea Line 5 Page k n liza oo zi T EES Page width E m Bech wi FE Fai fam Bedah hm zl wr fa Far ala Dei J nda igh fi Fig 17 Wave angle the angle of the machining path of the curve Fold height the height of the wave fold Baseline parameters Fig 18 Sample line parameters Fig 19 241 WAVE BORD CHAPTER THIRTEEN Fig 19 Machining settings are the same as curvilinea
7. K feg em deg al il 1 al be a eet i eg eee es 4 es 4 e A i 4 is G mg d d HAS e MEE os So jk i i i mnn lee a ERE E 13 6 Texture Trimming Sometimes we need to make a rectangle from the tool path of the wave board Fig 25 at this time we need to use texture trimming function Click on wave board gt texture trimming on the menu bar and a dialog is displayed Fig 26 d SR SE ERR LA E Am Wm Loch cp emm am EA e e DI e EDS dear EA A PA g d e EE EE PA AAA WEE e ei Ch EE TE d a i al en A d gt d ay A E 4 i ae det Greter WE Trim texture toolpath E i ei 8 d i D 4 l z d F CH SR 4 Se dei ke Y 3 3 ei dd Pick a trimmed area objec Kg A d Si Bd EAS D i m E 8 A A ef A RE a sp A y Sg WEE mm e e Fig 25 Fig 26 Click on Pick a trimmed area object and then the screen displays the main window panel Move the mouse when the rectangle becomes blue click on the left mouse button Then a dialog is displayed Fig 27 244 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Trim texture toolpath xl Pick a trimmed area object Fig 27 Click on OK to finish the operation then the following result is shown Fig 28 al D falta Jag CeRS4 28 JADA H y H d ai F x z E q mu d a j a s F J u I ef gt iy d di d a i A d d Li a PIES gt G f af d d BN i i d F e da F i p d S A EA s H d e e G or y H
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9. AER Jg gigi el S sav 1 a be im ti F E E Fig 5 49b the effect 5 6 Push and Pull Distortion Push and Pull Distortion is to distort an object by pulling or pushing its base point 1 Select an object 2 Click on the icon Mm on Transform Bar or click Transform gt Push and Pull Distortion 3 Select the base point by clicking in the drawing window Fig 5 50 97 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION MIA ei al AA 5 Fig 5 50 4 Move the cursor onto the base point 5 When the cursor changes into hold and drag the left mouse button to distort the object Fig 5 51 a A ex E ANA Fig 5 51 Click the right mouse button or the Esc key on the keyboard to exit the operation 5 7 Twist Distortion This is to distort an object by rotating its base point 1 Select an object 2 Click on shortcut icon Zi on Transform Bar or click Transform gt Twist Distortion The base point is shown Fig 5 52 98 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION A ess AA oe Fig 5 52 3 Move the cursor onto the base point 4 When the cursor changes into hold and drag the left mouse button to change the object into desired shape Fig 5 53 sa a A ex E ANA Fig 5 53 Press the right mouse button or the Esc key to exit the operation 5 8 Auto Nesting Several objects with various shapes and sizes can be arranged in a selected shape to save material The following is an example 99 CHAPTER FIVE OBJ
10. Fig 6 48 Fig 6 49 the shape is changed You can change the color of the object by 1 Select the object to be edited 2 Click Edit gt object properties 3 Click on mz or the dragdown menu the color box is also available on the right of the Status bar 4 The color selection box is shown Fig 6 50 mm a e TDECOO CIA Other Color Fig 6 50 To choose other colors click on Other Color 127 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING ona MU ad Fig 6 51 REMARK The setup of properties of different objects varies Try to find out the differences by setting the properties of different objects 128 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING This chapter is devoted to a general introduction of the usage of text editing in Ucancam V8 7 1 Text Input 7 1 1 Rapid Input To improve text imputing speed you can apply Rapid Input 1 Click on the icon ZP on Text Editing Bar or click Text gt Rapid Input 2 Adialog is displayed Fig 7 1 Fig 7 1 3 Input the text and click on 4 The words Start of text are displayed in the status bar Input the coordinate value and press Enter or just click in the drawing window to designate the starting position of the text then the text is shown in the designated place Tent A aqui Tropak Ki R RUE P RSR E FETEI d ed aE des Fig 7 2a input the text Fig 7 2b after inputting the start coordinate REMARK You
11. H Oe Ce e e Pie ke Dee Tee e pen D n e Da Ce Bes 2 Sal Om Ge e Ba Dee Ze 3 d Ce n 7 L H K H kel H Ra Bin es Ta at in Pe in ke AN KS e ay Ba e s Se Wale e len ien Bien Dien L e 8 D Dy We Se Dem A D B a 5 a HM Le kW ww Cp ed e d S Ba m ken la kW 8 r Wie Z n d WW e i San Bon Ben sf s m n d e Ma la Wii es G We a om T G i d d a Oe wre AI A Fe Bai LES TEE oe DI TIO a ERR rte Bb Fig 3 19a Zoom window in 3D view Fig 3 19b Zoom In in 3D view A NENA Ar ARA ei der a rn a a si AC THis Tao do aeRO Ae Ti a nep D ai oF O KS E E e E a sh Aye eRe 4 Zen ke e e e Me e s Be i en We We e r We We We e ee aa Den mm Da Da Be e Ca AAA a a en lg pr Go ia kiki ue AHi IT ep A ooh fea el ee Pi Jay a ps Fig 3 19c Zoom out in 3D view Fig 3 19d Fit to all in 3D view 33 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS AAA eae eee am LA AAA LIK APURE Loge a AAA LA H h P H on a T z 1 f n ff E i r Ve 5 bh 4 a 4 e i n e S E i e B 3 RF f z i 5 IK T f F im EE L lt Aa de Be J Mp Wm rn Fig 3 19e Fit to page in 3D view Fig 3 19f Pan View in 3D view Koma gas oS ne FOG DEEM SE zb E a Y E ze k d i gt F o P a F Dy E e E a Al D A d pira ee Fig 3 19g Dynamic zoom in 3D view REMARK In the 3D view mode press key board
12. e Click the shortcut icon D I on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Make same size on the menu bar Press Ctri Alt A de a i 4 e de 3 E p Fig 5 41a select the objects iom me EE ee APEEF AETR e D A Fig 5 41b the effect There are two additional functions in Ucancam V8 Make same width and Make same height Make same width is to make the width of the selected object the same as that of the first selected object There are three ways to start this function e Click the shortcut icon in Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Make same width in the menu bar Press Ctrl Alt W 93 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION a lei e a Jar ae ARA a SEA Fig 5 42a select the objects Fig 5 42b the effect Make same height is to make the height of the selected objects the same as that of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon in Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Make same height in the menu bar Press Ctrl Alt H AAA dae Ba eG i f 2 2 ie ME dee I d D Fe re 4 4 RR a a nl p Fig 5 43a select the object Fig 5 43b the effect 5 4 Perspective Distortion 1 Select the graph 2 Click on the icon E on Transform Bar or click Transform gt Perspective Distortion 3 Anetis displayed 94 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION See me ees z d a Fig 5 44 Hold and drag the four panes in the corners of the net and the
13. DE AAA RA RR RS Les n i Pe A Ltb PA e T be d T NA bh Ti A Y pi el ri a E a i ET CH da e e ER af E mt a ell z W D Ki El at at E il em o EE A EES A Fig 1 Fig 2 Note It is recommended to use curve when making textures 2 Select the straight line and then click wave board gt texture on the menu bar A dialog is displayed Fig 3 234 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Earne a ena pak IE Fig 3 3 Select a suitable tool and set min depth max depth and accuracy and then click with left mouse button on Pick baseline z axis Then select the curve we have drawn Fig 4 CR EK METIDA i Fig 4 4 Click on st to create the tool path View the tool path in 3d view then we get the clear effect Fig 5 FOO CELES D ma In apen e SAA a lee pos E P THE Fig 5 235 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Next we are going to make a wave board with textures 1 Draw two straight lines that are parallel to each other and draw two curves that are symmetrical Fig 6 Lg mn ech Ep Ca gr E ER been eg Cen E a ER meng SD STH IS eee RAR A ia e a e tee ie E EE HE ly SH Ti a Di A e i D e di d sE Ko mi a al es 4 a i E CA a I D ed Bes fe EL ERC ER em i Fig 6 2 Create tool paths for each pair of the two lines Select one curve as baseline of one straight line and s
14. Fig 10 7 167 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Conical Tool Editor Description s li cal DO 13 A50 H 06 Diameter of handle mi el Diameter of blade CD 0 13 Max Cut Depth CH 5 08 Half Angle A 30 10 1 4 Tool Editing To add a tool 1 Select ball nose from Tool Type The selected tool is in blue Fig 10 8 2 Then click Add 3 Adialog is shown for you to set the parameters of the new tool Fig 10 9 4 Input the parameters of the tool in the dialog and click on Then the newly added tool is displayed in the tool library Fig 10 10 nat paper AT e 7 Hl ks RS Ek Ball Bass OG Dea Kanu OE Dea Ba HE Dean Sa HIR Mn Kan BM j TA mess Bue RED ER O nas NN TA mas Bn ES E BES Bann KE 168 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Addition Of Ball Nose Tool X Description S Ball Hose D50 H30 Diameter M E Max Cut Depth CH 30 cuca Fig 10 9 To edit a tool 1 Select a tool in the Current Tools box 2 Click on Edit button and a dialog Tool Editor is displayed 3 Set the parameters and click on OK To delete a tool This function is rarely used but when you need to delete a tool from Tool Library you should select a tool in Current Tools box and click on Delete button in the Tool Library dialog Then the tool is deleted from the tool library After introduction of the tools we can start work now Machining can be classified into profile machining area clearance 3D engraving mi
15. Input a coordinates value e g 10 10 4 Press the Enter key and the position of the center of the circle is fixed 5 Input the value of the radius of the circle 6 Press Enter key and a circle is drawn a As 7 e Fig 4 7 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Circle on the menu bar 2 Click in the drawing window to select a point as the center of the circle 3 Move the mouse to define the radius of the circle 4 Click the left mouse button to finish drawing the circle 54 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES 4 1 4 Ellipse Method 1 o 1 Click the shortcut icon on Curve Bar 2 Select Draw gt Ellipse on the menu bar 3 The words Center of ellipse are shown in the status bar 4 Input a coordinate value to fix the position of the center of the ellipse 5 Enter a coordinate value to define the end point of the first axis of the ellipse 6 Enter the coordinate value of the length of the other axis of the ellipse E See CH PEA ARO A E r H 4 i b d mM H Fig 4 8 Method 2 1 Select Draw gt Ellipse on the menu bar 2 Select a point as the center of the ellipse by clicking in the drawing window 3 Click in another position to fix one axis of the ellipse 4 Click in a third point to define the radius of another axis of the ellipse 4 1 5 Spline Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon A on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Spline on the menu bar 2 Input coordinate value respectively by following the instructions
16. ON Ti d y nl Sr i KN i i k A di l l 3 e do eal gt ma Fig 10 50 186 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH The area with dense lines is the tool path of the smaller tool with a diameter of 3 175 and the other area is the tool path of the tool with a diameter of 22 10 11 Embossing Machining Embossing machining is mainly used in making rounded characters or shapes There are two types in embossing machining intaglio machining and rilievi The operation of embossing machining is quite easy and it is widely used in such fields as embossment sign boards breast cards furniture metallic moulds printing etc Take the object in Fig 10 51 as an example Een E dg or DK a e Le a dl ra Y Age ae ae 4 Fig 10 51 1 Select the object and click on the shortcut icon a a in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Embossing machining in the menu bar Then the dialog in Fig 10 52 is displayed Fig 10 52 2 Set the parameters in the Embossing machining dialog Machining parameters include Border is the distance between the border of the contour and the tool path Height is the total machining depth Width is the width of the tool path Top angle is the angle formed by the vertical direction and the tool when it is entering the 187 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH material Bot angle is the angle formed by the horizontal direction and the tool when it is entering the material Machining type includes female and
17. SL a E r m wj i a D io ur fe ES i bM il Fig 12 68 232 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES 4 Click View gt 3D View in the menu bar and then click on the right mouse button and select ISO View from the menu The result is shown in Fig 12 69 Kb Aa TER E a seas Ar Fig 12 69 5 Save the tool path save the tool path with cutter lift height of 3 base on feature point A Note The function of doing wave board is available only in UCanCAM V8 wave board software 233 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BOARD Beijing Wentai Technology corp has successfully launched UCanCAM V8 wave board cad cam software making it easy for customers to design not only lines curves waves and other designs which already exist on the market but also new designs by editing or trimming Besides you can also trim out characters or graphs on waves achieving unbelievable effect The following shows the ways to make these wave designs in UCanCAM V8 13 1 Texture 1 Draw a straight line Fig 1 then draw a curve The straight line the tool path on X and Y axis and the curve determines the depth of the texture which Is the Z axis tool path The wave height is the distance from the top to the bottom point of the wave Fig 2 ro x E i 2 L gt e ES E 3 d j 2 OT Er Ge mmn al imi i ebl Bek i i ob z n oe e Se pn emp al i il Bee me cm ee ol SEI a TS ge SERA Ae A SEI a TS sl pe SE EAAA AO JA
18. depth is also automatically adjusted according to the shape of the object and the tool Reverse machining is to machine along the original tool path in the reverse direction again after first time machining in order to make the surface of the material smooth For example machine the two letters OP 1 Input the two letters in the drawing window 2 Select the two letters and click on the shortcut icon ES in Tool Path Bar or click Tool 177 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH path gt Midline machining in the menu bar then a dialog is displayed Fig 10 30 feizad IZ A N E Tesh Library Bidli iya ir El Tr 9 M Ti Come Firmatari Tatil deyib im U 291 fun ellen Lesarik es 7 bod M Bonert Gbepth per Leer ba V Birri sackining Fig 10 30 3 Select a conical tool with a diameter of 0 3 height of 10 and angle of 45 degrees total depth of 6 and select reverse machining 3D Then the effect is shown in Fig 10 31 A o o F E gH 3 Ti Jaco NARRO AE d F d S a K J KI 2 G Fig 10 31 10 6 Simple Drilling Before drilling You set the hole depth space between holes and machine type parameters E g 1 to drill the shape shown in Fig 10 32 178 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Fig 10 32 1 Select the object then click on the shortcut icon in Tool Path Bar or click tool path gt simple drilling in the menu bar Then the Simple Drilling dialog in Fig 10 33 is displayed Fig 10 33 2 Select an end mi
19. i E a a P Fig 5 38a select the objects Fig 5 38b after horizontal aligning 5 3 3 Space There are two types of space horizontal spacing and vertical spacing Horizontal spacing is to position the selected objects with the same space between each other horizontally There are three ways e Click the shortcut icon Hf on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Horizontal spacing in the menu bar o Press Alt 91 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION 31 T i j F i iF 3 ek a H RK E Fig 5 39a select the objects Fig 5 39b after horizontal spacing Vertical spacing is to position several selected objects with the same space between each other vertically There are three ways e Click the shortcut icon E on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Vertical spacing in the menu bar Press Alt E d D D L F j E Ay a m j da KI eh p 2 k E mm mes Te em A sa Fig 5 40a select the objects ep Hi FE i F fn Ej F o a A amg E eas a Ee mmm Fig 5 40b after vertical spacing 92 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION REMARK The number of the selected objects must be over two 5 3 4 Make Same Size To make the size of several selected objects the same you can click Transform gt Scale but this method requires too much work and time You can make it easier by using Align gt Make same size command on the menu bar There are three ways to enable this function
20. 114 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING sa Preserved parts rE A Removed parts Fig 6 28 6 10 Divide Divide is to separate an object into several parts by defining dividing points To divide an object 1 Select the object to be divided 2 Click on the icon in Modification Bar or click Modify gt Divide 3 The words Please input the number of divisions are shown in the status bar 4 Type a value and press Enter um ME doc ee r T la a sn EE CR TE abba Fig 6 29a original Fig 6 29b after being divided 6 11 Boolean Operation Boolean operation includes join common not common and subtract Take the following graph as an example 115 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING a A i s RA Fig 6 30 J oin 1 Select the two objects to be joined 2 Click on the icon ES on Modification Bar or click Modify gt B oolean Operation gt oin The result is shown below dp a mm BR Se 4 Fig 6 31 Common 1 Select two objects 2 Click on the icon a on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Boolean Operation gt Common The result is as follows 116 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING a el ae m EE SA Fig 6 32 Subtract 1 Select the two objects 2 Click on the icon i on Modification Bar or click Modify gt B oolean Operation gt Subtract If you select then rectangle before selecting the circle the result is shown in Fig 6 33 if you select the circle first and then select the rectangle
21. 3 51 The dialog is closed by clicking x or pressing the Enter key on the keyboard 49 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Line arc circle ellipse Bezier curve wavy line combine curve points rectangle star spiral and regular polygons can be created and drawn in Ucancam V8 The following are the main features in Ucancam V8 gt Point coordinates can be numerically input gt Automatically snap end points midpoints intersection points tangency points and other feature points gt Editing functions such as delete offset cut and trim and Boolean operation functions such as join common not common and subtract are available gt Transformation tools like move rotate mirror scale and aligning tools such as horizontal spacing and make the same size are available gt Useful node editing tools This chapter is devoted to a general introduction of creating and drawing geometrical shapes and using the symbol library Objects with various shapes can be created after reading this chapter 4 1 Create simple shapes You can create simple shapes by entering coordinates The origin 0 0 is in the center of the interface Absolute coordinate is to fix a point at a certain position by entering two values of X and Y axis coordinates Relative coordinate is to fix a point at a certain position by entering two values of X and Y axis coordinates with another point as the origin The two values repres
22. E Er SES oe Fig 10 47 10 10 Intelligent Machining Efficiency in milling can be greatly improved when applying intelligent machining Two tools can be chosen at the same time and the tool with larger diameter will be chosen for milling for the first time then the tool with smaller diameter will be used in milling for the second time so that the smaller areas which are not milled in the first round of milling by the larger tool can be milled By using the tool with larger diameters the machining speed is greatly improved and by using the tool with smaller diameters accurate machining is achieved Take the object in Fig 10 48 for example 185 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH IO PALA TU AA PEA ARO AMB b E i 1 I i TEE ET A A E FO b H Fig 10 48 1 Select the object and then click on the shortcut icon SI in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Intelligent machining in the menu bar Then the Intelligent machine dialog is displayed F10 49 Ricki ay Peril Flia o 2 amir Br kaun re pl drem smn eene S ben td pu Lea Ee jag ME W eg be 2 2 Set the parameters in Fig 10 49 3 Select two end mill tools with diameter of 3 175 and 22 respectively total depth of 3mm overlap of 90 anticlockwise Then the effect is shown in Fig 10 50 Sl imi SD SS dace SARE A eN E i a P EPP Pr Tr Fy 2 Te T F reg JA on f J T Hi P i r j H d a sl r
23. Em Ok lap A hirem Fi ewe Cd cr SH Fig 3 1 You can choose the path of the file or enter the file name after File Name Select Preview to preview contents of a selected file Click omn after selecting the file name to open the file REMARK The selected file can also be opened by double clicking the file or by pressing the Enter key on the keyboard 3 1 2 Create A New File Any of the following three ways can be chosen to create a new file e Click ontheicon on Standard Bar e Click File gt New o Press Ctri N Then the Page Size dialog displays Fig 3 2 22 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS fs Fartralt Ledsregs ara Fig 3 2 Custom is for users to set the size of the Page Fig 3 3 eraen IAN Exhibition Board 1100 X 120 Exhibition Board 900 X 120 Exhibition Board 800 X 500 S41 X 1189 mm 594 X 841 mm 420 X 594 mm 297 X 420 mm 210 X 297mm 518 X T56 mm 275 X 518 mm Fig 3 3 Width and Height is the width and height of the Page You can input height and width parameters after selecting Custom Portrait and Landscape is the orientation of a Page Fig 3 4 Paga tiee sa E tien e sw Zeg 90 wm fe Perera FT Loadacipa cuna Fig 3 4a portrait 23 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS A x ficaria miai fino ha migi bro e i Fetrtzei Leie age CS zt Fig 3 4b Landscape After selecting or setting a Page cli
24. Esc key and the right mouse button simultaneously Line Angle deg Bo EZ Frazarva Space am De Begaeg Space ina DE Cancel a la Preserved parts CRE E Removed parts A rT Fig 6 24 Circular slice 1 Select an object 2 Click on the icon Co on the Modification Bar or click Modify gt Complex Slice gt Circular slice 3 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 25 The parameters include start radius preserve space and remove space After setting the values click OK to validate the operation and click Cancel in to quit the operation 113 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Start Radius mm fo Preserve Space mm 10 E Remove Space mm f OF Cancel Beek tk eo ie Ee E SAA AAA ie Preserved parts FILES Removed parts Fig 6 26 Radial slice 1 Select the object to be sliced 2 Click on the icon ka on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Complex Slice gt Radial Slice 3 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 27 The parameters include start angle keep angle and remove angle Start angle is for setting the position of the radial area keep angle is the angle of the preserved parts remove angle is the angle between each two preserved parts After typing the values click OK to validate the operation and click Cancel or press the right mouse button to exit the operation aert Angle deg fl 3 Keep Angle de y Ip kam ala E 3 BI ee Fig 6 27
25. Fliping Of Curve x d f e Ly E 2 Be Fliping the curve l Yes No vk A tl a ST q BEER Fig 6 16 Fig 6 17 Click the right mouse button in the drawing window or the Esc key in the keyboard and then the displayed direction will be hidden 6 8 Delete overlay loop This function is to delete the overlaid parts of one graph or text in order to form tool path 1 Select the object to be operated 2 Select Modify gt Delete overlay loop Fig 6 18 110 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING ol 7 TE z fil i 4 P Zi E i m BR B Fig 6 18a original Fig 6 18b after deleting overlay loop 6 9 Slice Slice is to separate a graph into several smaller ones and a close graph will remain close after this operation and the unclosed ones remain unclosed There are two types of Slice simple slice and complex slice Simple slice can be divided into linear slice rectangular slice and ellipse slice complex slice can be classified into parallel slice circular slice and radial slice 6 9 1 Simple Slice Linear slice 1 Select an object E 2 Click on the icon on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Simple slice gt Linear slice 3 Draw a line on the selected object The line must traverse the object SS SE si Ad A EEN RH EE SA E E D el SR Sr vi S zs Cl A Te aes amp E SR d EA Fig 6 19a original Fig 6 19b after being sliced 111 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Rectan
