Hi, I am having some worries about sending out a design to be CNC cut on a end-mil. I have done classes on CADCAM before, but I have never actually had a part made. This is my first time sending out a part.
The part I am sending out has a section like a kidney basically. It has e holes in the middle at fixed radius from the center, these holes a equally spaced. The actuall coordinates of the holes have no discrete value, they are just based on where I want them to be. The "kidney" is also arbitrarily oriented, there is no true upright or anything.
Now, my worry is, when I send out the part will the machine sort out the origin and all the arc lengths and hole positions for itself? My whole point here is, is it necessary for me to send a fully dimensioned drawing or is the solidworks file enough? I even have some parts to send out that have tapped holes in them, can the CNC program read those holes or should I still have to send out a dimension drawing for the operator to put those in into whatever program be it mastercam etc?
Thank you
The part I am sending out has a section like a kidney basically. It has e holes in the middle at fixed radius from the center, these holes a equally spaced. The actuall coordinates of the holes have no discrete value, they are just based on where I want them to be. The "kidney" is also arbitrarily oriented, there is no true upright or anything.
Now, my worry is, when I send out the part will the machine sort out the origin and all the arc lengths and hole positions for itself? My whole point here is, is it necessary for me to send a fully dimensioned drawing or is the solidworks file enough? I even have some parts to send out that have tapped holes in them, can the CNC program read those holes or should I still have to send out a dimension drawing for the operator to put those in into whatever program be it mastercam etc?
Thank you