Translations:Path Workbench/3/en: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:39, 20 August 2021

The FreeCAD Path Workbench workflow creates these machine instructions as follows:

A 3D model is the base object, typically created using one or more of the Part Design, Part or Draft Workbenches.
A Path Job is created in the Path Workbench. This contains all the information required to generate the necessary G-code to process the Job on a CNC mill: there is Stock material, the mill has a certain set of tools and it follows certain commands controlling speed and movements (usually G-code).
Path Tools are selected as required by the Job Operations.
Milling paths are created using e.g. Contour and Pocket Operations. These Path objects use internal FreeCAD G-code dialect, independent of the CNC machine.
Export the job with a G-code, matching to your machine. This step is called post processing; there are different post processors available.

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+The FreeCAD Path Workbench workflow creates these machine instructions as follows:
-The primary tool of the Path workbench is the Path object. A Path object describes the movement that a machine head must perform in order to cut through a block of material, in the case of CNC machines, or to add a layer of printing material, in the case of 3D printers. Path objects can contain not only movement information, but also other instructions for the cutting machine, such as rotation speed that the cutter must have.
+* A 3D model is the base object, typically created using one or more of the [[Image:Workbench_PartDesign.svg|24px]] [[PartDesign_Workbench|Part Design]], [[Image:Workbench_Part.svg|24px]] [[Part_Workbench|Part]] or [[Image:Workbench_Draft.svg|24px]] [[Draft_Workbench|Draft]] Workbenches.
+* A [[Path_Job|Path Job]] is created in the Path Workbench. This contains all the information required to generate the necessary G-code to process the Job on a CNC mill: there is Stock material, the mill has a certain [[Path_ToolLibraryEdit|set of tools]] and it follows certain commands controlling speed and movements (usually G-code).
+* [[Path_Tools|Path Tools]] are selected as required by the Job Operations.
+* Milling paths are created using e.g. [[Path_Profile|Contour]] and [[Path_Pocket_3D|Pocket]] Operations. These Path objects use internal FreeCAD G-code dialect, independent of the CNC machine.
+* Export the job with a G-code, matching to your machine. This step is called ''post processing''; there are different post processors available.