26. Hard disk 500M Monitor display resolution 800 600 256 colors preferable 1024 768 true color CD drive CD ROM DVD driver Port available with Mouse port and USB2 0 port o 4 1 2 Installation of Ucancam V8 Don t insert the USB dongle into the USB port of your computer before installation To install your program and the USB dongle please follow the procedures step by step 1 Put the installation disk into the CD ROM driver 2 Run the file wtSetup exe in the disk A The initialization interface is shown after running the program See Fig 1 1 U can cam v8 0 AS gt ou gt mA E A E TEET e ll et Ba Em r SS e S or A e Ventai Engraving Sofware Fig 1 1 4 Then the welcoming dialog is shown Fig 1 2 lt is suggested to close other running programs during installation of this software to avoid incorrect installation Press Alt Tab to switch among programs CHAPTER ONE SYSTEM REQURIRMENTS 8 INSTALLATION HEE Det im ill Pirkei tid anger ighi Lee mi cm Ts e ia pa 7 vi eg Fig 1 2 5 Click Next and the License Agreement dialog is shown Fig 1 3 Please read it carefully as this program is protected by copyright law and any copying or spreading of the program without authorization from Wentai Technology Co Ltd is subject to civil and criminal sanction Click Yes to continue installation and click No to exit installation wood La ln Lara dema Prs La Pd pan e aber i s
27. I F a ir a FF e e Pe A A sh p mh a 3 a P E Br A k k 7 L e F d fm Oi 8 b Weg iai A z n ji E Fig 10 81a object Fig 10 81b tool path Se ee eee aa l a ge LAA al hz i EA AA a ada T zg T a ll T 3 gt an i Sg A E J T al E i u pa F o KN 4 o a D a aL D a c E im er a ee Gl oe Li F F ms SB ee Sam E Fig 10 81d toolpath shaded simulation Fig 10 81 c 3D view of tool path 10 20 Tool Path Panel Tool path panel is used to separate a tool path into several smaller portions so that you can machine materials accurately even when the work area of your machine is not big enough After machining you can combine the portions together to form a complete one In this way not only machining time is reduced but also efficiency is improved To apply tool path panel to a tool path Select an object Apply a tool path calculation to the object to form a tool path Click on the tool path Click Tool Path gt Tool Path Panel in the menu bar A dialog Toolpath Panel is displayed a AS ES 199 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH D Set the parameters in the dialog and click on OK to validate the setup Then the tool path is separated into several parts E Width 200 Height 200 Use aid line Refresh OR Cancel Fig 10 82 Dialog Parameters include Width is the width of each independent tool path after applying tool path pane
28. Save the path save the profile machining path with file named of file1 nc base on feature 22 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES point A cutter lift height of 10 and save the intelligent tool path with the file named file2 nc not to select the feature point and cutter lift height of 10 Case 9 Embossing Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Import an object Fig 12 57 GA ven Ss i Fig 12 57 3 Click on the shortcut icon Ei on Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Embossing machining command in the menu bar Then the Embossing machining dialog is displayed Fig 12 58 Fig 12 58 4 Select a ball nose tool with a diameter of 2 and height of 12 and set the value of border at 2 height at 8 width at 19 774 top and bottom angles at O respectively overlap ratio at 80 and choose anticlockwise machining The result is shown in Fig 12 59 228 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES SS 1 d w rg E A8 Fig 12 59 5 Hide the tool path and select the graph for area clearance Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 175 and height of 10 total depth of 8 overlap ratio of 80 and choose anticlockwise machining The result is shown in Fig 12 60 gt a i sl ss nm E SR E RM El Fig 12 60 6 Save the tool path save the profile machining tool path with the file named file1 nc base on feature point A and cutter lift height of 10 save the area clearance tool path with file named file2 nc not
29. a Laia pa P Pnie A DEE Sait H 3 Dil E WI Ce Fig 12 42 Select a conical tool with a diameter of 0 2 height of 10 and angle of 45 material thickness of 20 first cut in depth of 10mm rounded angle anticlockwise machining and the result is shown in Fig 12 43 BE wf m FAs tes ERA AAA ee P S CS Se E T 2 Si T PI E a ES pmi poj F a S T Mo do ECH y a a all ail Fy r e i Vi I bh J Te 1 ii T i put Pra NM ki k vir rat pH p a 1111 I LUI i d B A ri 1 4 i i T j ai LIA Eifel WW i i Lu i d Oh 1 L i i wil i d i UL i Cu LA II ha Ei VW V i AA Y l l H i i Eza D DT kd ae ead R E A E 222 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES 4 Hide the tool path and select the letter to cut the contour Click on the shortcut icon CO in Tool Path Bar and the profile machining dialog is shown Fig 12 44 Select a tool with a diameter of 3 175 height of 10 choose outside cut position total depth of 20 anticlockwise Click on OK and the result is shown in Fig 12 45 Cat preteen Kee Lai pu mrima rigi lei hte F D E ir al sirini md peice A A per Lyri Eni directa D Cech ee r ii tbo Tip Zegide Lt mica dora imide Lt larine L i a ie pa KI m da a _ We Zeie H IR qe ES ES a RM Eech Fig 12 45 5 Save the tool path save the prism machining tool path with the file named file1 nc base on feature point A cutter lift heigh
30. arrow keys to move the page up down right and left Press X Y Z key to rotate the page along X Y Z axis respectively During rotating if Shift key Is pressed rotation direction is anti clockwise 3 2 9 Filled Display Selected objects can be filled with color through Filled display function Select View gt Filled display to start the operation Fig 3 20 SS ee BT dg d e GR P S i BS Fig 3 20a original 34 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS E E Fig 3 20b filled display REMARK Click the color box in the status bar to display the color dialog Fig 3 25 Select a color to fill the object 3 3 Basic Settings 3 3 1 System Settings System settings is aimed at making the operations more customizable to every users Click View gt S ystem settings on the menu bar the System Settings dialog is shown Fig 3 22 e H mea a A ge ba om la eee r bn E sli FS la AS RECH eya p ar ana a Pa i ep KW ri Fig 3 22 Set up guidelines Guidelines are vertical or horizontal lines that you can add anywhere in the drawing Window to help you measure align and position objects 35 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS You can display or hide the guidelines You can also add delete move and lock guidelines in the drawing window Fig 3 23 Se ae aie A A ain TIERNA r weer reer AA i RH BR t Fig 3 23a put the mouse on the ruler Fig 3 23b guideline displays After put
31. can copy the text in other software e g Word to the dialog Rapid input by pressing Ctrl C and Ctrl V 129 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING 7 1 2 Editing Input There are three ways to enable this function e Click on the icon I onthe Editing Tool Bar O Click Text gt E dit O Press Ctrl T Then the editing input box is displayed on the left of the screen Click the left mouse button in the drawing window to start text input Fig 7 3 AA eg F m qatar Aa Fig 7 3 REMARK Properties of the text can be set either before or after input of the text 7 2 Text Editing 7 2 1 Font Selection Ucancam V8 provides you with various font types But note all the font properties should be set after entering Editing Input mode Font pg Haan z Shaler ENTES Gerbe 2400 Char with Ip Di e Che space fa 13 Le mes Jo Zi x Dee ege fo deg Bache fim H Fig 7 4 130 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING 7 2 2 Character Height Width 1 Select the word s to be edited 2 Input values in the list boxes of character width and character height or select the value from the dragdown windows Fig 7 5 Fost hna Hao Font Arial Harare Sha Styler B z E alm B z GEO Chas width Li Chad pate E Lra ipce dez Gebai Arange F m Fig 7 5a select char width Fig 7 5b select char height REMARK The value which has been input will be automatically remembered in the dragdown windows When
32. dupr k s iG PI i ET TENETS Fig 10 45 1 Select the object then click on the shortcut icon ry in Tool Path Bar or click tool path gt prism machining in the menu bar Then the Prism machining dialog in Fig 10 46 is displayed d i m pa m Mil Wile Lg iis Sak Bes Beckea did dr e on arr Sept Cafn ik UY Crd be T kai Firms ont e Eman bech Eo S e TN Ce Sf rd he i i Tam co siii Dip Era ti E Lees lel pri Feria zg bake Pren Der er ma pepe KR wl i iH pi Fig 10 46 184 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH 2 Set the parameters in the dialog Tool This Prism machining effect is only gotten by using the conical tool Thus only conical tools are provided in the tool library Parameters You can set the material thickness and machining depth in this section Angle type includes rounded and cusp angles Preview window Prism section created is previewed in this window Prompt H automatically prompts you whether you have chosen a proper tool and also lets you know if the cutting depth is right or not The system automatically tells users whether the tools or defined depth of each layer is fit for machining 3 Select a conical tool with a diameter of 0 3 height of 10 angle of 45 degrees material thickness of 10 machining depth of 39 19 layer depth of 10mm anticlockwise machining and the effect is shown in Fig 10 47 Machining depth layer and angle vary according to the tools selected C T
33. e sl E nm EAR Fig 5 1b the object is selected REMARK Hold down the Shift key then click on each object you want to select you can select multiple objects Fig 5 2 To deselect an object click on the object again Fig 5 3 69 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION b E e dch d T Eg E i sch 7 ve e a E CH CH E R i F T p bh o rr al eh E s a H h mu it Cl Fig 5 3 Select objects with a line 1 Press the Ctrl key 2 Press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse A A blue dashed line displays in the drawing window Objects which intersect with the line are highlighted in dashed blue lines 4 Release the left mouse button these objects are selected Fig 5 4 i ANS A or a AA A ae n y lo E Fig 5 4a objects are highlighted 70 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION a See E T oF Eji af wl a BR bel RB m zem mm Fig 5 4b the objects are selected o Select objects with a rectangle Method 1 1 Press the left mouse button and move the cursor from left to right Note the moving direction is from left to right 2 Objects that are fully included in the blue rectangle are highlighted 3 Release the left mouse button and these objects are selected Fig 5 5 h i k l se ANA As Ar L ei E kl E F E E a A ds ae eS a Fig 5 5b the objects in the rectangle are selected 71 CHAPTER F
34. e Click View gt Fit to all O Press the shortcut key F8 The effect is shown below nn dog AA E f Le Aa e a Aaa e E oa rE Fiy Fig 3 12a select an object Fig 3 12b after Fit to all REMARK If no objects are selected before enabling Fit to all operation then all objects in the drawing window will be displayed in the whole view window after Fit to all operation The following is an example when no object in Fig 3 17 is selected Fig 3 13 i 29 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS e p Fig 3 13 3 2 6 Fit To Page Object position in the page can be viewed through Fit to page function There are 3 ways to start this function e Click on the icon a on View Bar e Click View gt Fit to page on the menu bar Press the shortcut key F9 The effect is shown below in a asi Veta Sei Jase RA ARE AA i i i BS E 5 A d T D hn Fig 3 14a original Fig 3 14b after Fit to page 3 2 7 Pan View The whole Page can be moved so that you can view different parts of the drawing This can be achieved through any of the following ways e Clickontheicon on View Bar e Click View gt Pan view in the menu bar o Press the shortcut key F10 30 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS Then the cursor changes into a and move the mouse with left button pressed to move the page Fig 3 15 zem i ee den ci e eG d SD a Jaa 8 i e e sl ep e J ee A NA PR AMAS e
35. enable this function Method 1 1 Input a text and draw a curve 2 Select both the curve and the text 3 Click the icon 4 on Text Editing Bar or click Text gt Text along A Curve SS a F E ag TE 0005500 dea n a h F fe z Ki i hi 4 zm H Fig 7 14a select the text and the curve bh Ar EC Fig 7 14b the text is put along the curve As we can see in Fig 7 14b the length of the text is not equal to that of the curve so the text Is not put in full length on the curve Enter Editing Input mode and adjust the value in Char Space the result is shown in Fig 7 15 135 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING k Bel v PR fe el a E EL Ej a Lit Em 7 z e a a e A m l T mad iil E wm V en mall q4 ae es p j d abi h E Fig 7 15 In Fig 7 15 we can see that there is a little red circle under the first letter U Move the cursor onto the little red circle When the cursor changes into Ss hold the left mouse button and drag it to reselect the starting point of the text on the curve Fig 7 16 SADA a Fig 7 16 You can also put the text under a curve or in reversed direction Arrange along a curve e On d Under a curve Reverse Fig 7 17 Deselect On Under a curve to put the text under the curve 136 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING h A dap x n e T i I de S a e Brai il a Text SET p direction on 47 a curve V F
36. in the status bar 3 Finish the operation by clicking the right mouse button in the drawing window 55 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES eg Rapa daa LE E Fig 4 9 Method 2 1 Select Draw gt Spline on the menu bar 2 Select points respectively by clicking the left mouse button in the drawing window 3 Finish this operation by clicking the right mouse button 4 1 6 Combine Curve Combine curve is consisted of lines arcs and splines You can switch between line 3 Point Arc Tangential Arc and Spline drawings 1 Click the shortcut icon N on Curve Bar or click Draw gt C ombine curve on the menu bar 2 By default the first shape is a line You can switch between these shapes by clicking on options in the status bar A combine curve example is shown in Fig 4 11 ez paj i Se Bem Sey D m PATA EO SAR 5 T E Fl np F En a k IL J ra 5 dj eta ei AA r a ERA ee ey Pai i viraus Fm em r mmm 56 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES du B a Dee Fig 4 11 4 1 7 Points Method 1 Click the icon on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Point on the menu bar Several points can be drawn at a time by inputting the coordinates of the points by following instructions in the status bar Method 2 Click Draw gt Point on the menu bar or select points by clicking in the drawing window 4 1 8 Rectangles 1 Rectangle Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon c on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Rectangl
37. is only valid when connecting two starting points or two end points or one starting point and one end point 8 8 Close Close is to connect the starting point and the end point of a curve to change the curve into a close one 1 Select the curve to be closed by clicking on one of its nodes 2 Click on the icon on Node Editing Bar 3 Select Node gt Close So ep E E F IPES ERTE A A A 4 E Fig 8 15a original Fig 8 15b after being closed 8 9 Start point 1 Select a node 151 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT 2 Click on the icon on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Start point REMARK This function is valid only when the object to be edited is a close graph 8 10 Auto Remove Points With Auto Remove Points function the number of nodes in a graph can be reduced without changing the shape of the graph thus making node editing easier 1 Select the nodes to be removed 2 Click on the icon D on Node Editing Bar or click Node Auto Remove Points The nodes are removed from the graph TZ BESS EEE Sp a Ja KK da f P Ze dear e e e i FR a Sl ma EE AE 5 E FEA Fig 8 16 original Fig 8 17 after removing some points You can apply this operation to either all the nodes or only some of the nodes 8 11 Fillet 1 Select a node Click on the icon 8 on Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Fillet A dialog Fig 8 18 is displayed 4 Input the value of radius Radius is the radiu
38. line and 42 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS rectangle but not to circle 3 4 Other Tools 3 4 1 Show Hide This function is to avoid the influences of intersected or adjacent objects when drawing or editing an object 1 Select an object 2 Select Edit gt Hide object on the menu bar Then the selected object is hidden Fig 3 38b F a E 4 a o el E S Fig 3 38a Fig 3 38b The hidden object reappears after clicking Edit gt Show object Fig 3 39 CS ee E r d 4 S Fig 3 39 REMARK This function is very useful when calculating tool paths Please refer to Tool Path in Chapter Ten 3 4 2 Lock Unlock When Lock function is enabled an object s position shape and size are preserved 43 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS To lock an object 1 Select the object to be locked 2 Click Edit gt Lock unlock on the menu bar Fig 3 40 Carcel lodhin Oiii seed AMA Chita at Irra Selection Chiel Meher i f sl j a d k n F A ot A SS a a Fig 3 40a click on lock unlock Fig 3 40b the rectangle is locked To unlock an object 1 Select the object 2 Click Edit gt Lock unlock on the menu bar Fig 3 41 TER ATM GEA T a e A s e 2 A l E f E Fig 3 41a select the locked rectangle Fig 3 41b unlock the rectangle 3 4 3 Redraw You can improve the appearance of an object by removing unwanted speckles on it You can enable this function by clicking View gt Redraw on the menu bar or by pre
39. machining tool path Direction around contour This is to make the surface of the material smooth after being machined Ramp When we do area clearance we usually use mill cutters and mill cutters are too fragile to cut if we use it to cut into the material at right angle With ramp function the cutter breaks can be well prevented because the tool goes into the material in a certain angle 3 If we choose the end mill with a diameter of 20 and height of 10 set the angle at 0 the total depth at 2mm overlap ratio of 50 clockwise machining then the effect is shown in Fig 10 24 If we choose offset the effect is shown in Fig 10 25 SS f ETS SP a ld ce dx E La A a e d i Ki a E FE P EI a E b WW E re Fig 10 24 Fig 10 25 10 4 3D Engraving 3D engraving is to make the material surface smooth and to ensure the definition precision and third dimension effect of the machined object It is mainly used in seal engraving and engraving of characters with special effects 175 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH 3D engraving includes top and bottom engraving and the difference between them is the size of the machining area Next we are going to see an example 1 Input text UCA and draw a rectangle around it in the drawing window Fig 10 26 A o AA A bm H 3 Ti Jaco NARCO dre E i d i F HI FE i 4 e Gi i S z Oo Fig 10 26 2 Select the text and the rectangle and then click on the shortcut icon on T
40. path module select the object and apply area clearance and profile machining to it Then the effect is shown in Fig 10 75 E wim POT ede Ce RS AEE Ae CARA i ae eee A r 10 75 REMARK When creating the tool path of several objects it is better to hide the already formed tool path in order to make the operation easier A Select the tool path to be saved or click on the shortcut icon So on Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Tool path output in the menu bar Then the dialog in F10 76 is displayed Oria Rir ER foa fant em fetes primi a Era Mas sl pa r ee dk Cent Hiii TES IT Ier rere Tila coms a E E ais e AE CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH The parameters in this dialog include File format includes standard G code contraction G code HPGL3D and Wentai NC Origin point is the origin of the tool before machining is carried out You can select the position of the five points after Base on feature points or input the value of X Y and Z to fix the position of the origin The location of the machining area is different according to the feature points selected Take breast card making as an example Fig 10 77 shows the location of the machining area with the origin at 0 0 Fig10 77a Fig 10 77b In order to make origin setting more flexible and the engraving more convenient the function Based on feature points is available in Ucancam V8 Cutter lift height is the distance between
41. qa bb Fig 5 35b the effect after the objects are aligned bottom Align on center is to make the center of several selected objects the same as that of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon D on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Align on center in the menu bar Press Ctrl Numb5 89 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION Pa v i Be d EA E ai Ki Ee E A E 5 gt gt ri r 7 e D be E Fig 5 36a select the objects mE E ob s zx a dg i LS T FE g E D Fig 5 36b the effect after the object is aligned center 5 3 2 Vertical aligning amp Horizontal aligning Vertical Aligning is to align the vertical central line of several selected objects along that of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Vertical aligning in the menu bar Press Alt V 90 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION qa Aj a ach a Lo SIE 4 Fig 5 37a select the objects Fig 5 37b after Vertical aligning Horizontal Aligning is to align several selected object along the horizontal central line of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon HH on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Horizontal aligning in the menu bar Press Alt H FE TRA CERAM APE Zen ATA ESA eT O
42. ss ES Sie weit dict man kum Es Ae TI Bai iH l Sel eae lipi ja Laa i em Bugs Th GEI TR ER DI e Gab A a Ei A Han 1 dai ici py EM r r Bahin ee a F ala Fr ett P Fig 12 23 Select a conical tool with diameter of 0 2 angle of 10 and height of 10 raster machining strategy 0 degrees total depth of 5 overlap ratio of 40 anticlockwise and select Top in machining parameters Then the result is shown in F12 24 215 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES SEE 7 es a si E E Fig 12 24 7 Save the tool path save the tool path with cutter lift height at 10 base on feature point A and name the file 4 nc 3 2 Bottom surface machining The steps in bottom surface machining are the same as top surface machining Fig 12 25 is the result of bottom surface machining a Ad oe Beene To T a sl gr a E AR A Fig 12 25 Case 4 Midline Machining 4 1 Midline machining in 2D 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Type the letter B and set the font and the parameters of character height width space and line space Then change the scale of the letter according to your requirement 3 Select the letter and click on the shortcut icon ES in Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Midline machining command in the menu bar Then the Midline machining dialog is shown Fig 12 26 Select a conical tool with diameter of 0 2 angle of 45 height of 10 2D set total depth at 5 an
