Setting up CAMS

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Setting up cams is a two (2) step process in the Mach.General category of the Catalog/Drawing Properties but can be overridden at Cabinet level.

Const page

The Mach.General > Const page in the Catalog/Drawing Properties allows you to define settings for Construction and Manufacturing of components.

Change your machining Construction to Cam where applicable.

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Tool page

The Mach.General > Tool page is used to specify the common tooling requirements for the supported machine steps in the Catalog/Drawing Properties.

Press the Cam button which will open the Cam Properties dialog.
- If changes are required, you can click on the Edit button.

On the presented dialog, you can change the offset and diameter of your cams as required.
- If required, you can create a new cam setting by pressing on the New button.

When finished, click OK to close each dialog until you return to your drawing.

Offset : The offset is measured from the edge of your board to the centre of your cam.

Cam Dowel Routing Map : If it is not blank the 'CamScrew' machining ('CamSmall' on Cams and 'Shelf' on Shelf Supports) is no longer a drilled hole, but is substituted by the routing layer it defines. Therefore, if used this field must contain a valid routing map.

As the correct definition of this map is essential it is recommended that you contact Support for assistance.

An example of a routing map is the 'Peanut-1' connectors defined under the Cams, where the routing map is...

Cabinet Properties

You can override the Catalog/Drawing Properties on individual cabinets on the Cabinet Machining > Machining page.

Machine this cabinet

When the Machine this cabinet option is ticked, it turns on all machining for the selected cabinet.

If unticked then no machining will be output for nesting.

Default Construction

The Default Construction option controls ALL the fixings for the entire cabinet.

Enable - By ticking the Default Construction check box, to choose to use the fixing methods defined in the Const page of Drawing Properties.

Disable - Untick this option to change the default fixings set on the Const page of Drawing Properties.