Samples

Samples

Now that you have your Router-CIM system installed and configured, let's run a few sample parts.  These samples will not show all of the Router-CIM features, but will show the essential steps leading from the drawing to NC code.

There are 3 samples, focusing on different aspects of Router-CIM.  In each one you will start with a drawing that is provided with Router-CIM and end up with NC code for your machine tool.  The NC code should be correct code for your machine, but may not reflect all of the capabilities the machine can offer.  We can focus on that later.

How to make changes to the system will be covered later in the Descriptions and Tutorials.  It is more important that you do the sample first to get an understanding of how the system works.  The samples each take about 10-20 minutes to complete and answer many questions about how to get started with the basic steps of converting a part to NC code.  Familiarity with these basic steps will be assumed later during the following chapters.

The Router-CIM product contains two main graphic interfaces.  One for the setup of knowledge and for Touch and Cut, called the Control Panel, and the other for the automation of cutting parts in groups, called the Automation Suite.  For now, we will focus on the Control Panel.  All the steps used in these samples will be used again in later tutorials and when using Automation.

The Control Panel is the main interface to all the aspects of how Router-CIM can interact with your parts, and how you can control each tool path that will be made on your parts.