43. window 4 1 11 Arrow The shape of an arrow is determined by four feature points Fig 4 19 There are two ways to draw an arrow Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon lt A on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Arrow in the menu bar 2 Input four feature points coordinates respectively by following instructions in the status bar nim mz mz remm om el ER a GR KE CW Fig 4 19 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Arrow in the menu bar 2 Select four points by clicking in the drawing window 3 Finish the operation by clicking the right mouse button 4 1 12 Spiral You can draw two types of spirals in Ucancam V8 Archimedes spiral and logarithm spiral The distance between every two windings of Archimedes spiral is the same The distance between every two windings of logarithm spiral increases as the number of windings increases 1 Click the shortcut icon a on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Spiral in the menu bar 2 The Spiral Parameters dialog Fig 4 20 is displayed 61 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Archimedes spiral Logarithm spiral Fig 4 23 When inputting data that is out of range a warning message is displayed 62 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Ucancam SS AN Out of range of data Input radiustradius lt 1 500 4 1 13 Wavy line Various types of wavy lines such as sinusoids swing curves wavy lines trapezium polylines and wave polylines are provided in Ucancam V8 wave Lin
44. 10 79 3 Adjust simulation speed and click on start to see the machining process In tool path walk simulation the green frame is the path of cutting or other engraving method and the red frame is the tool path of tool lifting You can also stop tool path walk simulation process Click on Refresh if you want to renew the tool path 4 Click on Continue to resume simulation from where it stopped Fig 10 80 WEE e aa S a PF oe A a E a d F i 1 E T Sa D ey es mm re ii P RI i a Col i hi H la I EE 18 G HA fa d i A Fig 10 80 10 19 Tool Path Shaded Simulation Toolpath shaded simulation is to preview cutting or engraving process in realistic render mode Simulated results can be rotated or scaled in order to be viewed from different angles Parameters like simulation speed precision and stock size can be set in dialog on the left of the page length width thickness margin machining rate machining type machining tool are all 198 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH displayed in the drawing window For example we first apply embossing machining to the characters in Fig 10 81 After the tool path is calculated select the path and then click tool path gt Tool path shaded simulation in the menu bar Then the dialog bar displayed on the left of the page to set the parameters Enter the parameters and click on start to see the simulation A PAS P F AAA A PE AA II e P hi e Zb Y
45. 40c the result Duplication along a Line This is to duplicate an object along a line 1 Select the object to be duplicated 2 Click on the icon e on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Duplication gt Duplication along a Line A Adialog is displayed Fig 6 41 Fig 6 41 122 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Space is the distance between each two duplicated objects Amount is the number of the duplicated objects Scaling is the ratio of the size of the first duplicated object and the last duplicated object to that of the original object Refresh is to validate the setting 4 Set the values and click on Refresh 5 Click in the drawing window to select the position of the first duplicated object Move the mouse to the desired position EE bn AA D d FEEST UNEEI E AI LEEI EE j i sa EI i Fi CEW Fig 6 42a enter the value Fig 6 42b the result Duplication along an Arc 1 Select the object to be duplicated 2 Click on the icon on the Modification Bar or click Modify gt Duplication gt Duplication along an Arc 3 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 43 Keep ratio angle de Amount SES Scaling From 100 To 100 amp JE Fig 6 43 Parameters include Angle is formed by every two duplicated objects close to each other 123 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Keep Ratio Angle by selecting this function the duplicated objects are positioned vertically to the arc Amount is
46. ATIONS better the effect is Approximal precision The value is to set approximate image borders Threshold of line H the bending level of the curve is less than this value then the curve will be replaced by a line Level of despeckle When importing images there are probably unneeded spots left on the image In order to remove these unwanted spots we can set the level of despeckle to make the image clearer Center line is to draw the center line of the contour of the graph Default After changing the parameters if you want to resume the default value you should click on Default and then the value returns to the default value Preview Click on we to observe the result of the image tracing process The following is an example 1 Click File gt Import in the menu bar to import a file in BMP format Fig 9 11 SS SD aTh godant AASB TAS FF i E sl a GEAR 4 i CRS gd d 8 FEI E irm Mer mm BEE EE EE EES ER EE ess Fig 9 11 e b H oe 2 Select the image and click on the shortcut icon 19 in Standard Bar or click File gt Image Processing gt Image Tracing in the menu bar Then a dialog is displayed Fig 9 12 3 Keep the default value and click on OK Then the dialog Image Tracing is displayed Fig 9 13 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS lema fr ar ia rr ln processing please wait tor a moment Cancel Fig 9 13 Fig 9 14 NAFTA Fig 9 15 5 The image is cha
47. After setting the sequence number in the menu click the right mouse button again and a dialog is shown Fig 10 64 5 Click on Yes to save the new tool path sequence or click on No to preserve the original tool path sequence Fig 10 65 is the new tool path 191 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Increment ToolPath order xl Decrement Start H Do ou want to save the Result End lo Set Up Fig 10 63 Fig 10 64 A A E TS D KAES RER Le A Ee Em ek z V gt r di i 3 d a T e T 2 wt Fig 10 65 10 15 Tool path edit We can change the shape of the tool path by Tool path edit function We can add delete or move nodes of the tool path or set the starting point We can also reverse tool path direction Other functions include bridge arc fit and feed Click Tool path gt Tool path edit on the menu bar and then a dialog is displayed SD ar Ge ee JAA F Cassel j F i z DE pabi al leii a n e eed aee e a mE erimas Sns i mpa Tee veel fae i aa libros IG mmm i ani rm Sei ml CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Functions available in Tool path edit include Pass You can select different parts of the tool path by adjusting serial number Node You can select different nodes of the tool path by changing serial number Set start point You can set any point as the starting point of the tool path Reverse is to reverse the direction of the tool path Show all tool path Check this box and you can se
48. Draw a closed shape 2 Click Y to enter Text mode 3 Move the cursor to the shape When the cursor changes tolm click the left mouse button And then you can type in text in the closed shape 144 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT With Ucancam V8 software you can draw lines arcs polylines circles ellipses curves etc The shape of a curve is determined by four points two end points and two controlling points Fig 8 1 The shape of a curve can be changed by changing the position of the end points and the controlling points con trolling point controlling point end point end point Fig 8 1 Functions in node editing include add delete disconnect connect close convert to line convert to curve cusping smooth symmetry node align start point auto remove points fillet chamfer and vertical 8 1 Node Selection And Move There are two ways to select a node e To select one node click the node or click the right mouse button to display the context menu in node editing mode e To select several nodes drag the mouse to form a box around the nodes or click the nodes one after another while pressing the Shift key and end the operation by releasing the Shift key To move a node 1 Select the node 2 Click the left mouse button on the node Hold and drag the mouse to move the node A node can be moved horizontally or vertically by pressing the Ctrl key at the same time 8 2 Add amp Del
49. E EK i E D F nl re 0 a a a s H bi a a E LE MA Fig 3 30 Rectangular grids ene dee E Een 2 J P E 4 rs P IF D T Es Fig 3 31 Radial grids The background grids can be changed by any of the following two ways e Add or delete the V before Show grids eo Click View gt Grids or click on the icon on Status bar General settings General settings include arrow key increment step auto save curve accuracy and maximum angle of centerline 39 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS Fig 3 32 e Arrow key increment step By default the move in X and Y direction is 1mm each time Rotate is for controlling the rotation of objects Select an object press the Ctrl key on the keyboard and press the left or right arrow keys on the keyboard to rotate objects Anti clockwise rotation is achieved by pressing the left arrow key and clockwise rotation is achieved by pressing the right arrow key e Auto Save Auto save ensures that no data will be lost accidentally Objects are saved in a file named backup ucc and the file is in Ucancam Install directory You can set the auto save intervals by typing in a value in Auto Save box e Curve Accuracy Show Displayed curves are more accurate if smaller values are entered in Show box but the accuracy has no effect on tool path Machining If value of machining accuracy is smaller tool paths calculated and the machining result are better Snap User
50. ECT OPERATION 1 el Er E AE Fig 5 54 1 Select all the objects 2 Click on the icon on Transform Bar or select Transform gt Auto Nesting Shi 3 The cursor changes into i 4 Move the cursor onto the side of the rectangular box 5 When the box turns light blue click the left mouse button Then the dialog Auto Nesting is shown Fig 5 55 ia ma E AA Fig 5 55 Precision is the precision of auto nesting Space is the space between each two objects Do not set the value too small otherwise the material can not be machined properly Mirror Some objects will be automatically mirrored to save the material during auto nesting Rotate Some objects will be automatically rotated to save material After setting the parameters click on OK to validate it 100 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION ia ma E AA Fig 5 56 5 9 Interactive Nesting You can manually nest objects by Interactive Nesting 1 Click Transform gt Interactive Nesting in the menu bar A dialog box is displayed on the left of the screen 2 Enter values in the box and click on Step Setting Click on the border of the shape into which you are to nest the objects and the shape becomes red lined And click on Confirm in Stock box Then click on the border of the object to be nested and the object becomes red Click on Confirm in Part box and the object is surrounded by a blue border Move the cursor into the object and move it into the sh
51. ER Fig 3 15a original graph Fig 3 15b after Pan View Click on the right mouse button in the drawing window to stop the moving 3 2 8 3D View You can view objects in 3D view by 3D view function This can be achieved through any of the following ways e Click on the icon A in View Bar e Click View gt 3D view in the menu bar o Press the shortcut key F12 After clicking one the cursor changes into 2 press the left mouse button to view the object in 3D display Fig 3 16 i i BS p T BR e o Fig 3 16a original Fig 3 16b 3D view In 3D view mode click on the right mouse button to display the context menu Fig 3 17 Four types of 3D view functions are available in context menu Front view left view top view and ISO 31 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS view Next we are to illustrate these functions by taking area clearance tool path as an example Fig 3 18 Fig 3 17 context menu in 3D view mode E m e ee Fig 3 18 c left view Fig 3 18d top view 32 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS GAR ERAF Ae AAA 7 ll i a i ra haifa amp Aas fe ee ee ee F Ei mas bp o 6 AAA Fig 3 18e ISO view Seven viewing methods are provided in the context menu including Zoom window Zoom in Zoom out Dynamic zoom Pan View Fit to all Fit to page Now let s look at effects of these seven view functions in 3D view mode Fig 3 19 h
52. F y SS q T k de bee ea AA e CA i 1 engpngep H pi Be _ aa a mm Fii im mi Fig 3 44 Perimeter measure 1 Click Help gt Perimeter measure on the menu bar hy 2 The cursor changes into m 46 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS 3 Move onto the shape to be measured Fig 3 45 4 When the shape outline changes into dotted blue lines click the left mouse button The value of the perimeter of the shape is shown in the status bar in the lower left corner of the screen dia amp p hi F it h ds E g ki ji a ma T Dem Le emm x i Fig 3 45 Area measure Area measure is for measuring the size of a shape 1 Click Help gt Area measure in the menu bar bh 2 The cursor changes into bh 3 Move onto the shape to be measured 4 When the shape is changed into a dotted blue line click the left mouse button Fig 3 46 5 The value of the size of the shape is shown in the status bar in the lower left corner of the Status bar EE ta ge Fig 3 46 The Maximum Inscribed Circle 47 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS 1 Click Help gt The maximum inscribed circle on the menu bar or press Alt 5 on the keypad hn 2 The cursor changes to l 3 Move the cursor to the graph to be measured and the graph is changed into a dotted blue line 4 Press the mouse left button 5 The measured value is displayed in the status bar 3 4 5 Calcul
53. F INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 parameters such as cusp angle trace error fairy number approximal precision and threshold of line can be set Other aided tools There are numerous viewing tools which are used to view objects from different viewing angles Measuring tools for measuring length angle perimeter size and other tools like ruler guide line notepad calculator Microsoft paint are also available Tool path Tool paths are calculated quickly and accurately for NC machining Ucancam V8 provides a Tools Library where users can choose edit add or delete a tool Various machining solutions are available Users can apply tool path walk simulation to check whether tool paths are valid and to preview machining results These simulation functions are also useful to reduce trial cutting times and cut down machining costs and help users to get valid and effective machining results 2 2 Run Exit Ucancam V8 2 2 1 Run Ucancam V8 Pr and a program group is formed automatically in the Start menu The software can be run either by A shortcut icon appears on your computer desktop after installing Ucancam V8 software double clicking on the icon PS Fig 2 1 or by clicking Program gt UCanCam gt emi Fig 2 2 gt Internet Explorer Urcancam CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 ie CGE aaa Fig 2 2 The Page Size dialog displays after starting the software Fig 2 3 Set the page size and click on OK or pr
54. Fig 12 30 JE E E Ea Fig 12 30 3 Select the graph and click on the shortcut icon HE on Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Simple drilling in the menu bar and the simple drilling dialog is shown Fig 12 31 Select an end mill tool with diameter of 22 height of 10 set total depth at 5 point space at 44 choose on curves and the result is shown in Fig 12 32 218 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES h y it Pires bers i F q E Total des kb kai E 4 F P Blii depth par jurer r E Ki Bot Epica es Fr xj p kal pandas IO apeina 8 Ab FEL Z oe mata TE F y j E q d TT a iy MA E Fig 12 31 Fig 12 32 4 Save the tool path Save the file with cutter lift height of 10 base on feature point A and name of 7 nc Case 6 Insert And Inlay 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Choose a symbol from the Symbol Library and adjust the sizes of it if necessary Fig 12 33 e E F a SI a 7 Ge dr pr Ch A a a e m E E a i a E F Sie A ER Fig 12 33 O 3 Ungroup the graph and select its outer contour Fig 12 34 Click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Insert and Inlay gt Insert machining in the menu bar and the dialog in Fig 12 35 is shown 219 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES gp TIA N IA e A E __ o i yhe T me RI Teel er men g ei A a me a fet di rs EEE f Cle
55. Ge eg d AAA e pal Po A m AA J Ba r r jw a a D F d daf FAP A d a d 3 r E pa d d S i H ef i a A m Le PR E FE ee d if ER e Ba d Le P F E sw ef GZ ae ae Te a E mae AER iai i 1 een en e jij BH Pi fad a Fig 28 After creating the tool path click on tool path gt toolpath output on the menu bar to save it Then you can start the machining Besides the above mentioned waves you can also create new ones by the editing trimming modification and other functions in UCanCAM V8 software 245
56. INTRODUCTION Ucancam V8 User Manual was written specially for users of Ucancam V8 engraving software The content in this manual includes installation of the software editing of text and drawings object operation creation and simulation of tool paths etc For the latest information about Ucancam software please visit our website WWW UCancam com or www wt com cn COPYRIGHT DECLARATION The copyright of this manual is owned by Beijing Wentai Technology Corporation and copying of all or part of this manual by any organization or person is illegal Ucancam and Wentai are registered trademarks of Beijing Wentai Technology Corporation Other trademarks that appear in this manual are the property of their respective holders Ucancam V8 User Manual is provided for users of Ucancam V8 software and gives a detailed instruction about installation and operations of Ucancam V8 software Ucancam V8 has powerful functions and convenient interfaces It has been widely used in such fields as advertisements mould making seal making sign making gift manufacturing decoration art works woodworking etc There are twelve chapters in this manual including software installation basic operations Shape drawing object operations shape editing text editing node editing tool paths etc Contents CHAPTER ONE SYSTEM REQURIRMENTS INSTALLATION cccccsececseceees 1 IL EIERE ee deene 1 1 2 Installation of Ucancam V
57. IRE dm a el S Si Ae ae See a Jaen St HL j es Fig 5 30a the original graph Fig 5 30b the effect after the object is inclined 5 2 6 Arc Fit You can change a Bezier curve which is composed of small broken lines into a curve which is composed of arcs In this way machining efficiency is greatly improved because arcs take much less time to calculate during tool path output than Bezier To apply arc fit to an object 1 Select an object 2 Click Transform gt Arc Fit in the menu bar 3 A dialog is displayed 4 Set the parameters and click on OK to validate the setup TI x Tolerance HD nm inima Tolerance 0 00 an mall alosa for thas toleru O Keep Originals CE add Fig 5 31 Parameters include Tolerance is the precision of arc fit Keep Originals is to preserve the original object in the drawing window if you tick it Remark Arc Fit function is valid only to drawings which are composed of lines It is not valid to images 86 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION 5 3 Align You can align several objects by using Align function 5 3 1 To Align An Object There are five ways to align an object align on left align on right align to top align to bottom and align on center Align on left is to align several selected objects along the left side of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon on Aligning Bar e Clic
58. IVE OBJECT OPERATION Method 2 1 Press the left mouse button and move the mouse from right to left Note the moving direction is from right to left Objects that intersect with the rectangle are highlighted Release the left mouse button and these objects are selected Fig 5 6 EECHER aim SI a Wa deier A Lis 4 z F re P 7 d i A F be EEE Fig 5 6a objects highlighted es me EEE ee ait E af E de Lite E d u F TE F y E ha T lt A Fig 5 6b the objects are selected 5 1 2 Select By Menu Command 1 Selectall amp Inverse Selection command To select all the objects in the drawing window select Edit gt Select All or press shortcut key Ctrl A Fig 5 7 72 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION SEAN Ar KT CET Te H Fig 9 7 If you select Edit gt Inverse Selection then all the unselected objects are selected and all the selected objects are deselected in the drawing window Fig 5 8 i ANA A or mien bon i _ E ke V Fig 5 8a select the unneeded objects eem PO dee Se AA A des Fig 5 8b after inverse selection 2 Select by Type 1 Click Edit gt Select by Type 2 The Select by Type dialog is displayed 73 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION 3 Select one type or set parameters if necessary objects of the selected type are selected in the drawing window velvet by type Typ E Color Im i Circle E bE Di C Falh
59. JH u d r Coe eee ee SC Li 5 E SC F T zz Sg T zz vr FE e DN P ail sg erer a I D keng F D a RK ES d a Eo a Slide k Ee R SP HA EFI P4 F7 10a align on left Fig 7 10b align on center AT TT PA KE TEE DE TAPETES Cr BEE i oval T us eee e es K A e l e k an A BR d 0 A E mees E Fig 7 10c align on right Fig 7 10d fill 133 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING 7 2 8 Text Rotate There are two ways to rotate a text O Rotate with the mouse 1 Exit the text edit mode 2 Follow the steps in 5 2 3 in Chapter Five to rotate the text O Input the value of angle 1 Select the text to be rotated 2 Enter the Editing Input mode 3 Type a value in char angle or select a value from the dragdown box Fig 7 11 Char angle lo EE deg Fig 7 11 7 2 9 Base Height Sometimes the text is not on the same horizontal line e g 22 In this case we can adjust the distance between the base line and the character by setting the parameters of baseline Input the value in the dialog or select a value from the dragdown box Fig 7 12 Base height lo op Fig 7 12 Steps are as follows 1 Select one or more objects 2 Type a value in the Base height box or select a value from the dragdown box an Be z a tl DW SEI i a ae Fig 7 13 134 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING 7 3 Text Along A Curve Text Along A Curve is to put a text on a curve There are two ways to
60. Kg b E LE L Ar Fig 12 64 5 Click View gt 3D View in the menu bar and then click on the right mouse button to select ISO view from the context menu See Fig 12 65 d i SA TE j d zm wet i E i e F l ir bal F F al r i A Ma ar i d Lm E a A ply Fig 12 65 6 Save the path save the tool path with cutter lift height of 3 base on feature point A Case 11 Image Relief Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Import an image and change the size to make X value into 100 The result is shown in Fig 12 66 231 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES een s e SP A A FLA AAA Ae ae a E ol mm 8 TT T E Tr H L F i fr F a a rt Ps Y Eu e EI in EE E y A E pl Fig 12 66 E 3 Select the image and click on the shortcut icon k in Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Image relief machining command in the menu bar Then the Image relief machining dialog is displayed Fig 12 67 xj Po LEE Machining par saten A H A er brigis BHE PTA 5 10 Bee Dp dl En IL Me preeial ari pa E Veriizal maria Ti Cwl Fig 12 67 Select a ball nose tool with a diameter of 2 and height of 12 choose min brightness of 2 5 max brightness of 0 1 overlap ratio of 80 horizontal machining and the result is shown in Fig 12 68 E A O Ass AE T AR oe ie eb Pr T 7 p F h gt D E re F mb a
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62. Name the file as 1 nc click on Save and then the tool path is saved in the file named 1 Cadise Li ionamin fi mn Ta weer Pila uma Fal Ze Bur e a Fig 12 9 Case 2 Area Clearance 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Click on the shortcut icon Y in Editing Mode Bar or click Text gt Text tools command in the menu bar and then the text editing menu is shown on the left of the drawing window Fig 12 10 210 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES m Ki i d a rg EE A F12 10 3 Type the letter M in the drawing winow Fig 12 11 a AA i A Ge ee ee Lis r d i EAN Ar Fig 12 11 4 Select the letter to edit it You should choose the font set values of height width character space line space character angle and base height here The result is shown in Fig 12 12 AAA A A Ge Pee ee a n LS a r f a i SE Are dag Fig 12 12 9 Exit text editing status and select the letter Then click on the shortcut icon on Transform Bar or select Transform gt Scale command in the menu bar and a dialog is shown You can change the size of the letter 211 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES 6 Click on the shortcut icon PR on Curve Bar or select Draw gt rectangle gt rectangle command in the menu bar to draw a rectangle around the letter Fig 12 13 WW A mm E AA Fig 12 13 7 Press Ctrl A or click Shift key to select the two objects one by one then click on the shortcut i
63. R iz CR e a E d E 5 Ay EF i d d i i F F f f ee id i si PEE a LES ES 7 Weg Fig 7 24a select text and graph Fig 7 24b ungroup A e M aie F O oa Ca d S seus e cee Le L ct e i l ul re ab e a x H Ve l himig i d Fig 7 24c the text is changed into individual units p p REMARK The text which has been changed into graphs should not be adjusted using text editing tools 7 6 Serial Number Text When we are making breast cards we need to change the serial numbers on the card With Serial Number Text function this is made easier 1 Select Text gt Serial Number Text 2 Tar ara Fran ven Brech ten pur pd beren pr rm KE ar b Cd ellie P mk f e Hem a Cat Fig 7 25 141 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING Parameters include O Serial number input Start is the value of the first serial number End is the value of the last serial number Step is the value gap between each two adjacent serial numbers Total is the total amount of the serial numbers Format is the digit of the serial numbers Text input Front text is the text before the serial numbers Back text is the text after the serial numbers Array Amount per row is the amount of serial number text in each row Amount per column is the amount of serial number text in each column Row space is the space between each row Column space is th
64. RA Fig 9 18 REMARK The original object will be preserved in the drawing window if you press the Shift key while rotating the object Fig 5 19 j ee ae om der NE A E SEAN Ar A i T i Br el en i ae e Fig 5 19b the original object is preserved in the drawing window To rotate an object accurately there are two ways mouse rotate and angle rotate Mouse Rotate 1 Click the icon E in Transform Bar or click Transform gt Rotate gt Mouse Rotate 79 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION The words Start of rotation line are displayed in the status bar Input the coordinate e g 10 10 and press Enter key Then the words End of rotation line is shown in the status bar Input the coordinate and press Enter and the object is rotated D KEE KKK Ka Le Pu dee z ST qe Eer de A KE CR Fig 5 20a input the start rotation line A pm D LE gep A 8 RA SI A P Be dg o AAA a n e ae ae A E E Fig 5 20b after inputting the end rotation line REMARK The angle formed by the X axis the horizontal direction and the rotation line is the rotation angle and the starting point of the rotation line is the rotation center of the object Angle rotate 1 Select Transform gt Rotate gt Angle rotate 2 The words Angle of rotation line are shown in the status bar 3 Type the value e g 45 and press the Enter key Fig 5 21 Remark After selecting the object each
65. SES A kiia d em om m an eee Wee PR SEA ms dee on 4 a es anak gt Fig 9 7 multicolor image Fig 9 8 grayscale image 9 1 5 Image Tracing Image tracing is a very important command and plays an important part in image engraving It refers to getting the parameters of the contour of the image select an image and click on the shortcut icon Y on Standard Bar or click File gt Image Processing gt Image Tracing in the menu bar then the following dialog is displayed Fig 9 9 image treciag x x Farameterr Parametere Cusp angle deg En Cusp angle deg Kn Trace error bei bo Trace error ei bo Feiring mmh ar kh Feiring ember h o Approcinal gresi nicata oi Approcimal precivicntealy Ai Threshold of Line hz Threshold of Line iz Leral of derpeskla bh e Leral of derpesckla b e Canter lime be Canter line Tefal t Z A Te ful t A A re Cancel re Cancel Fig 9 9 Fig 9 10 The parameters in the dialog include Cusp angle When tracing an image the contour contains some cusp angles and if we set the value at 60 then the angles above 60 degrees will be smoothed into curves and those below 60 degrees will not be changed Trace error The smaller the value of trace error is the more accurate the contour is and the longer the time of calculation is Fairing number The times by which the curves are smoothed The bigger the value is the 157 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPER
66. Tool Path Bar machining Tool path walk Tool Path Bar simulation Page Down Fit to page Selection tools Text editing tools Ctrl T Node editing tools Ctrl K Symbol library Ctrl AN Editing tools View Bar View Bar View Bar View Bar View Bar View Bar View Bar View Bar Editing Mode Bar Editing Mode Bar Editing Mode Bar Editing Mode Bar Editing Mode Bar Editing Mode Bar 19 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 Toolbars Toolbars consist of commonly used commands Editing Mode Ear ARTIE SORA Fig 2 8a Editing Mode Bar GPA Nave gsdeo Fig 2 8b Standard Bar A amp QGag IFA Fig 2 8c View Bar Curve Hai 2 gt 00 24Y 0M49 Fig 2 8d Curve Bar Fig 2 8f Node Editing Bar Sa SUSE SZUTEEFTHOE O88 Fig 2 8g Modification Bar 20 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 GIE Fig 2 8h Transform Bar iss Bar LF HOSEM ce Ow Fig 2 8i Aligning Bar Tool Path Bar J CIO aa e Fig 2 8 Tool Path Bar 21 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS In this chapter you will learn about the basic operations of Ucancam V8 3 1 File Operation 3 1 1 Open A File There are 3 ways to open a file e Click on the icon ke on Standard Bar e Click File gt Open Press Ctrl 0 Then the Open dialog displays Fig 3 1 ee La Lok w HIT kal s ES
67. View Left view Top View ISO View Fig 9 25 REMARK These functions can be enabled by clicking shortcut keys 9 3 Layer Edit In UCanCAM you can create shapes on different layers You can add or delete layers so to perform operations on many objects at the same time while none of the operations interfere with each other The functions of the layers are as below 1 You can hide or show the layer as you desire 2 You can do modifications on shapes in one layer while the shapes in other layers are not modified 3 You can set the color to be the same in one layer and make shapes without the need to change the color 4 You can name one layer so that you can find the layer easily when you need Layer Edit Tool Bar 164 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS x LAYER EDIT DIALOG 165 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Engraving is to carve characters or graphs on such materials as two color board metal wood and stone CNC machine controls the motion of X Y and Z axis under the instruction of the computer and drives high speed tool or laser gun to move on the material achieving the desired result After designing an artwork the artwork s tool paths are calculated by ToolPath functions in Ucancam V8 The data of the tool path is then sent to the control box for machining Various types of machining are provided by Ucancam V8 software including profile machining area clearance 3D engraving midlin
68. a tool You can also select a tool in the dragdown list box Machining strategies is to select raster or offset area clearance When choosing raster you can adjust the angle Machining parameters total depth side allowance overlap ratio and contour allowance Overlap ratio is the ratio of the width of the tool bottom blade to the width of the last tool path The reason why we need to set overlap ratio is that we need to take the width of the tool into consideration during machining If the overlap ratio is too low then some parts of the material will not be machined if we keep the space between tool paths as close as possible then the surface of the material after machining will be smooth However if the overlap ratio is too high then the machining efficiency will be reduced Next we are to introduce overlap ratio further through an example Fig 10 21 is the effect with the overlapping rate of 0 and the shadowing area in Fig 10 22 is the overlapped part of the tool Fig 10 21 Fig 10 22 Note Ball nose tool should not be used in area clearance Fig 10 23 shows the result if ball nose tool is used in area clearance or milling The area in black is the part which is not machined 174 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH O Fig 10 23 Side allowance is the area outside the tool path Precision cutting can be achieved through setting side allowance Contour allowance is the distance between the milling tool path and the profile
69. al depth of 10 interspace of 0 3 anticlockwise and the result is shown in Fig 10 42 3 Select the letter and click on the shortcut icon or click tool path gt insert and inlay gt inlay and then the following dialog is displayed Fig 10 43 In m P a a Fur T D s VW LE brims Zen dee deen pe ee Bilz NRP e e ebebeeegeegebe eb Fig 10 43 o Fig 10 44 4 Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 175 height of 10 total depth of 6 interspace of 0 3 anticlockwise overlap ratio of 50 and the result is shown in Fig 10 44 183 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH 10 9 Prism Machining Features of prism machining in Ucancam V8 include Multilayer engraving Objects are machined layer by layer In this way material is saved and machining speed is improved especially fit for machining artworks and characters with prisms Easy operation Prism machining is very easy to use Users need only draw the contours of characters with special effects and input or adjust parameters Then the tool path is formed High efficiency The tool path is formed quickly and if multi layer machining is chosen high speed and efficiency can be achieved Angle type There are two kinds rounded angle and cusp angle machining If rounded angle machining is chosen then the area between two bordered sides is rounded conical surface Next we are going to apply prism machining to the object in Fig 10 45 F W I SI ied
70. an image and then click on File gt Image Processing gt Threshold in the menu bar E zt a E E I E FU LA Se Se 2 ae e e M F nat A eo kp ke ete a zee d Hz fe e E 5 E inj a A m E Fig 9 19 b After Threshold 161 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS 9 1 8 Despeckle You can clean out spots on the images with Despeckle Select the image and then click on File gt Image Processing gt Despeckle in the menu bar 9 1 9 Invert You can invert the color of the image by clicking File gt Image Processing gt Invert in the menu 3 x _ H H d E RS a A kb A Si E ed A a Fig 9 20 a Before inverting color Fig 9 20 b After Inverting 9 2 Context Menu We have mentioned this function in the chapters above and now we are going to make a summary of it There are four types of functions regarding context menu selection node edit text edit and 3D view Selection The functions in selection include text edit node edit group ungroup filled display delete hide lock unlock and object properties When no objects are selected the context menu displayed is shown in Fig 9 21 when an object or more are selected the context menu displayed is shown in Fig 9 22 The last two operations are automatically memorized by the system 162 CHAPTER NINE Import File Image Stripping Text Tools Mode Tools Group Ungroup Filled Display Delete i Show Object Hi
71. ape Then you can repeat steps 5 7 to nest other objects Remark When two objects are too near to each other for machining you will hear a warning from Ss A E e your computer LS ea ris cer DAN e FE S r y Fig 5 57 101 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION 5 10 Cancel amp Repeat 5 10 1 Cancel Ucancam V8 lets you cancel actions through any one of the following three methods e Click on the shortcut icon G in Standard Bar e Click Edit gt Cancel in the menu bar O Drees the shortcut key Ctrl Z dao i sp ER FEIL 4 Fig 5 58a Fig 5 58b 5 10 2 Repeat There are three ways to repeat an action e Click on the shortcut icon in Standard Bar e Click Edit Repeat in the menu bar o Press Ctrl Y WE We ej a FR PE Dh 4 Fig 5 59 102 LE Se 4 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Editing operations include copy paste cut delete trim divide offset expand join common not common subtract group ungroup and duplication 6 1 Copy Paste Cut To copy an object 1 Select an object 2 Select Edit gt Copy or press Ctrl C 3 Select Edit gt Paste or press Ctrl V 4 The words Please input base point are shown in the status bar Base point is the center of the object 5 Type a value e g 10 10 or just click in the drawing window to define the position of the base point 1e TEE er CEPLES EE A CTT EECH AA a O ES REH r i E i
72. ator Notepad amp Microsoft Paint Calculator Notepad and Microsoft paint are available in Ucancam V8 to make your operation easier Calculator Calculator can be enabled after clicking Help gt Calculator on the menu bar Fig 3 47 Notepad Notepad can be enabled after clicking Help gt Notepad Fig 3 48 Microsoft paint Microsoft paint can be enabled after clicking Help gt Microsoft paint on the menu bar Fig 3 49 i les E aj O 1 Fig 3 47 Fig 3 48 Verte de k n Fees sep mem iaa Haam o Wagon Fig 3 49 48 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS 3 4 6 Help Ucancam V8 offers a variety of ways to help you learn the application gt User manual gt On line technical support gt Help available in the software To use Help 1 Click Help gt Help in the menu bar 2 The Help dialog displays Fig 3 50 Fig 3 50 3 4 7 About Ucancam The information about Ucancam V8 software is available for users to know more about Ucancam V8 1 Click Help gt About Ucancam on the menu bar 2 The dialog About Ucancam is displayed Fig 3 51 oot Ihnen E Pr Mal cos te are rr K A AL ETT LR ere res Tal aphona DIG PIb 4118 Capprighi fal Bai jing Tiida Cuil Corp AL rh git TELH Thi Peon Tis rergier prap ie prelatin rf sgr Les dl fetes pore dress rad Fepradari iaa se dutirikea zeg Sek Fans LE ars Sie ed J ikini parada td LLL bs praia i 1h A a parc eise ih d Ce Fig
73. ck on or press the Enter key to create a new Page 3 1 3 Save A File There are three ways to save a file Click on the icon on Standard Bar e Click File gt Save Press Ctrl In case of creating a new file or changing the path of a file press Ctrl Shift S or click File gt Save As Then the dialog Save As is shown Fig 3 5 LE D Deeg e a Per e si S russ enke et Seed gea KK RW SCH Dm Fig 3 5 Users can select the saving path of the file in the pull down box Save As Type and then input the name of the file Select Preview in the bottom right corner of the dialog to preview the file After selecting the saving path and name of the file click on Save or press the Enter key to save the file 24 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS 3 1 4 Import File Click File gt Import File to import a file to the current page The following are file formats that is compatible by Ucancam V8 Fig 3 6 EMP File 6 EMP 1 DXF File fk DXF EPS File EPS JPEG File k JPG PLI HPGL Plotter File PLT AL File AL Fig 3 6 TXT file ASCII text file BMP File windows bitmap bitmap Windows or OS 2 bitmap file DXF File The Drawing Interchange Format DXF enables the interchange of drawings between AutoCAD and other programs EPS File Encapsulated PostScript EPS is a standard file format for importing and exporting PostScript files JPEG File JPEG is a file format created fo
74. con on Aligning Bar or click Align gt Align center command in the menu bar The A result is shown in Fig 12 14 gp x Ad oe sst i a E E AA Fig 12 14 8 Select the rectangular frame and click on the shortcut icon IE in Modification Bar or click Modify gt Offset command in the menu bar Then a dialog is shown Fig 12 15 Set the Offset distance at 7 choose inner direction and the result is shown in Fig 12 16 212 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES Fig 12 15 Fig 12 16 9 Select the inner rectangle and repeat step 8 set the offset direction at 2 and choose inner direction The result is shown in Fig 12 17 Fig 12 17 10 Now we apply area clearance on the letter select the letter click on the shortcut icon a in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Area clearance command in the menu bar Then the dialog is shown Fig 12 18 Choose a conical tool with a diameter of 0 3 angle of 15 blade height of 10 choose raster machining strategies 0 degree a total depth of 0 2 overlap ratio of 40 anticlockwise The result is shown in F12 19 213 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES 11 Then apply area clearance on the two inner rectangles with the parameters the same as in Step 10 Fig 12 20 s NANA a rem I ST E KE a ik i A HE E g i gt PETE Ra BR Fig 12 20 12 Finally cut the rectangle outside by profile machinin
75. d Fig 6 1a copy the selected object Fig 6 1b paste 6 2 Delete To delete an object 1 Select an object 2 Click Edit gt Delete or press Delete key in the keyboard s mm ca Jeri im zm la feo 1 T TE oe THE Wow TE F EI Fig 6 2a before deletion Fig 6 2b after deletion 103 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING 6 3 Trim To trim an object 1 Select an object 2 Click on the icon E or click Modify gt Trim 3 The cursor then changes into scissors Move the scissors onto the object and the part pointed by the scissors will turn light blue 4 Click the left mouse button and that part of the object will be trimmed off Click the right mouse button or press the Esc key to end the operation qa M SE A KKK oer 4 4 Fig 6 3a original graph Fig 6 3b after being trimmed Cutting Information x E y Would you like to create loops after cutting or extending e Fig 6 4 REMARK If you press the Ctrl key while trimming then the selected part where Z appears will be separated from the original object The other function of Trim is to extend a line to intersect with another object such as a line or a curve arc combine curve spiral If there is no curve or line to intersect with it in the direction of the dragged line then the line cannot be extended To extend a line 1 Select the line to be extended S or click Modify gt Trim 3 Place the cursor in the blank area b
76. d choose Reverse machining and the result is shown in Fig 12 27 216 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES MA ins type ESA i 7 pE Ee F eara nu Aa amp Jas Teta deg lb ma D sg i Mo Dios lariai pus gt Prior apii re Lu PT Berro gedet Fig 12 26 Fig 12 27 4 Save the tool path save the file with cutter lift height of 10 base on feature point A and name as file1 nc 4 2 Midline machining in 3D 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Input the letter B and set the font character height character width line space and character space Change the scale of the letter according to your requirements 3 Select the letter and click on the shortcut icon ES in Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Midline machining command in the menu bar Then the dialog is displayed Fig 12 28 rine si ira aj EIA Tail Library MA ins type IT Sp mm p Ee Feat Tela deg lb Ze D sr i Dr siiis lagiii pun ra H J l Berro HAB Fig 12 28 Select a conical tool with diameter of 0 2 angle of 45 and height of 10 3D set total depth at 5 and select reverse machining The result is shown in Fig 12 29 217 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES aaa y e TR A 5 EE pall Fig 12 29 4 Save the tool path save the file with cutter lift height of 10 base on feature point A and name of file1 nc Case 5 Simple Drilling 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Draw an ellipse and a regular polygon
77. de Object Lock Unlock Object Properties Fig 9 21 Ctrl T Ctril k Ctro Cobre Delete ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS Circle Import File Text Tools Chr Mode Tools Chrl K Group Gil Ungroup Chr Filled Display Delete Di Delete Show Object Hide Object Lock Unlock Object Properties Fig 9 22 Node Edit The functions in node edit context menu include add a node delete a node smooth align symmetry convert to curve convert to line connect disconnect close start point auto remove points fillet chamfer and vertical Click the right mouse button after selecting the curve Select node tools command in the context menu and then select the nodes to be edited and finally click the right mouse button Then the functions mentioned above in node editing are displayed Fig 9 23 Quit Esc Add Delete Break Join Close Convert Eo Line convert bo Gurve Cusping moo Symmerty Modes Align Start Point Auto Remove Points Fillet Chamber vertical Fig 9 23 Text Edit The functions in text edit context menu include rapid input serial number text and filled display Fig 9 24 163 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS Cuit Esc Rapid InputtF Serial Number Text 5 Filled Display Fig 9 24 3D View 3D view context menu is as follows Fig 9 25 Cuit Esc oom In Pagellp zoom Ouk PageDown Zoom Window F Fit ta All FI Fit to Page Fo Dynamic Zoom FA Move view PIO Front
78. dline machining drilling insert and inlay machining prism machining intelligent machining embossing machining image dot machining image relief machining etc 10 2 Profile Machining Profile machining can be classified into on side outside and inside according to relationships between the tool center axis and the drawing On side The tool center axis is along the original drawing Outside Cut along the outer contour of the drawing Inside Cut along the inner contour of the drawing 10 2 1 Parameters In Profile Machining Click the icon D on the Tool Path Bar or select ToolPath gt Profile machining on the menu bar The Profile machining dialog is displayed Fig 10 11 You can set machining parameters in the dialog 169 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH A ti ss Peal Library Fat E i I a ai fa T rd IT Y monas the Cen ai paraa cies Pet 1 ir de ia ros p Frio io af ici ml pd Baiil pih per lamri Di directs ft Ci ech ae T mii Tip Tegiis Lt mida de ia ais Lt ski LS Get Fig 10 11 Parameters include Tool library You can choose a tool from the drop down tools list or choose one from Tool Library dialog Cut position on side outside and inside Bridge In order to prevent the machined object from moving which may cause objects to be destroyed or machining errors the machined object had better not be completely separated from the material before the machining is finished After machining
79. e A o EH N eiA iLL L Fig 2 6 A Title bar B Menu bar C Shortcut button bar D Status switch bar E View tools bar F Coordinates axes G Page H Drawing window Status bar J Rulers K X Y coordinates L Show Hide Grids M Snap shortcut icon N Color O Show Hide tool paths 2 4 ToolBar Settings To switch between the above two kinds of interface you should open ToolBar settings dialog Click View gt Toolbars and the ToolBar Settings dialog displays Fig H 2 7 Tnk ar r Seht ais Tanlker Spia C feel D Etuadari Skid Ceelke losa Siple DG Lega Deon T Sall Leen feel Toolbar Joon Style Fig 2 7 Toolbar Style is to select a style of the interface 11 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 Standard Toolbar Icon Style is to select Large Icon style or Small Icon style in standard tool bar Panel Toolbar Icon Style is to select an icon style in panel toolbar Toolbars is to select one or more toolbars to be displayed in the interface To hide a toolbar in the interface deselect it You can save the settings by clicking fit or by pressing the Enter key in the keyboard Shortcut Icons Shortcut icons are shortcuts to menu commands The table below outlines commonly used shortcut icons in Ucancam V8 FUNCTION SHORTCUT KEY LOCATION CIC e m A ee ACI a oe zo ES 12 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 o e ex O ome te Oo m ae aje j a m mee oa m o
80. e gt Rectangle in the menu bar 2 Input coordinate value by following instructions in the status bar es re pm el jj sm E E Sy 37 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Fig 4 12 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Rectangle gt Rectangle on the menu bar 2 Select two points by clicking in the drawing window 3 Finish this operation by clicking the right mouse button 2 Fillet rectangle There are two ways to draw a fillet rectangle Method 1 1 Click Draw gt Rectangle gt Fillet Rectangle on the menu bar 2 Input two corner points coordinates and radius of fillet wm E KEE vi al ag i Fig 4 13 j i e Fig 4 14 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Rectangle gt Fillet Rectangle on the menu bar 2 Select two points as two of the rectangle corners by clicking in the drawing window 3 Get the correct radius by moving the mouse and clicking the left mouse button REMARK When using Method 1 to create a Fillet rectangle you can move the cursor to get two different results 58 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES 3 Chamfer rectangle Method 1 1 Click Draw gt Rectangle gt Chamfer rectangle in the menu bar 2 Input points coordinates and chamfer value TE ve 1 4 E CH E Fig 4 15 5 a A E Lib 4 a Fig 4 16 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Rectangle gt C hamfer rectangle in the menu bar 2 Select two points as a rectangle s corners by clicking in the drawing window 3 Get a cha
81. e all tool paths Show Tool The tool is displayed after you check this box Move point You can move a node to a new position or change the shape of the tool path by changing the coordinates of the tool path px 6 000 x 68 600 Y fi OF Cancel 10 67 o 1 os Lt en ke lo 500 Ce before C after UK Cancel 10 68 Add point You can add nodes in a certain position of the tool path A dialog is displayed after pressing Add Point Delete point You can delete any node on the tool path by pressing Delete point Delete section You can delete a selected tool path section First select the tool path and then press Delete section Delete Pass First select the tool path section that you want to delete and then press Delete Pass 193 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH length D UU length H O00 Height f 000 Height a 000 OK Cancel OK Cancel 10 69 10 70 Bridge To prevent cutter from being destroyed or broken because of material move when job is to be finished you can use Bridge to make the cut object not completed separated from the material After finishing the job you can manually take the finished product apart from the material Feed You can set spindle rom feed rate and plunge speed in this dialog Arc Fit When it comes to tool path calculation arcs are better than Bezier curves By this function a tool path is automatically changed to an arc thus machining e
82. e el OOOO zj Tena Lira Fsaiarz Wii Lea FE 3 Wait Waid En aj wave Lime Toal xj Farr Line Perea are Fura Let E 3 Tea Height E 3 Top bugs EF 3 leese gt us Treia Di Geet Fig 4 25 Wavy line parameters Unit length is the length of each wave Unit height is the vertical distance between the wave top and the wave bottom Top length is the length of the wave top Top height is the height of the wave tip 1 Click the shortcut icon An or click Draw gt Wivy Line in the menu bar 63 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES 2 The dialog Fig 4 25 is displayed 3 Select one type of wavy line 4 Set the parameters and click on OK Then a wavy line is drawn The length and height of the wavy line can be adjusted and the shape of the wavy line can be previewed Fig 4 26 La eee Age D EA a E daa H Ai Sp Ta does e e z 7 E p A Bnp Je y a e B To KP mu F a r p Fig 4 26a Fig 4 26b SS SSS a E AAA m Bi F Th Todo oT ee ek ada AE ek 7 7 E A p Zp a wl x a 4 D CG a a mi q E i a om a D D Fig 4 26c Fig 4 26d A EI T Cette EF 7 a PATA 7 e e A p P Si E F g i pa E E PN a 5 E i mu F r a D wm bomm D Fig 4 26e Fig 4 26f 64 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES ca EN EE Fig 4 269 4 1 14 Hand Draw Besides the shapes above you can also use your imagination to create any freeform shapes by Ha
83. e ga CO icek EA p fip faini is lemina ii ict o i Reg nie 1 5 a i Mactardng permeates Wiw g Total depth fp ooo lt lateral hu D a clar ence KS Se i E Melide depti per layar 0 50 han 1 Ef pas E Fig 12 34 Fig 12 35 4 Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 175 and height of 10 choose anticlockwise machining set total depth at 10 interspace at 0 3 and the result is rilievi Fig 12 36 et t w E F pl Fu mi a SW F 4 D z iz F E A H E i Ma a ag P F NM Lei fe E ep mg ma enge Fig 12 36 5 Next we are going to make intaglio mould Click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Insert and inlay gt Inlay command in the menu bar The Inlay machining dialog is shown in Fig 12 37 Choose a tool with diameter of 3 175 and height of 10 anticlockwise machining total depth of 10 interspace at 0 overlap ratio of 80 area clearance and the result is intaglio Fig 12 38 OOO hl Ka MG E mi si Tash ker as sr m dr Cei F eu green LS a T AA ola mada Ar a e clean pirata pa a O fette Hz pu Jeri y Ern rang ps Pidal Gmb E 3 S MEA ee CHAPTER TWELVE CASES el e wei EA CR EE AA F12 38 6 Hide the path and select the whole object Click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Area clearance command in the menu bar and the Area clearance dialog is shown in Fig 12 39 Selec
84. e machining drilling inlay machining prism machining intelligent machining embossing machining image dot machining image relief machining etc 10 1 General Knowledge About Tools Proper tools should be chosen when machining different materials with various rigidities in order to achieve the desired result and not to break tools You can select the tools in the tool library Click on the shortcut icon on Tool Path Bar or click Toolpath gt Tool management on the menu bar and the following dialog is displayed Fig 10 1 Tend E lee ite Z pang E n Jeu Bes E p P rm ed Fig 10 1 Tools commonly used in Ucancam V8 include end mill ball nose and conical New tools can be added and existing tools can be deleted or edited in the tool library 10 1 1 End Mill Parameters of end mill include diameter of blade D and height of blade H 166 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH End Mill Tool Editor Description iS MERTI Diameter 0 Ls Max Cut Depth tH Bo ec Fig 10 2 End mill Fig 10 3 tool edit 10 1 2 Ball Nose The parameters of ball nose include diameter of blade D and height of blade H Ball Nose Tool Editor Description E Ball Hose DS H5 5 Diameter UI E Max Cut Depth 00 5 5 oe Fig 10 4 Ball nose Fig 10 5 10 1 3 Conical Conical parameters include diameter of handle D1 diameter of blade D2 height of blade H and angle A half angle
85. e on Editing Bar or click Draw gt Symbol library on the menu bar 2 The Symbol Library dialog is displayed on the left of the drawing window Fig 4 30 66 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES all FET da TE DFE Fig 4 30 To hide the Symbol Library there are three ways e Click P icon on Editing Bar e Click Draw gt Symbol library e Click onthe I button in the upper right corner of the dialog 4 2 2 Contents in Symbol Library Symbol Library is made up of four parts Ucancam 98 library Ucancam Utility library Ucancam International library and My library Each of the four parts is further divided into smaller symbol libraries Users can select the symbols from the Symbol library for use Fig 4 31 T a SS TR F CR aa Fig 4 31 4 2 3 Selecting A Symbol You can browse the Symbol library and select a symbol which you need All the symbols are divided into many groups according to their types There are two ways to insert a symbol into the drawing window 1 click on the Add button in the dialog bar or 2 insert the symbol into the drawing window by clicking on the symbol and dragging it into the drawing window The symbol s width height and scale base are set by entering values in the Width and Height and Scale boxes in the dialog 67 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES EEE eee 2A a Ti EFTS CERETTO ZK T d T o F i ba D a C R HT mrm Fig 4 32 REMARK Because there a
86. e shown in the dialog Click Back if you want to change the path and file tm Fig 1 7 9 Click Next to start copying files Fig 1 8 CHAPTER ONE SYSTEM REQURIRMENTS 8 INSTALLATION Fig 1 8 10 After copying the file the installation of USB dongle driver begins automatically Installation Initializing Wise Installation Wizard Fig 1 9 11 The installation of USB dongle begins Fig 1 10 Fig 1 10 12 After the installation of USB driver the following dialog displays to indicate that the installation has been completed Fig 1 11 CHAPTER ONE SYSTEM REQURIRMENTS 8 INSTALLATION Fig 1 11 13 Click Finish and the dialog Setup Complete displays Fig 1 12 E ere CH 14 Click Finish to end installation Pr After confirming that the USB port of your PC is in normal working order insert the USB dongle into the USB port of your computer or connect the USB dongle with the computer through USB cable You can now work with Ucancam V8 An icon is formed on desktop CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 2 1 Brief Introduction 2 1 1 Application Ucancam V8 a special application software in CAD Computer Aided Design and CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing is widely used in such areas as advertisements seal making sign making gift manufacturing decoration art design woodworking and mold manufacturing 2 1 2 Features Tw
87. e space between each column Click on Preview to preview the effect Click on OK and input the start coordinate of the text in the status bar or simply click the left mouse button in the drawing window to fix the position of the first serial number text Fig 7 26a input the value 142 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING MA eee Pk er ae Saba Ss OS E Fig 7 26b input the coordinate Fig 7 26c the effect 7 7 Text Symbol Various symbols and characters are available for use with Text Symbol 1 Click Text gt Text Symbol in the menu bar and a box appears on the left 2 Click on a symbol hold the mouse button and then drag it into the working area for use EIN 7 8 Replace You can replace a letter with another one with Replace Follow the steps below 1 Choose the letters 2 Click Text gt Replace in the menu bar and a dialogue box appears Fig 7 28 3 Enter the letter or some sequence letters to be replaced in FIND WHAT enter the letter or letters in REPLACE WITH And click on OK Then the letters are replaced 143 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING Find what Replace with OE Cancel Fig 7 28 7 9 Single Stroke Follow the steps below 1 Choose a letter or several letters 2 Click Text gt Single Stroke in the menu bar Then single stroke is created JE ANS f Fig 7 29 7 10 Textin a closed shape You can input text in a closed shape 1
88. elect the other curve as the baseline of the other The tool path is shown in Fig 7 font mri E EN a y rr emp teg eem 1 FAT EA BO A d Ce RS FE A T H J q E E H el i Wl ai e 3 a l T a i Le in e LF fost D A j I at CA D fas i os mom Zon Dpp z THE Lt Fig 7 3 Duplicate the tool path Fig 8 236 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD o O or SS S ee Fab Aap RE L Ben ALTEA JARA ke EE EN Kata sr IPP KR MT fk A i D o 4 D f E a dl l WW sp y gt Di CR el i sc lowe pos PUP a Fig 8 13 2 Straight Texture Click on wave board gt straight texture and then the dialog is displayed Fig _ kelvin fo A E habas air Ll ill ME me ere hard has a Feu Fig 9 Next we are going to explain the settings in this dialog Machining settings Board height the height of the board to be processed Board width the width of the board to be processed Overlap the proportion of the overlapped tool path to the last one Path space the space between each tool path Min depth the min depth the tool goes into the board Accuracy the accuracy of the texture The accuracy is better when the setting is 231 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD lower and the time needed for calculating is longer Note Overlap and the path space are the same So you need to just set one of them when creating the tool path
89. end the first point is the center of the circle the second point is the starting point of the arc and the third point is the end point of the arc 3 Start end direction When applying this method while drawing an arc the first point is the starting point of the arc the second point is the end point and direction is the end point tangent 4 Start end radius The first point is the starting point of the arc the second point is the end point of the arc and the third step is to define the radius of the circle the arc is on After inputting the values in the status bar press Enter key to validate the operation 5 Tangential Arc You can draw a arc by a tangent Follow the steps below 1 Draw a circle 2 Click Draw gt Arc gt Tangential Arc in the menu bar 3 The cursor becomes a pen Drag the pen to the circle and a blue line appears Fig 4 6 4 Choose the position you want to put the arc and then click the mouse button 5 Then drag the pen to a specific position according to the radius of the arc to be created Then click again to fix the radius 6 Move the pen to define the arc length and then click the mouse button to finish 53 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES mm E a bp E Sam P F La da oe SS D 20 AN n daa Fig 4 6 4 1 3 Circle Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon O in Curve Bar or click Draw gt Circle on the menu bar 2 The words Center of circle are displayed in the status bar 3
90. ent the distance of the new point from the other point on X and Y axis 4 1 1 Line 1 Line Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon 4 on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Line gt Line in the menu bar 2 The words Start of Line are shown in the status bar in the lower left corner 3 Input a point s coordinates value e g 10 10 and press Enter key 4 Input a point s coordinates value after the screen displays end of line in the status bar 5 Press the Enter key and a line is created 50 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES rE Sch amp Fig 4 1 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Line gt Line in the menu bar 2 Click in the drawing window to select the position of the starting point and end point of the line 3 You can reshape the line by transformation tools such as moving rotating scaling etc Detailed introduction to these transformations will be given in the following chapter REMARK Horizontal line and vertical line can be drawn by pressing the Shift key while moving the cursor A coordinate X Y represents a point position X and Y are separated by a comma In Ucancam V8 you will need to input coordinate value in many operation When you need to draw a precision curve it is suggested to use method 1 to input point s coordinates 2 Polyline Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon 2 on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Line gt Polyline in the menu bar 2 Input polyline s points respectively according to prompt instruction
91. ess the Enter key to enter Ucancam V8 software pue e E OI T en Eat gn he o ooo DI re Fertzeu C Ciliga SI tm Fig 2 3 REMARK Refer to 3 3 1 of Chapter three to see how to set the Page Size parameters 2 2 2 Exit Ucancam V8 Four ways to exit the program e Click the button xi on the upper right corner of the window e Click File gt Exit Press the shortcut key Alt F4 O Double click on the icon in the corner of the window A dialog appears to ask if you want to save the file that you haven t saved Fig 2 4 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 SS Sti x AN Save changes to untitled com Fig 2 4 2 3 Interface Both new Ucancam V8 interface and Wentai 2000 2002 interface are available for the users to choose according to your habits 2 3 1 Standard Interface Standard interface refers to Wentai 2000 2002 interface which is also the default interface of Ucancam V8 Fig 2 5 A A AA ee mmm mm e s E ml RH GeeRWMaacgeh 24D sg 7 TS E A A gt Y O fE A D n F a 4 SN E has c y ME t ALLI Fig 2 5 A Title bar displays file name or software name on the left on the right are minimize button Ml maximize back button o and close button x B Menu bar includes File Edit View Draw Text Modify Transform Align Node Help and Tool Path CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 C Standard Bar displays icons of common
92. ete A Node To add a node 1 Enter the node editing mode 2 Click on the location where you are going to put the new node 3 Ablack dot appears in this position 145 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT 4 Click the icon mea on Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Add 5 Anew node is added in the selected position You can add a node by double clicking the left mouse button Fig 8 2 Fig 8 3 HR PE he Len oe AA CLES ELE LEL h P d h F a i P k a d E ai Kk L Er uy F E P d b a ken E BS Fig 8 2 Fig 8 3 To delete a node 1 Select a node 2 Click on the icon on Node Editing Bar or click node gt delete Nodes can also be deleted by double clicking the left mouse button Fig 8 4 is the effect after deleting two nodes from Fig 8 2 ZS vi AN N Fig 8 4 To add or delete several nodes at the same time 1 Select several nodes 2 Click on the icon pen on Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Delete REMARK Nodes of circles and ellipses can not be deleted 146 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT 8 3 Cusping amp Smooth Cusp and smooth are the two types of relative positions between nodes and their controlling points When one of the two controlling points is moved the other one is moved accordingly to make the curve smooth A node and its two controlling points are not put on the same line by applying cusping function When moving one of the two controlling point the other one is not moved thu
93. etween the line and the other object which is going to 2 Click on the icon 104 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING intersect with it 4 When a dotted line appears between the line and the object click the left mouse button 5 The line is extended and intersects with the object In the example below the object is also a line a e El ae T i F TE y d FEST J i H my ae Fig 6 5b after being extended REMARK The number of objects to be trimmed must be two or above and in the case of trimming a compound graph the graph must be ungrouped first 6 4 Offset Offset means to extend the object inward or outward by the same distance 1 Select an object 2 Click on the icon A on Modification Bar or select Modify gt Offset Then the following dialog is displayed Fig 6 6 105 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Fig 6 6 There are two ways to offset an object inner and outer Offset corners type includes rounded sharpened chamfered a i Pid wee rei Cul 3 i I sl 3 a bag a mm Soke FE I Aa Se Ys SU T e emm mg mg pg Fig 6 7a sharpened Fig 6 7b rounded Fig 6 7c chamfered In Fig 6 8 there is a curve we now apply outer offset to it with a distance of 10mm Then the effect is shown in Fig 6 9 106 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING e A A Ss Fo se Ce ELA A E A d el Ki SEN SR Ad t x TE h T F F H E H fe g 4 r E Li al i al 8 h Ki d a E ia E mu A o as E b
94. f after each operation Fig 3 10 SSS ee PAS TI lt OS S an A TO d 1 TE j FE 4 4 PR Re E 3 a Fig 3 10a original Fig 3 10b after Zoom out operation 3 2 4 Dynamic Zoom The page can be zoomed in or out through Dynamic zoom operation so that objects can be viewed in different sizes This can be achieved by any of the following means e Click the icon on View Bar e Click View gt Dynamic zoom on the menu bar o Press the shortcut key F7 Then the cursor changes into 2 Press the left mouse button and the page is zoomed in by moving the mouse up and is zoomed out by moving the mouse down Fig 3 11 ENEE A LR PQ n dra P e A F FE a a CS ii si Oh Fig 3 11a original 28 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS ES d ul A ELE TELLE _ Fig 3 11b after zooming in Fig 3 11c after zooming out Click the right mouse button to exit Dynamic zoom operation The cursor changes into an arrow and the Dynamic zooming effect remains REMARK If you use 3D mouse Dynamic zoom operation can be achieved by rolling the mouse wheel The page is zoomed in by rolling the mouse wheel forward and is zoomed out by rolling the mouse wheel backward 3 2 5 Fit To All Selected objects can be displayed in the whole window through Fit to all function First select the object s and then select one of the following ways e Click the icon A on View Bar
95. fficiency is greatly improved 10 16 Tool Path Transform With this function you can change the size of the tool path change the tool path position and rotate the tool path 1 Scale scale Move Rotate Scale IT Change G Base Point Ge High YX ER Middle Y 22 f Low E 5 T T 10 71 You can scale the tool path by clicking Tool Path gt Tool Path Transform on the menu bar When a dialog is displayed set the values in it and then the tool path size is changed 2 Move 194 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Seale Move Rotate X Offset o Y Offset i a Offset i 10 72 a You can move the tool path by clicking Tool Path gt Tool Path Transform on the menu bar Set the value in the dialog and then the tool path position is changed 3 Rotate Scale More Rotate Axes Start Axes End x fo x fo rn r fo fp 10 73 b You can also rotate the tool path by clicking Tool Path gt Tool Path Transform on the menu bar 10 17 Tool Path Output After the tool path is created you can save it Various file formats are provided by Ucancam V8 software including standard G code contraction G code HPGL3D and Wentai NC For example we apply area clearance and contour cutting to the object in Fig 10 74 195 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH SD E CELIA zg rs S e F il TE 2 a i 3 d el SI di E a de Ki weg al Fig 10 74 In tool
96. ffset Distance the value by which the text is to be extended Offset corners type is the shape of the corner including acute angle and round angle Keep original objects is to preserve the original text in the drawing window after operation mm EEE eee a F E g 84 555 2G SN A SS ge dp Es SE Le i ta l a Sa i z z 3 is cl F E F m l i D a iF a ah a b a pa p a a P i ih E fi Es OoOo Fee Fig 7 22a original 7 5 Convert To Curves 1 Exit the Editing Input mode 2 Select the text 3 Click on the icon hb on Text Editing Bar or click Text gt Convert to Curves 139 Fig 7 22b the effect of hollow character el E Si CAS 5 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING Fig 7 23a select the text Fig 7 23b the text is changed into individual units If we group two or more text and then ungroup them the text can be changed into individual units Tenne am J ven a SMa manran maar CDI Fig 7 23c input two ine of texts a T 23d select the texts be group gt them TS FREI Nd H CR BET WE E RER La CH I iiu Fig 7 23e ungroup Fig 7 23f the text is changed into individual units If a text and a graph are grouped and then ungrouped the text can also be changed into individual units Fig 7 24 140 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING A A pm Wel pd de RAMA Ae LIM i B p eS E SE Lo i k 4 F 7 k T F i F H IF H rF mb e mb e 4 d a D C
97. g Select the outside rectangle click on the shortcut icon S on Tool Path Bar and then a dialog is displayed Select an end mill of 3 175 total depth of 1 2 total depth is the thickness of the material and anticlockwise machining The result is shown in F12 21 T i E ee E Ga IE pal Fig 12 21 13 Save the path First save the tool path of profile machining of the outer rectangle with cutter lift height of 10 base on feature point A and file name of 2 nc then save the tool path of area clearance with cutter lift height at 5 and file name of 3 nc In this way you do not need to define the tool entry location when changing the tool so that the object can be output directly on the machine thus improving machining efficiency and quality Case 3 3D Engraving 3 1 Top surface machining 1 Enter Ucancam V8 software 214 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES 2 Type the letter M Fig 12 22 a me Bim i JE ANE Ar Fig 12 22 3 Select the letter to edit it Choose the font character height character width and character space 4 Adjust the scale of the letter 5 Draw a rectangle around the letter and choose align center 6 Select the rectangle and the letter and click on the shortcut icon Ea in Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt 3D engraving command in the menu bar Then a dialog is displayed Fig 12 23 C A A a fred Linn Biri nej ee SEA D I Ge orl fg ien Moda dai i E
98. gn REMARK The number of nodes to be aligned must be two or above otherwise the operation is invalid IL i 8 6 Convert To Line amp Convert To Curve Convert to line 1 Enter Node Editing mode by clicking 3 on the right of the screen or by clicking Node gt Node Tools on the menu bar 2 Click on the shape to display its nodes 3 Selecta node 4 Click on the icon vi on the Node Editing Bar or click Node Convert to line Then the curve between the selected node and the node right after it is converted to a line 149 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT r z i W Sen E E ANE sy Fig 8 12 REMARK When the selected node is the end point of the curve the curve between the end point and the node right before it is changed into a line Convert to curve 1 Enter Node Edit mode 2 Select the nodes to be edited 3 Click on the shortcut icon A on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Convert to curve 8 7 Disconnect Connect To disconnecta node 1 Select a node A 2 Click on the icon Pe on Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Disconnect Then the node is disconnected A Fi E x x Fig 8 13a original Fig 8 13b after disconnecting the node To connect nodes 1 Select the nodes to be connected 150 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT 2 Click on the icon IW on the Node Editing Bar or click Node Connect i S Fig 8 14a original Fig 8 14b after being connected REMARK The connect function
99. gular slice 1 Select an object EI Ge l l 2 Click on the icon on Modification Bar or click Modify Simple slice Rectangular slice 3 Draw a rectangle on the selected object and the object is sliced Note The sides of the rectangle should intersect with the selected object r DE So b Ben wm ae pm mmm em a z a AN mp i FASE RAS APG AA Fa e JENNA wi LS i goe DK sa KU st RAIER EE Fig 6 20a original Fig 6 20b after being sliced Ellipse slice 1 Select an object put 2 Click on the icon 1 on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Simple slice gt Ellipse slice 3 Draw an ellipse on the selected object and the object is sliced Note The border of the ellipse must intersect with the graph F PF e E a om s nn i ges ED A e a2 AAA E Ll ED Tom E A bla daa daa AL 4 AL 4 Fig 6 21 original Fig 6 22 after being sliced 6 9 2 Complex Slice Parallel slice 1 Select an object and click on the icon on Modification Bar or click 112 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Modify gt Complex slice gt Parallel slice 2 Then a dialog is shown The parameters include line angle preserve space and remove Space Line angle is formed by the slicing line and the horizontal line preserve space is the width of the preserved parts remove space is the space between each two preserved parts Click on the icon Cancel in the dialog or press the
100. i Taxi F Toslgpeth Remark Tf sirol r rajiun it quel da D ali ersissg will be relected E E kat obt e rege F n SFR IS TCE JASGem as eae ss 8 a T mi zm e E cee ER EEEE Ree ne ee oe E E ER SS Oe Ee T mL P S E iy b d a a D y EE a d gP Pa E s a mu ER i a u E E Var ml Porn 1s xp P mm SS Fig 5 10 select the text in the drawing window 5 2 Transform Operation 5 2 1 Move Move Relatively Select the object to be moved Click Transform gt Move Relatively in the menu bar A dialogue box displays Fig 5 11 Enter the value of the moving distance horizontal and vertical UNIT mm and then click on OK The object is then moved SCH A NYS 74 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION LA gt a Co EENS Horizontal E Vertical E OE e Keep original objects Cancel Fig 5 11 Move Absolutely 1 Select the object to be moved 2 Click Transform gt Move Absolutely in the menu bar 3 Enter the starting point coordinate in the blank area of the status bar e g 0 0 and then enter the end point coordinate The object is moved to a specific position Ela Yo de SKS L L i D i i 4 Fig 5 12 5 2 2 Scaling To scale an object 1 Select an object 2 Move the cursor onto the arrows in the four corners of the object 3 When the cursor changes into da or de hold and drag the left mouse button You can also scale the object by
101. ig 7 18 Tick Reverse and the text will be put in reverse direction Fig 7 19 Che A depz bb Rbd LS J d ep RAL A a F S e Kg ei a a i Fig 7 19 Method 2 1 Type a text and draw a curve 2 Enter the Editing Input mode 3 Put the cursor onto a curve 4 When the cursor changes into ZE move the cursor to select the starting point of the text on the curve 5 Click the left mouse button and the glinting cursor appears on the curve 6 You can input the text on the curve now Fig 7 20 137 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING S o P Se doo Gumi zArp ren s d i s T EJ FE Je E a H g ee m as E Lo Fig 7 20a the cursor changes into Keen reenen EEE eee 7 HTA E 8 e ae EE A uu JO AAA AO AA A id J i d i Y TR Fi E d Kn at x if arm E e A Y Li be E Fig 7 20b input the text After inputting the text you can set the properties of the text with the same method as in method REMARK The curve is not displayed in graph edit mode but only in text edit mode 7 4 Hollow Character This function is to make hollow characters Follow the steps below 1 Exit Editing Input mode 2 Select the text to be hollowed 3 Click Text gt Hollow Characters 4 Adialog is displayed Fig 7 21 138 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING Offset Distance 5 000 mm Offset Corners Type SA CAS e Keep original objects OK Cancel Fig 7 21 Parameters include O
102. inate value in X and Y or you can also click the icon _ fick and select a coordinate point by clicking in the drawing window T11 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION D el S RAR Fig 5 17 REMARK The base point is the center of the object and the object is scaled with this point as the center That is to say the base point is the only point whose position is not changed during scaling Baseline is the central line of the object The object is scaled with this line as the center line In other words the base line is the only line whose position is not changed during scaling 5 2 3 Locate You can move a shape to a specific position by entering X and Y coordinates of the center point of the shape Click Transform gt Locate on the menu bar and a dialog is displayed Then enter the values in the dialog and then the position of the shape is fixed 5 2 4 Object Rotation There are several ways to rotate a selected object The commonly used method is shown below 1 Select an object 2 Move the cursor into the highlighting box 3 When the cursor changes into O hold and move the left mouse button to rotate the object You can also rotate an object by pressing the Ctrl key and the left right keyboard arrow key The object will be rotated anticlockwise by holding the left keyboard arrow key and it will be rotated clockwise by holding the right keyboard arrow key 78 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION m Aas E eS KS
103. inputting the value of char height the value of char width will change in proportion automatically but when inputting character width the value of char height will not change The range of the value of char width and height should be within 0 to 99999 7 2 3 Overstriking 1 Select a text 2 Click on the icon Bl then the selected text will be overstriked Fig 7 6 F W I se aes Aa Fig 7 6 131 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING 7 2 4 Incline To incline a text 1 Select a text 2 Click on LE Then the text will be inclined Fig 7 7 _ _ _ e A m BSX E ODJFS cr ere Ta a Tin E E Fig 7 7 7 2 5 Vertical Text Flow 1 Selecta text 2 Click on the icon Ey Fig 7 8 Dae TUTORA ARRANA AGA ie i ER mE 5 x J a i H ed p Wa Fig 7 8 7 2 6 Character Space amp Line Space Character space means the distance between each two characters line space is the distance between every two lines 132 CHAPTER SEVEN TEXT EDITING To set character space and line space 1 Select the characters 2 Input the value in the list boxes of Char Space and Line Space or select from the dragdown boxes Fig 7 9 Char space 20 ES Line space lo EN Fig 7 9 7 2 7 Align 1 Select the words to be aligned 2 We can see four icons E align on left E align on center EI align on right and fill Click on one of them The result is shown below a H d SP Am
104. k Align gt Align on left in the menu bar eo Press Ctrl Num4 i SSE JS de tee I i A 9 a i d E i 1 4 RB a Fig 5 32a original Fig 5 32b align on left Align on right is to align several selected objects along the right side of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon 27 on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Align on right in the menu bar o Press Ctrl Num6 87 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION id da mo oo NANA Ga RK i E Fig 5 33a original Fig 5 33 b align on right Align to top is to align several selected objects along the top line of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Align to top in the menu bar o Press Ctrl Num o M Poe eViidese y h A y re ar i de Fi Fig 5 34a select the objects SA OO SD A7 Se dace is TE a E ke a OUR T lz Fig 5 34b the effect after the object is aligned top 88 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION Align to bottom is to align several selected objects with the bottom line of the first selected object There are three ways to enable this function e Click the shortcut icon si on Aligning Bar e Click Align gt Align to bottom in the menu bar eo Press Ctri Num2 ES ae ee a RK T o E Fig 5 35a select the objects E E
105. l Height is the height of each independent tool path after applying tool path panel Use aid line is to use the guide line as the aid line to separate a tool path Refresh is to reset the above parameters Remark When applying Toolpath panel to a tool path you should put the object in the drawing window the grey rectangular box otherwise the function is invalid MS AA F das l bk ed gr LEE C _ _ Te e Fig 10 83 Tool Path Panel 10 21 Group Toolpath You can group several toolpaths as one unit for machining Create and select two or more tool paths and then click on Tool Path gt Group Toolpath in the menu bar Then the tool paths are grouped together 200 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Fig 10 84 201 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT After designing an artwork you may want to print it or output it through engraving machines Before output of the file we need to set external equipments so as to get accurate output result 11 1 Print Connect the printer with your computer before you start printing Next we are going to introduce the process with HP Color LaserJet 5 as an example 11 1 1 Printer Installation 1 Select Printers from Control Panel or click Start menu gt Setting gt Printer P command to open the Printer dialog Fig 11 2 Fig 11 1 Fig 11 2 Welcome bo te Add Printer Wiis Ire pas rs pr ll peter pr a ei Po coria ek Laya 3 Printer para
106. ll tool with diameter of 22 and height of 10 set the total depth at 5 and select on curves then the effect is shown in Fig 10 34 179 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH E g 2 to drill points 1 Draw a point and duplicate it Fig 10 35 IT AA 4 i de i A p Fig 10 35 2 Select all the points and click on the shortcut icon HE or click tool path gt simple drilling in the menu bar Then a dialog is shown Fig 10 3 Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 and height of 12 set the total depth at 10 and select On Points The result is shown in Fig 10 36 WE Jag E zE ANE Fa raf Fig 10 36 10 7 Region Drilling Region drilling is to drill in the inner region of the object Now we are to drill the region in Fig 10 37 180 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH EEL o EREET CEDE TET eer del i sea Ar Fig 10 37 1 Select the object and click tool path gt region drilling in the menu bar Then the Region drilling dialog in F10 38 is displayed Triki dapib sal Eoo zg Maia apar ldepib pur lapud felt bisbe per laine PER Bian paimi epee bal i ee te al Ea ee TT Enter Lars re age ap Caral Fig 10 38 Horizontal point space is the distance between two points in the horizontal direction Vertical point space is the distance between two points in the vertical direction Interlaced arrange is interlaced arrangement of the points 2 Select an end mill tool with a diamete
107. ly used tools D View Bar displays icons of viewing tools E Edit bar displays icons of editing tools F Edit mode tool bar is for opening or closing tool bars and change editing modes G Tool path displays icons for tool path calculation H Draw bar displays icons for drawing simple shapes Coordinates are references to object positions J Page is the page size K Drawing window is the area for drawing L Status bar displays current operation status and parameters input M Ruler displays actual sizes of objects It shows in the work interface in default setting REMARK Click View gt Rulers command to show or hide rulers N X Y Coordinates Shows coordinates O Show Hide the Grids Show or hide background Grids REMARK Click View gt Grids to show or hide background Grids P Snap setting Set the types of points to be snapped and control the show and close of the function Q Color is for setting color R Hide Show Show or hide tool paths REMARK Click View gt Tool path command to show or hide tool paths Move the mouse onto any shortcut button names of shortcut buttons will be shown automatically 2 3 2 Panel Interface Panel interface is another interface of Ucancam V8 With bars in tab form this software is operated easily and quickly as the interface layout is quite clear Fig 2 6 10 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 i El EY El A dl H
108. m 3 Benn Ba l Fig 6 8 Fig 6 9 6 5 Expand Expand is to offset an object both inward and outward at the same time To expand an object 1 Select an object 2 Click on the icon Il on the Modification Bar or click Modify gt Expand 3 Input the distance in the status bar and press Enter EE L SD a Joc Boe de da A Ti Twos AA A RA Lg e p r apes gn a a Af a pa Leeft n p Lech be renge Tei LS e e mg ben SEH T F iE ot m F le a 1 4 eil 5 SF m or ng D E a a z i E kel Fi E E i im i E Fig 6 10b after being extended i i Ban Las Fig 6 10a select the object 6 6 Close Close is to link several curves two or above with lines Take the following as an example 107 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING OEA MEAR Dee et gn ms mm emm a Ca en E n PET Fa App mmm rg rem vii I T oh FF z e a WR E a RX mu d h i ml an BE Fig 6 11 1 Select all the objects 2 Click on the icon e in Modification Bar or click Modify gt Close Then the following dialog is displayed Fig 6 12 Max Closa Distance em K H Close Result Tetal Linked Foints Close Cancel Fig 6 12 3 Type a value in Max Close Distance Note If the distance between two end points exceeds Max Close Distance then the two points will not be linked 4 Click on Close in the dialog Lac Infonaltion Maw Chose Onder Chose Result ad 2 Linked Poi
109. male machining 3 Select a ball nose tool with a diameter of 6 height of 12 border of 0 machining height of 6 width of the default value 14 762 top angle of 0 bot angle of 0 overlap of 80 anticlockwise then the effect is shown in Fig 10 53 aim i PRI LAT TLE oe ee Fig 10 53 Fig 10 54 is 3D view of the tool path RA Fig 10 54 10 12 Image AM FM Machining Image AM FM machining is to engrave the object after the image is converted into grayscale image AM machining is to make the distance between the dots the same while the depth of the dots are different FM machining is to make the depth of the dots the same while the distance between the dots is different 188 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH oa 8 AENA ar ina peek A o 10 55 at det ma lem EE Tal it ES 3 GEN E bremse P Ce alete iis Bari esch apace i 00 Vertical waer Km Frac Bathe 1 EN wf Ka k nen D Ka k ng dech P 010 bi thar O Thins Dat Frama ber Be bigwa Ep En erigir denk Im Eocdsticohel P 3 ga E F Fig 10 57 t ite ETET rot ee ISORA Fig 10 58 10 13 Image Relief Machining Image relief machining is to engrave the object after the image is converted into grayscale image The machining is based on brightness level Min brightness depth and max brightness depth are the depth by which the tool goes into the 189 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH material Horizontal
110. me oj e me age ol m e Les Ellipse Curve Bar e mee E te Bm me 13 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 oa m II 8 e e IE me tim Modification Bar A EI a Ellipse slice o Modification Bar Parallel slice Modification Bar ICAC O e O ee ICC ae ICC ee en eee a 14 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 ee Modification Bar curve Array duplication Modification Bar Duplication along a Modification Bar line Duplication along a Modification Bar Duplication along a Modification Bar Spiral curve 15 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 O ee eme 1 ar Perspective Transform Bar distortion Push amp Pull vap Transform Bar distortion Align on left Ctrl Num4 Aligning Bar Align on right Ctrl Num6 Aligning Bar e SL 2u Align to top Ctrl Num8 Aligning Bar Align to bottom Ctrl Num2 Aligning Bar 16 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 Make same size Ctrl Alt A Aligning Bar ICI e et Mo O e A ee Om et Convert to line Node Editing Bar KSE KSE nz zone Ca me mm EE Node Editing Bar 17 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 CA AC ne A ne COI SECHER EOC on a CI me CI a Midline machining Tool Path Bar Se mnie COCA ae en e CECO Intelligent Tool Path Bar machining Embossing Tool Path Bar machining 18 CHAPTER TWO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UCANCAM V8 Image relief
111. meters setting 202 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT The Print dialog is displayed after you click File gt Printer command in the menu bar Fig 11 4 11 1 2 Printer Setting a Frin lisa HF Colca Lasa 8 Fipe iE ET Cen RS WP Cot Lamb E Stee Put Coaveeri M Fira To Fie Lap 7 ae Pied ke Lal D Can Gre Late Pom Ha cna rari abr ge i ge zelt Mai O Te Fig 11 4 There are four parts in the dialog printer copies scale and position If there are more than one printers connected you should choose one of them from the dragdown menu You can set the size Origin and orientation of the paper according to your needs Click on Properties to enter the Document Properties dialog Fig 11 5 sisi Lapai Pases Tias Coto Demas deeg Cum ges E em T horira Fp Tie E Owe tet I Eech Faces Fees Een ees Fig 11 5 The number of pages per sheet and two side printing can also be set here Click Paper Quality and click on Advanced to display the Advanced options dialog Fig 11 6 The graphs and parameters of document options printing features are set here 203 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT Fig 11 6 Click on Layout to set orientation page order and pages per sheet Printing effect can be previewed through the previewing window in the right part In most cases the value is kept as the default value Fig 11 7 i Em mre SL A rr ze e mem a a ae Fig 11 7 Click on Color setup t
112. mfer distance by clicking in the drawing window The result is shown in Fig 4 13 When moving the mouse to extreme points the result is shown in Fig 4 14 4 1 9 Star Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon Ze in Curve Bar or click Draw gt Star in the menu bar 2 Input number of sides center point coordinates first radius and second radius of star 59 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES respectively by following instructions in the status bar E E Er 5 ANE Fig 4 17 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Star in the menu bar 2 Input the number of sides in the status bar 3 Select the center first radius and second radius of the star by clicking in the drawing window The larger radius between first radius and second radius is regarded as star s outer radius You can select one radius as star s outer or inner radius according to your needs REMARK The Ratio of inner radius to outer radius of a standard star is 1 2 4 1 10 Regular Polygon Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon O on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Regular polygon in the menu bar 2 Input the number of sides the center point and radius respectively by following instructions in the status bar i Aas za A Fig 4 18 60 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Regular polygon in the menu bar 2 Input the number of sides in the status bar 3 Select the center point of the regular polygon and radius of polygon by clicking in the drawing
113. moving the cursor onto the arrows on the sides of the selected object when the cursor changes into E hold and drag the left mouse button Fig 5 13 15 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION K 4 r 8 F By mi W SS mM gt d 2 3 F 7 i o 5 i WW K A iF SR a E E Dr By KX E k F D E E A ae ve oe 7 r Fig 5 13a dragging the corner Fig 5 13b dragging the sides REMARK Press and hold the Shift key and drag one arrow on the highlighting box then the object will be scaled Fig 5 14 d h 7 Te ri ee iam F erg Se mE PTE a P mp ee eee rm ee A ATA E SAA EA A ee G a Ki P i 5 a iy e L a i la d F E bra BI T F Be E A fe RS Ss m gt Mi i 4 E wi m i a H e a ay R E r E E ER Dr E E k i F F E h lt E a ee ll eae _ EG ig 5 14a Fig 5 14b You can also scale a selected object accurately by typing values 1 Click the icon E on Transform Bar or click Transform gt Scale 2 The Scale dialog is displayed Fig 5 15 044 Seonding dur Si Sew Beete Bee ire X mam F Ku ez T Bem F 2 Soul ing Coaffi ciant DE E boo og lt lisiirsits IEA T Ip 000 narra O A a Fi Keep DE ratio AAA Faa Tu se Fick Cent origina ze Fig 5 15 Old Bounding Box Size displays the width and height of the original object X is the width and Y is the height 76 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION New Bounding Box Size i
114. n J License BE sust el CFL Wed Leiw Se P RU male AE a all tiiri gl Pela Ars di gefillt y e mag dd the bar sil GEZ TE ep im that Liew ap ammi Gareesgfiar peolerpes ia en apremio dira Limia af Lidkilitien p ia dlean Si Lisa sf mea rigkir asi seg W I Fi il Cb aia S arme all Ua tere ap bed airis zeng eed al sr om i d Bez Sis TH Chis ias in ahiardd Leia be Deiing beia Tate Corp er ree La A usc o it rd Y bach di St SES Fig 1 3 6 Click Yes and Choose Destination Location dialog is displayed Click Next if you want to install the software in the default allie Fig 1 4 Er St SLL kimtal Marce in de felling Felder Ta 1601511 95 vert gier click Miri Ta raid lf eld di beegp ch Tan sa dhiii dl tr jabl See le alii Cual Le mid Dio peca Required mon eye i une SS tt Fig 1 4 Click Browse if you want to change the installation path Click OK to continue 2 CHAPTER ONE SYSTEM REQURIRMENTS 8 INSTALLATION Li ar ir lA 7 sl ECH Fig 1 5 7 The program then asks whether you want to creat a shortcut icon of Ucancam V8 on the desktop Fig 1 6 It is suggested to select Yes Pref en eee fie Yj bay siduntsgsl opheee te be rasiu progra ae start the application geht a geht l bibh a Deir niia CE rs var chro Ze er m i gF SE a F a Fig 1 6 8 Click Next and Start Copying Files dialog Fig 1 7 is shown The selected installation path and file ar
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117. nd Draw Follow the steps below 1 Click Draw gt Hand Draw in the menu bar 2 Click and hold the left mouse button to draw freeform shapes ic i r E al r WETTER Fig 4 27 4 1 15 Bounding Box Adding a bounding box to an object is useful for machining Sizes of a bounding box are changed by parameter settings according to your needs 1 Select an object Click Draw gt Bounding box in the menu bar The Bounding Box dialog is displayed Fig 4 28 Select appropriate values in the box Click on OK to finish the operation St SC Set Zei 65 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES tuning e A C Harigzomal rama C Vertical nm O DiEferant alta Cont Fig 4 28 Parameters Same size The modifications of the bounding box in four directions are the same Horizontal same The modifications of the bounding box in the horizontal direction are the same Vertical same The modifications of the bounding box in the vertical direction are the same Different size The modifications of the bounding box in four directions are different im ya WR L gt k ay gue AR ST Li y i a e e CH R Fig 4 29 4 2 Symbol Library Numerous kinds of symbols are provided in Ucancam V8 including trade marks auto brands animals and plants furniture human figures etc The total number of the symbols in the symbol library is about 10 thousand 4 2 1 Show Hide Symbol Library 1 Click the icon
118. nged into vector graph after being processed and you can now edit any part of it When choosing the center line the effect is shown below Fig 9 16 159 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS wmmmeeerer EM zi i SE A T 3 E E E MA MA CA Far ee el A RED dra 3 3 OH T a ju o S kl a S a J D H Mi el eT ME ee 9 1 6 Image Stripping This is to display an image in stripe form and the stripped image can be used in engraving See the following example Import an image and click on the shortcut icon a on Standard Bar or select menu File gt Image Processing gt Image stripping in the menu bar Then the following dialog is displayed Fig 9 17 Height mm E Space mm o Accuracy mm 0 Additional parameters IT Add Box Inverse Offset imm E Fig 9 17 Parameters include Height the height of every strip of the image Space the space between every two stripes Accuracy the higher the value is the more accurate the image is Additional parameters Add box A box is added around the processed image if this function is started 160 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS Inverse The inversed image will be processed Offset is the distance between the sides of the box and the edge of the image A A E dem SA TT De deep CH bie on zg T ir h SI E H FE el F 3 a r RK H E Fig 9 18 9 1 7 Threshold Import
119. nts Fig 6 13a 108 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING IK gt A sc E SD a Se E SRR SPO rte SE A D j Th T m m KH E tr F FR RI T Fig 6 13b Two points are linked Take another example If we set the value of max close distance at 100mm and click on the button Close in the dialog then the result is shown in Fig 6 14b All the points are linked P nd B Es mn a OI be se boi e A he ev oe CR Za z m ee mm Cen ren zem e EC Se EE ee a oe mb SE a y H z Max Close Distance imm fioo news kb ISO Close Result Total E Linked Points lose Cancel Fig 6 14a Fig 6 14b 6 7 Direction To change the direction of an object 1 Select an object whose direction is to be changed 2 Click on the icon d on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Direction 3 The cursor changes into el Put the cursor on the object 4 The object will turn into dotted lines and its direction is shown Fig 6 15 5 Click the left mouse button on the object to display the Flipping of Curve dialog Fig 6 16 Mo 6 Click o to reverse its direction and click on to remain its direction unchanged Fig 6 17 109 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Pas To Joc RA DA op r 7 em E a r Y SE ER mg sl T DE FE 2 3 D Bl Bi ij Si po E de Ban o E i La lt lt mm Fig 6 15 Sc FEE RGM CORRS GADER O O pal ik al gt E 4 S
120. o set the colors of the text graphs and photos See Fig 11 8 Fig 11 8 204 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT About Click on Options to select the graphics mode Click on UU to see the information about the copyright of the printer See Fig 11 10 S Let A Haj Lawn Paper Cats Coie Sete O Circ bl cla HE m a P HP Ca Lamai 1mh e Dira Fari le Capi EHe Packed Cat TETEE hirka versan LEE Cee FE 10 LE Fig 11 10 REMARK Printer setting is different according to the brand and type of the printer used Please refer to the instruction of your printer during setup 11 1 3 Printing A File The Print dialog is displayed after clicking File gt Print command the shortcut key is Ctrl P or h by clicking on the shortcut icon a Fig 11 11 205 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT Fig 11 11 Copy is the number of copies of the file to be printed Scale is the ratio of the size of the drawing to that of the paper Select the value in the dragdown menu You can also select Setting to set the scale you need Position is the location of the page on the paper Fig 11 12 The page can be previewed after clicking Preview in the Print dialog Fig 11 13 206 CHAPTER ELEVEN OUTPUT A mmm i oe Fig 11 13 The page can be viewed after being zoomed in Previewing module The page can be zoomed by four times Click on Uk to print the file Click on Lang or Esc key in the keyboard to exit
121. o types of interface Both the new interface and the original 2000 2002 interface are available for users to choose according to your habits Node editing Functions in node editing include add delete disconnect connect close convert to line convert to curve cusping smooth symmetry node align start point auto remove points fillet chamfer and vertical Text Editing Text can be rotated scaled moved sheared arranged along curves etc and they can be edited again in text edit mode after these transformations Besides text input in a frame is also available with automatic line feed Serial number text This function is used with making some designs of serial number texts Accurate drawing Accurate drawing is made easy by means of keyboard input Feature points such as end points midpoints intersection points perpendicular foot and tangent points can be snapped Editing Tools Various Editing Tools are provided including trim delete offset divide close simple slice complex slice Boolean operation and duplication Geometrical shape transforming tools include move rotate scale mirror shear perspective distortion envelop distortion twist distortion push and pull distortion and auto nesting Image tracing Images in various formats can be imported converted and stripped Image tracing is available with Ucancam V8 in order to extract contour Angle degrees can be adjusted and accurate tracing 6 CHAPTER TWO BRIE
122. object is distorted Fig 5 48 oem m EEE eee a D PE z T TE 4 e de _ D p Fig 5 45 Press the right mouse button or the Esc key to exit the operation 5 5 Envelop Distortion This is used to change the form of the selected object 1 Select an object 2 Click the icon on the Transform Bar or click Transform gt E nvelop distortion 3 A box with several nodes and a dialog are shown Fig 5 46 95 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION AAA St nb Se JO oe l T i EHE iF gt Hh ry ls m si E j F 1 pa o d D A P mL mu E Fig 5 46 Select a shape from the dialog Select Envelop Type on the right of the drawing window Fig 5 47 St ab d ene wl EC CR Fig 5 47 REMARK The object resumes the original shape by clicking_Reset to save the new shape click Then you can change the shape of the object by dragging the nodes on the selected frame P F ge JOE TAB 11 e D 3 gt KI ti ES de a sae ia gt z g Fi t e m E Wi i Se E mi j 7 I kV mu Fig 9 48 96 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION Double click on a node of the frame to delete it click on a point of the box to add a node When selecting several nodes at a time the selected nodes will be filled with the color blue and then you can move the selected nodes together by mouse Fig 5 49 A Es Jg E E aw 1 a aa be pn P Ce mm sp Fig 5 49a select several nodes
123. ool Path Bar or click Tool path gt 3D engraving on the menu bar then the 3D Engraving dialog is displayed Fig 10 27 S lr TUI e del Zi far Pm d Biri nej para ee LA Tap Drai re ree l Eis dlam mr E ee Sie weit dict man E pa Maia AA lila iph jr Laa F 3 Select a conical tool in the tool library with a diameter of 0 2 height of 10 angle of 30 degrees and select top in machining parameters with the total depth of 5mm overlap ratio of 60 clockwise engraving then the effect is shown in Fig 10 28 176 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH ge E DN WE i e Gu e uss fe e al e A d ep 1E AREA 12 Se amp F E jl i Gan jl Fig 10 28a Fig 10 28b 4 H we choose bottom engraving and set the other parameters the same as above then the effect is shown in Fig 10 29 i y Fig 10 29a Fig 10 29b REMARK You should choose a proper tool in 3D engraving If the diameter and angle of the tool are too large then the tool can not go into some tool paths resulting in imperfect effect 10 5 Midline Machining Midline machining is to machine along the middle axis of the drawing and there are three types of midline machining 2D machining 3D engraving and 3D cone The cut depth in 2D machining is fixed and the material is cut along its midline and during 3D engraving the cut depth is automatically adjusted according to the shape of the object and the tool used During 3D cone engraving the cut
124. owing dialog is displayed alert Gane Xj EA Fig 9 1 The names of the scanners are displayed in the dialog select one and click on select Then click File gt Image Scan in the menu bar and a dialog is displayed Select the object to be scanned and start scanning Fig 9 2 bo a in i oe pm ge Fig 9 2 9 1 2 Adjust Brightness Select the image to be edited then click File gt Image processing gt Adjust brightness in the menu bar and a dialog is displayed Drag the slider in the dialog to adjust image brightness value 155 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS nn xr AA L i ne tsa Ar es Fig 9 3 before adjusting Fig 9 4 after adjusting 9 1 3 Adjust Contrast Select an image in the drawing window then click File gt Image Processing gt Adjust Contrast in the menu bar and a dialog is displayed Drag the slider in the dialog to adjust the contrast of the image Fig 9 5 and Fig 9 6 L i L i a nh R mm eme i E I nh S Jas f me ee z AE Sp i i E E Fig 9 5 before adjusting 9 1 4 Convert Into Grayscale Image Grayscale image is composed of pixel of binary digit with 256 kinds of gray colors Select an image in the drawing window then click File gt Image Processing gt Convert into Grayscale Image in the menu bar and a multicolor image is changed into a grayscale image Fig 9 7 and Fig 9 8 156 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS S A WA TELE S
125. path chosen For example you need to know the relation between the diameter of the tool bit and the smallest line width of the symbol The diameter of the tool bit should be smaller than the smallest line width Node editing can be employed to modify the areas that tools can t go into Fig 12 5 and 12 6 show the effect before and after node editing m e O lt E EA EE IP Pe pT at Pe CCR AES 40 AAA ARAN e f E T T T r i LE rm oa E za Ep 7 F P T i I of 4 E a Dy o H 1 E GF F Pp i bai ld al A ee bm Bn Fig 12 5 F12 6 5 Select the symbol and click on the shortcut icon 5 in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Profile Machining command in the menu bar Then the dialog in Fig 12 7 is displayed Set the parameters Click on OK to validate the setup and Fig 12 8 shows the result 209 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES JO ee an cee sens T ir 7 TAL ru iin A Gink T inei eG Se mx Jas Ce eee Estad dp ke ID Gris et getut tel pth Giant Core Fe Cal mr E Fama I dijalari ye Tir imie E A te zen e BR SS oz l Ee Ee k Fig 12 7 Fig 12 8 6 Save a tool path A Click on the shortcut icon So on Tool Path Bar or click Tool path Tool path output in the menu bar The dialog in Fig 12 9 is shown Click Standard G code in the format box Point A in Base on feature points box and click on Browse to select a location to save the file
126. press at the space key will cause the object to rotate by 90 degrees anticlockwise 80 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION A F SR A Ti EN LAA A i Le EN i F i a S H E w Status teg TETET i Bar Fig 5 21a input the angle value 45 in the status bar IK e e AA i E Fim apa so Jati E Lik i i inm mmmn o ama pm en E Fig 5 21b after rotation You can rotate an object by specific angles by using the mouse and the keyboard simultaneously 1 Move the cursor onto the arrows of the highlighting box 2 When the cursor changes into aros hold and drag the left mouse button to move towards the opposite corner 3 The object is rotated by 180 degrees with the opposite corner as the rotation center Fig 5 22 If you drag the left mouse button when the cursor changes into V or Wand hold the Shift key at the same time the object will be rotated by 180 degrees with its center as the rotation center See Fig 5 23 81 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION A este i D e i e 1 Fig 5 22 is 5 2 4 Mirror There are three ways to mirror an object horizontal mirror vertical mirror and line mirror e Horizontal mirror Horizontal mirror is to mirror the object with its horizontal center line as the axis 1 Select an object 2 Click the icon ro on Transform Bar or click Transform gt Horizontal mirror e Vertical mirror Vertical mirror is to mirror the object with its ve
127. previewing module Remark The size of the page can be zoomed in by pressing the left mouse button on the page and the page returns to normal size by pressing the left mouse button again 207 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES CHAPTER TWELVE CASES Several cases are given in this chapter so that users get to know the functions and operation of Ucancam V8 better Case 1 Profile Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software Fig 12 1 Ge Ju i oe mm E Sa Fig 12 1 2 Click on the shortcut icon eS in Editing Mode Bar or click Draw gt Symbol library command in the menu bar Then the symbol library is displayed on the left of the drawing window Drag a symbol into the drawing window by clicking it and holding the left mouse button Fig 12 2 r a a a Fig 12 2 3 Select the symbol and click on the shortcut icon E or click Transform gt Scale command in the menu bar Then the dialog in F12 3 is displayed Set the parameters The result is shown in Fig 12 4 208 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES I e Li RE eer 0 doer mane DA 0d jfeending Baa Shas Es beuri Pua EiT L FE oOo ky E B i T GEL z Ima gt i MN E Sealing Coster D h F f AT cra e L E ho ax J een T Im ox D RA SAA Fe Erp DT ratio p Tasafaiuh E pu IET Rm Fick ra nia CS e i d Fig 12 3 Fig 12 4 4 Next we are going to calculate the tool path but remember that you should consider whether the symbol is fit for the tool
128. r of 22 weight of 10 total depth of 6 horizontal point space and vertical point space at 44 respectively and compare the different results when selecting interlaced arrangement and when interlaced arrangement is not selected Fig 10 39 A A dem SI A H fe dg oe sane le HI W eae des KRIS WA d E 181 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Fig 10 39 When interlaced arrangement is chosen e i mo S Se d T E Er wn EE o LB ES Fig 10 39 When interlaced arrangement is not chosen 10 8 Insert And Inlay Inserted and inlayed moulds are made by profile machining and area clearance Now we take the letter R as an example to introduce this function a FEI AE ie eo le E E AE Fig 10 40 Interspace is the distance between the inlayed mould and the inserted mould and the value should be relatively larger when materials of high density are machined However it should be noted that too large value of interspacing may result in looseness This parameter is given in both the dialog of Inlay and Insert and you need only input the value in one of the dialog The following is the step E 1 Select the character R and then click on the shortcut icon in Tool Path Bar or click tool path gt insert and inlay gt insert in the menu bar Then the dialog in Fig 10 41 is displayed 182 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH Ensert eet TO OCH Fig 10 41 2 Select an end mill tool with a diameter of 3 175 height of 10 tot
129. r storing still color images It provides very good compression but does not uncompress exactly as it was PLT File PLT also HPGL created by Hewlett Packard is the standard language for printing line drawings HPGL is supported by many CAD charting and word processing applications Al File Adobe Illustrator file format There are 3 ways to import a file e Click on the icon E on Standard Bar e Click File gt Import file in the menu bar Press Ctrl R Then Import File dialog displays Fig 3 7 Fett Fin E wm Fmd urea sl Carne Fig 3 7 The only difference between Import File dialog and Open dialog is that you can select other file 25 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS formats in Import File dialog The file is opened after clicking on it and then clicking on Open or pressing the Enter key REMARK When you want to import a file whose format is not supported by this software please use other software such as windows paint and Photoshop to convert it to file formats compatible for this software before importing the file 3 1 5 Export File You can save a file into other formats e g DXF PLT compatible with other software Choose the objects to be saved and then click File gt Export in the menu bar 3 2 Viewing Tools 3 2 1 Zoom Window Parts of a shape can be viewed closely through Zoom window The following are three ways to start Zoom window e Click on the icon BM on View Bar eo Click View g
130. r texture Fig 20 WAIL SAE fs f fs d L r A d d Wf Vif Yf f Mi WY Yi Yi WY Fig 20 Fig 21 242 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD 13 5 Silk Texture Silk texture is a kind of solid wave boards There are three ways to make silk textures 1 Middle wider the texture start to become narrow on the two ends the middle part is the widest 2 Start wilder the texture is wildest at the beginning and then goes lower 3 End wilder the texture is wildest at the end just the opposite of Start wilder Draw some anomalistic curves and lines Fig 22 a A ENrRE deep z t A do LE ef d fa a ic WEEN ri oi 1 Ki a E i E EE SE GEAR k da leprae i Fig 22 Select all the lines and curves and then click wave board gt silk texture from the menu bar A dialog is displayed Fig 23 fame e Pa E Ball Maca DS ELZ L TA Toal library tom Height Eo Bathed Aoc Dos BiZe fider E Btert fidar Errd tider e cuca Fig 23 243 CHAPTER THIRTEEN WAVE BORD Set the parameters in the dialog to create tool path and then click on OK Fig 24 iz rn e ee bei ee ee Ser i ee ee a FATAL POT dea B n AAA a A A PR E A RPP AAA E e E TEs ae emet ee eee PARA h en En om T E d Ee d amp EI O qn SC SW Be ei OH l S H m e Ee ld AA AAA i i D E ee a ei 8 ee a A H mg a Ben o E a iF al a ee a D D j e re
131. re too many types of symbols in Symbol library it is suggested to get familiarized with the symbols first so that it is easier to find the desired symbols in Symbol library 4 2 4 My Library Users can create their own symbols and save them to My Library 1 Select an object 2 Click on Save button on Symbol library dialog bar To delete a symbol from My Library 1 Click on the symbol to be deleted 2 Click on Delete button in Symbol library dialog bar Other operations in My library are the same as the operations in the Symbol library before Che lu dE EA A Had i El E T T F D T i rene 1 FE a ap 2 Fi ir r Fig 4 33 REMARK You can add or delete a symbol in My Library symbols in other three symbol libraries can not be added or deleted by users 68 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION CHAPTER FIVE OBJ ECT OPERATION OBJ ECTS include points lines circles polygons texts symbols images and any other items in the drawing window 5 1 Select An Object 5 1 1 Select With Mouse There are three ways to select an object with mouse e Select an object by clicking the left mouse button 1 Move the cursor onto an object 2 When the object is highlighted in dashed blue lines click the left mouse button to select the object The selected object is displayed in red A me a dda a sl air rm EE m E Fig 5 1a move the mouse onto the object _ a mmm e mmm mm DZ wei da
132. right corner of the status bar Fig 3 35 Click again and the dialog is hidden automatically a A i x mm ka 3 ur a DR m E Fig 3 35 The feature points must be selected first otherwise the snap function will not work Next we are going to see two examples to introduce the snap function Example 1 41 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS Now we want to draw a line with the rectangle s one side s mid point as an end point of the line The following is an example 1 First draw a rectangle 2 Then click on in the lower right corner of the screen The feature point boxes are displayed in the bottom of the screen See below Em Meza Poo F Mad Comba hates Peep M Ten FoGuad T Geld All 3 Tick the box Mid 4 Put one end of the line outside the rectangle and drag the mouse onto the side of the rectangle When the cursor changes into the midpoint of one side of the rectangle is found Fig 3 36 5 Click the left mouse button and the end point of the line is fixed in the mid point of the rectangle s side CEP zat aha i Ke a ET m Les BH Example 2 Draw a circle and snap the quartile point in the same way as in example 1 The result is shown in Fig 3 37 da as E as A Fig 3 37 REMARK The above points are not necessarily fit for all curves For example tangency points are applied to curves like arcs and splines but not to rectangles perpendicular is applied to
133. rtical center line as the axis 1 Select an object 2 Click the icon il on the Transform Bar or click Transform gt Vertical mirror Fig 5 24a original Fig 5 24b after horizontal mirroring 82 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION VE Fig 5 24c after vertical mirroring Line Mirror Line mirror is also provided by Ucancam V8 Le SS Pr S amp S Click the icon pil in Transform Bar or click Transform gt Line mirror The words Start of mirror line are shown in the status bar Type a coordinate value e g 25 25 and press Enter key The words End of mirror line are shown in the status bar Type a coordinate value e g 100 100 and press the Enter key The words Keep original object are shown in the status bar Input Y to preserve the original object in the drawing window or N to remove the original object from the drawing window and validate the command by pressing the Enter key F TE ARS i das m Fig 5 25a click Line mirror and input the value of start of mirror line 83 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION i LI ol d A a all A i li E j I ay i I j L i Za i e ANA 2es T Wm Fig 5 25b Type the value of end of the mirror line iae meee ts h mi P z a adh a in aes i Fig 5 25c the result You can mirror the object by using the mouse and the keyboard together 1 Put the cursor onto the four arrows on the highlighting bo
134. s making the curve acute Smooth and Cusping are only applied to Bezier To cusp a node 1 Enter Node Editing mode 2 Select the node to be edited Click on the icon A on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Cusping Move the controlling points by dragging the mouse Fig 8 5 Ao eee 4 Fig 8 5 To smooth a node 1 Enter Node Editing mode 2 Select the node 3 Click on the icon rs on Node Editing Bar or click Node gt S mooth EF ae ae i Fig 8 6 147 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT You can change the shape of the curve by changing the position of the controlling points Fig 8 7 vi RR wt ANA Fig 8 7 REMARK Smooth function should only be applied to acute nodes and cusping operation is only valid to smooth nodes 8 4 Symmetry 1 Enter Node Editing mode 2 Select the nodes Click on the icon J on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Symmetry Move the controlling points by dragging the mouse gt Y dd aoe ws ae ae Fig 8 8 8 5 Node Align Node Align is to align the selected nodes horizontally or vertically 1 Enter Node Editing mode 2 Select the nodes 148 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT o 4 3 Click on the icon al on Node Editing Bar 4 Adialog in Fig 8 9 is shown 5 Select the way you want to align the nodes and then click OK Node Align x Ge Horizontal C vertical Cancel a E A a RRE E Fig 8 10 horizontal align Fig 8 11 vertical ali
135. s can set the mouse snap accuracy If the distance between the cursor and a point is less than the snap accuracy after snap function starts the cursor changes into and the point is snapped e Maximum angle of centerline Maximum angle of centerline is the angle formed by any two adjacent centerlines The centerlines can be formed only when the angle exceeds the defined value This setting is also useful when snapping and processing midlines As can be seen in Fig 3 33 when the defined angle is 30 degrees the centerline with an angle of 45 degrees is shown as below Fig 3 34 But if the pre defined angle is above 45 degrees then the 40 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS effect is not shown Sp a Face gado a SAA AAA ed ARA 3 T D T o H TE a oO EI Zi 4 pn E F gt E 1 Ki D H h al J k H EIER bo LR A A nal g a Fig 3 33 Fig 3 34 Default settings The default parameters can be set by clicking on Y fault contig REMARK lt is recommended not to change the parameters unless there are special requirements 3 3 2 Snap Function Snap function is very helpful when we need to find perpendiculars tangents center lines etc We use the snap function to find the end points adjacent points midpoints center of a circle intersection points perpendicular points tangent points quartiles and grids The following dialog is displayed after selecting View gt Snap Settings command or clicking on anap in the
136. s for typing the new width and height value Scaling Coefficient is to scale an object by changing X and Y percentum Keep X Y ratio If you enable Keep X Y ratio then the object will be scaled according to original width to height ratio which means changing the X value will cause the value in Y direction to change If you deselect V then the change of the height and width of the object will not influence each other Keep Original If you enable it then the original graph will be kept in the drawing window after its scale is changed if you deselect it by removing V then the original graph will not be kept in the drawing window Click the icon xk or the Enter key to validate the setup Note Scaling function is not valid in Editing Input mode TATEN O xj si Di Meet Mu Tins les Bicading Bop Sipe e iar bE ken a T Bem j Memi p d Sealing CeaEfician fil d 1 ma gt LALA TINE L r 1 Ei on l ged e ER RT ait s E ah mn beet LT patie EAT LL Fue p aw Fuel L Tiap origina di Cita Fig 5 16a select the graph Fig 5 16b set the parameters TEA A FE A E CA AAA dh d El ul TE e e a il f IO PEE E e gg Fig 5 16c the effect after setup As we can see from Fig 5 16 the base point in scale transforming is the center of the rectangle but you can change its location in Base Point box in Editing Input mode after clicking Text gt Text Tools You can input the coord
137. s in the status bar 3 Click the right mouse button to finish this operation and a polyline is created we mem ETE TD F CR ebe 5 Fig 4 2 51 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES Method 2 You can also just click in the drawing window to define the points of the polyline You can end the operation by clicking the right mouse button REMARK Horizontal or vertical polylines can be drawn by pressing the Shift key while moving the cursor 3 Double Polyline You can draw two parallel lines at a time with Double Polyline F g u FILE E D D 7 e em D i nl l 5 a pa HIE Fig 4 3 4 1 2 Arc 1 Three points Method 1 1 Click the shortcut icon i on Curve Bar or click Draw gt Arc gt 3 Points on the menu bar 2 Input three points coordinates respectively in the status bar and press Enter F TEE Fig 4 4 Method 2 1 Click Draw gt Arc gt 3 Points on the menu bar 2 Click in the drawing window to fix the position of the three points of the arc 2 Center start end 52 CHAPTER FOUR DRAWING SHAPES 1 Click Draw gt Arc gt Center start end in the menu bar 2 Input the coordinate in the status bar and press Enter Remark Center means the center of the circle the arc is on Jag TF sl sl E if tee Fig 4 5 Drawing an arc by center start end command is the same as drawing a 3 point arc and the only difference is that the starting point is different In Center start
138. s of the arc and click on OK 152 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT ut Be SF top deer Le HERR 3 A ween pg Fam mee Eer rege reem ek ee t em mt AE E ZOT EELDE F Fig 8 19a original Fig 8 19b the effect REMARK This function is only valid when editing acute angles 8 12 Chamfer 1 Select the node to be edited Click on the icon Y on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Chamfer A dialog is displayed 4 Input the value of Distance and click on OK DA LJ ae y F ES a UTI LA Fig 8 21a original Fig 8 21b the effect 153 CHAPTER EIGHT NODE EDIT 8 13 Vertical With this function an acute angle can be changed into a right angle 1 Select the node to be edited 2 Click on the icon fy on the Node Editing Bar or click Node gt Vertical z hap o i A E l d k PRA E ee i e a 7 Fig 8 22a original Fig 8 22b the effect 154 1E A 5 CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS CHAPTER NINE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS 9 1 Image Processing The system provides many image processing functions such as image scanning image tracing image stripping adjusting brightness adjusting contrast and converting into grayscale image 9 1 1 Image Scanning Image scanning function can help you import images through scanner Make sure that your computer and scanner are connected before scanning Put the object in the scanner Click File gt Select Scanner in the menu bar and then the foll
139. ssing F5 on the keyboard Fig 3 42 44 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS oo m rm en mmm GARE PUE AAA m cu mm cs ee E em mee mmm Jaj z ER ANA i Bi Ba EA E BS E SA 5 Fig 3 42a dotted lines are left in the lower right corner tf EE Eee 2 P Se m mm mem za SP me dp KEE Fab Dar mom i oe ima Fig 3 42b after redraw 3 4 4 Measuring Tools Such functions as Distance measure Angle measure Perimeter measure Area measure are available in Ucancam V8 Distance measure 1 Click on the icon al on Standard Bar or click Help gt Distance measure on the menu bar 2 The cursor changes into il 3 Select the starting point and end point with the mouse 45 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS i a A i a d Ka a Es AR d la ei 4 E z T J Dia As Fig 3 43 REMARK In case of measuring horizontal or vertical distances press Shift key in the keyboard and drag the mouse to move on horizontal or vertical direction Angle measure 1 Click the icon nn on Standard Bar or click Help gt Angle measure on the menu bar 2 When the cursor changes into Sa click on the angle peak and then move the cursor along one side of the angle Click again 3 Continue to move the cursor until the cursor reaches the other side of the angle Click the left mouse button again 4 Then angle degree is shown Fig 3 44 Pa ver
140. st tool path thus saving the machining time Multi layer When the depth of the material is bigger than the tool height or when the material is of high rigidity such as metal the machining is done layer by layer on the material Cut direction is the direction of the tool path including default direction clockwise and anti clockwise When choosing cutting direction the material should be taken into consideration so that the surface of the material after being machined is smooth Clockwise machining is fit for cutting materials of high density such as Acryl organic glass brass etc anti clockwise machining is fit for cutting materials of low density such as PVC board two color board etc Besides you can also change the cut direction by clicking Modify gt Direction on the menu bar see Fig 10 14 Then you can see the current cut direction Click on the tool path and a dialog is shown Click on OK or press the Enter key on the keyboard to change the cut direction Fig 10 16 Click the right mouse button if you do not need to preview the tool path So E E F ME sl i sl eps VE PEA VE AE i Fig 10 14 Fig 10 15 171 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH i o O m T E rg E ANE Fig 10 16 10 2 2 Example Now we are going to introduce profile machining through an example 1 Open a new file and draw a circle in the drawing window Fig 10 17 ZZ gos T el S kr nE AE Fig 10 17
141. t Zoom window in the menu bar O Press the shortcut key F6 Then the cursor changes nto LA Hold the left mouse button and move the cursor to form a view box release the mouse button then that part of the object is magnified y 2 EE Ai Fir Les T rE al Fig 3 8 a original view 26 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS A A NS ake o a e a aie R I Se d i e es n Aa Sg Ek goo Es S d e a i e i F F d 8 i ml A S E 4 i T KI a hi E pi gt i E Ki D RA la E xu ae Fig 3 8 b form a view box Fig 3 8 c Zoom window Click the right mouse button in the drawing window to resume the original object size 3 2 2 Zoom In The page can be magnified through Zoom in function There are three ways to start Zoom in operation e Click the icon Sa on View Bar e Click View gt Zoom in on the menu bar Press the shortcut key Page Down The Page is magnified by two times after each operation Fig 3 9 AI t O mmm emm mmm mmm mm o FF mmm mmm AREA FC TETRIS 6 TA TECI EITE 3 i fe i TE 4 4 d S o d H BR Fig 3 9a original Fig 3 9b after zoom in operation 3 2 3 Zoom Out The page can be minified through Zoom out function This can be achieved in any of the following ways e Click the icon a on View Bar 21 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS e Click View gt Zoom out on the menu bar Press the shortcut key Page Up The Page is minified by hal
142. t a tool with diameter of 0 2 angle of 15 degrees height of 10 raster machining total depth of 2 overlap ratio of 35 anticlockwise The result is shown in Fig 12 40 WA O ne SZ dl PA a PA A L PEMET E dl Ma lew i e are rae at ty F Tinie dea E Fi ana E lt E Bakar Pa el Sida hera at DS nal Gaprh sal E sa A wf s derma Een di Bees la reiini bo el a ee ee oo Firmas al oi Pr Elarimina AAA AE AAN TE ER t CS eg l Fig 12 39 Fig 12 40 7 Save the tool path Save the insert tool path file with a file named file1 nc base on point A cutter lift height of 10 and save the intaglio tool path with a file named file2 nc not to select the feature point cutter lift height of 10 and save area clearance tool path with file named file3 nc not to select the feature point and cutter lift height of 10 Case 7 Prism Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Type the letter W and adjust its size if necessary Fig 12 41 221 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES SR Ze G T wc m ls E SR ge Se a a P WI F E Lu h ab F IE L SI gt a in a K G m J a E k ARA A F12 41 3 Select the letter and click on the shortcut icon ry in Tool Path Bar or select Tool path gt Prism machining in the menu bar Then the Prism dialog is shown Fig 12 42 M TT Bega Pme a E P Mere pee mar P ee gr bet met E da i Tp
143. t of 10 and save the tool path of profile machining with file named file2 nc not to select the feature point and cutter lift height of 10 Case 8 Intelligent Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Select a symbol from the Symbol library and adjust its size if necessary Fig 12 46 223 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES o din TER Fa atace RAM ewemu ee ee PTA F a E K ENANA ae heats Ed ES E TT Fig 12 46 Select the symbol and click on the shortcut icon he on Modification Bar or select Modify gt Duplication gt Array duplication command in the menu bar Then the Array Duplication dialog is displayed Fig 12 47 Array bar CG belmpleo DMiplicitica Creos Deplicatioa Fig 12 47 Select Rectangular duplication and set row space and column space at 150 and 300 respectively rows at 2 column at 2 and then click on OK to end the setup The result is shown in Fig 12 48 224 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES ae 28 Ar rem ime Zo gn a Fig 12 48 4 Horizontally mirror the symbol in the upper left corner horizontally mirror and then vertically mirror the symbol in the upper right corner and vertically mirror the symbol in the lower right corner The result is shown in Fig 12 49 2a wae Fig 12 49 5 Select two more symbols from the Symbol library and change the size of the symbol to make X value into 100 Align and group the symbols and the result is shown in n Fig 12 50
144. t the guidelines in Guidelines box and click on Ges To modify a guideline that is to change the position of a guideline first select the value in the Modi Ce Guidelines box and click on Then input a new value and the guideline position is changed The guidelines not used can be hidden by clicking View gt Guidelines show hide in the menu bar or by deleting V before Show Guidelines Grids setting Grids are a series of intersecting lines superimposed on an object to help you align and position objects accurately You can display or hide grids at any time You can have objects align automatically with the gridlines You can set up the grid by specifying values for the frequency which is the number of gridlines per unit of horizontal and vertical distance or the spacing which is the distance between the grid lines The style of grids can also be changed For more precise pixel editing at maximum zoom level you can display a grid around each pixel pei com rtl kan H Truls i Ke HE O aT torna e AE bs Lastra d Bee tom Lea c D Lutz FT ma iiij Fig 3 29 There are two kinds of grids in Ucancam V8 software rectangular Fig 3 30 and radial Fig 3 31 The space of the rectangular grids can be adjusted by setting the horizontal and vertical spaces and spaces of the radial grids can be adjusted by setting the angle and space between every two lines 38 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS PO e LS A ae TE
145. the number of the duplicated objects Scaling is the ratio of the size of the first duplicated object and the last duplicated object to that of the original object Refresh is to validate the setting a a Dee 2 D L i A e i D L e el kA LH s d d Ll tele 0 ae el Pa Fig 6 44a original F Ca En P o z e Fala s AN at eg 8 at tt Fig 6 44b enter value Fig 6 44c the effect Duplication along a Spiral Curve 1 Select the object to be duplicated 2 Click on the icon oe on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Duplication gt Duplication along a Spiral curve 3 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 45 124 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Spiral ypa ORo E aj j Findings Per ae aes Ze pacs EE Kid ke Keep spice ratio Tate Cd Spaling Free 20 E 7 mas Eafrash Fig 6 45 Parameters include Space is the distance between each two duplicated objects Keep space ratio means the space between the objects is adjusted automatically Amount is the number of the duplicated objects Scaling is the ratio of the size of the first and last duplicated object to that of the original object Refresh is to validate the setting 4 Enter the values and then click the left mouse in the drawing window to select the position of the center of the spiral 5 Move the mouse until the desired result is reached Then click the left mouse button in the drawing window to end
146. the object can be separated from the material by hand Fig 10 12 CO E Beet daglas We a Dep U Packing piunga Ona cattrre een deep f Auge Bridging F ur Lar E Webi po Cancel FP mr f l T Laad Lass Dra draving ap hat ght it 1 sie FTE Bridging Length f OO d arc Badiu l r Larqib Bridging height f l i ia Cangal Fig 10 12 Fig 10 13 Plunge the tool goes into the material not in vertical direction but in slanting direction so that the tool will not be destroyed or broken because of the force during entering material This also ensures that no mark or scar is left on the surface of the material Fig 10 13 There are 3 ways to plunge 1 Ramp Ramp is to plunge in a certain angle Set the value in the dialog and then press OK 170 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH 2 Pecking plunge When using Pecking plunge the tool goes into a certain depth into the material and then goes up to a certain height and repeat this process when cutting the material Pecking plunge prevents the tool breaks especially when cutting hard materials 3 Lead in out When using Lead in out the tool first goes into a certain depth outside of the material and then cuts into the side of the material REMARK Bridge and Plunge can not be activated at the same time Total depth is the total depth the tool goes into the material during machining Priority of the shortest tool paths is to machine in the shorte
147. the result will be as shown in Fig 6 34 ch K TIT LA JA a i a a LR 3 3 1 4 EN ir da RK R j BR w lj i Fig 6 33 Fig 6 34 Not common 1 Select the two objects 2 Click on the icon ES on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Boolean Operation gt Not Common The following is the result 117 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING ATT e ed rh Ei Ki tie Ly A b ed gr nm EAR Fig 6 35 6 12 Duplication Array Duplication 1 Click on the icon he on Modification Bar or click Modify gt Duplication gt Array Duplication 2 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 36 foray Dapit adi xj E Escala Duplication Ze Circa bei Cantar Fein Ek fb Pay meters Total Fe ege fn ke Eotatiag bjart Fig 6 36a circular duplication Parameters in circular duplication include Center point is to define the position of the center point of the circle You can input the value directly in the boxes or you can click on D and then click in the drawing window to fix the center point position of the circle Total is the total number of the objects to be duplicated Angle is the angle formed by the first and last duplicated object on the circle Rotating object is to rotate the duplicated object 118 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING A AS Eiwple hplicatcon T Ciredlar hipicos Geen k jisim E Lor Tpz Di Cuan Teese iDO ragla En Fig 6 36b rectangular duplication
148. the setup m A k k i E oa T eo aS eee ne AFE i Aas E A TI SR Gol E TE ERE i H ar U maa 1 SR e S z E E Fig 6 46a original Fig 6 46b input parameters 125 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING E Na zs F P Fig 6 46c the effect 6 13 Group amp Ungroup You can group several objects so that they behave as one unit Grouped objects can be deleted moved or transformed as a single entity You can add objects to an existing group and ungroup them when you want to edit then individually To group several objects 1 Select the objects to be grouped 2 Click on the icon CE on Modification Bar or select Modify gt Group Then the objects are grouped 6 14 Block Block is to group objects of different properties to be one object Objects that can be can be blocked include graphs tool paths text etc Click Modify gt Block on the menu bar to block the objects Click Modify gt Unblock on the menu bar to unblock the objects 6 15 Object Properties To adjust object properties 1 Select an object 2 Click Edit gt Object Properties 3 Adialog is displayed Fig 6 47 4 Change the coordinate value of X and Y axis in the dialog to change the shape of the graph 126 CHAPTER SIX GRAPH EDITING Polyline Properbes Baker of Pointa Isdazx Coordinate Y Lee om T 118 000 Camel Dilar 9 me Se v des r al e wl i E pom ay P ee i T _
149. the tool position and the material surface when the tool is traveling above the material File name Save Click on Browse to select the tool path to be saved name the file and then click on Save Then the tool path is saved in the file you have named Up amp Down In case several tool paths are needed when machining an object then you need to arrange the order of the tool path Delete A tool path can be deleted if you do not need the tool path REMARK A tool path can be deleted only after putting a tick before it It can also be deleted if you select the path in the active area first before the path turns red and then click on Delete The tool path list box is displayed after pressing the right mouse button Select one tool path and click the right mouse button Then the menu in Fig 10 78 is displayed You can move up or down or delete the tool path by choosing one of the commands in the menu Increment Decrement Stark End Set Up Fig 10 78 197 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH 10 18 Tool Path Walk Simulation Machining path can be previewed though tool path walk simulation thus avoiding trial cutting and reducing cost 1 Select the tool path to be machined 2 Then click on the shortcut icon in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Tool path walk simulation in the menu bar Then the dialog in Fig 10 79 is displayed Simulation Speed l 100 Panse Ponti nue Estres Close Fig
150. ting the cursor on the ruler press and hold the left mouse and then drag the guide line to the desired position Fig 3 24 You can drag several guidelines by following the above steps A m rg nf de E TE As al Fig 3 24 It is very difficult to drag the guideline to a specific position with the method above so guideline setting function is provided by Ucancam V8 This function can be started by clicking View gt System Settings on the menu bar Click on Guidelines Fig 3 25 Fig 3 25 First enter the value of the guideline coordinate e g 180 in the dialog Fig 3 26 36 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS Fig 3 26 Then select Horizontal or Vertical before clicking om Ada Then a guideline is added in the working window Fig 3 27 Fig 3 27 You can add more guidelines by repeating the steps above Fig 3 28 Click f and the added guidelines are shown in the drawing window Fig 3 28 Guidelines can also be deleted modified or hidden There are three ways to delete guidelines 37 CHAPTER THREE BASIC OPERATIONS e Click on the guideline and press the Delete key on the keyboard e Put the cursor on the guideline and when the cursor changes into 1 or drag the guide line back onto the ruler Select the value of the guideline in Guidelines box the value is covered in blue see Fig 3 27 and then click on Zeiss If you want to delete all horizontal and vertical guidelines selec
151. to select the feature point and cutter lift height of 10 save the embossing machining tool path with file named file3 nc not to select the feature point and with cutter lift height of 10 Case 10 Image FM AM Machining 1 Launch Ucancam V8 software 2 Click on the shortcut icon A on Standard Bar or click File gt Import command in the menu bar to import an image The Import file dialog is shown Fig 12 61 229 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES import Pile pen TH Pier gd pe A1 Faso Ai D Geet Fig 12 61 3 Select an image in BMP format and open it Adjust the size of the image to set X and Y both at 100 then the result is shown in Fig 12 62 Ce KI ar d dr Pr Ch KC dy Ke d E Sse ae Ar d RB 5 mem UU VI MS WA EE E O Wa E pl Fig 12 62 4 Select the graph and click on the shortcut icon mal in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Image AM machining command in the menu bar Then the Image dot machining dialog is shown Fig 12 63 Select a conical tool with a diameter of 0 3 angle of 15 degrees and height of 10 and set the horizontal and vertical space at 1 respectively min brightness of 0 35 max brightness of 0 05 then the result is shown in Fig 12 64 nim del ere BSachining parmalera Daini pask 1 ES Porting igasi ke Win k n Ip Bun kigin de br e bidim B Win brighi jet i Canned Fig 12 63 230 CHAPTER TWELVE CASES Sh A a Fj Kr Zb dr Pr Ss AHER lr
152. vertical machining is the direction of the tool path Take the image in Fig 10 59 as an example 1 Import a file in BMP format 1 SE EN JE ae 4 Fig 10 59 2 Select the image and click on the shortcut icon Sei in Tool Path Bar or click Tool path gt Image relief machining in the menu bar Then the dialog in Fig 10 60 is displayed reit rebel ri RE Hj RR i H tor MLB pira Rin bridis P Ra ki isnk Aegtkbel E Be bridge be Eu brightens depth es Sp Bear ag Mii Arcas hiii IT Fari a Sachkibe TE Parral Fig 10 60 3 Select a conical tool with a diameter of 0 2 blade height of 10 blade angle of 10 min brightness depth of 2 max brightness depth of 0 3 overlap of 50 and choose horizontal machining Then the 3D view of the effect is shown in Fig 10 61 190 CHAPTER TEN TOOL PATH UN Lk Dae Fig 10 61 10 14 Tool Path Sequence Tool path sequence can be adjusted so as to improve machining process and machining quality in case the default tool path sequence is not what you want 1 Selecta tool path and click Tool path gt Tool path sequence in the menu bar 2 Then the tool path is marked by numbers Fig 10 62 A a A dese Fig 10 62 3 Then click a sequence number to change the sequence of tool path Or you can set the specific sequence number of a tool path unit by clicking the right mouse button on the original sequence number The context menu displayed is shown in Fig 10 63 4
153. x 2 When the cursor changes into Bor 4 hold the left mouse button and drag it to minify the object Fig 5 26 You can also mirror an object by following the steps below 1 Press and hold the Shift key when the cursor changes into Ka or G 2 Drag the left mouse button to minify the object Fig 5 27 Remark The object is scaled when this type of mirroring is done 84 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION L E E wf P IRE TA TT IERT RE eer EE KEE SCH y 2 A E E Fig 5 26 Fig 9 27 5 2 5 Shear To shear an object 1 Select an object 2 Hold the Ctrl key and at the same time move the cursor onto the arrows of the highlighting DOX dl 3 When the cursor changes into Abro E hold the left mouse button and drag it SE a s Uda TOA El A a r 7 F el a Fig 5 28a drag the mouse to shear the object Fig 5 28b after shearing You can also shear an object accurately by using shear command Click the icon D on Transform Bar or click Transform gt S hear to display a dialog Fig 5 29 xj Herizental Shear dex TM Vertical Shear deg Keep rigioals Fig 5 29 Horizontal shear is used to set horizontal shear level 85 CHAPTER FIVE OBJECT OPERATION Vertical shear is used to set the vertical shear level Keep originals is used to preserve the original object in the drawing window after it is sheared SS itn o ds deprbhnaeh Co 5 a la me LS dap AN M

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