2.5d Milling is the basic module to which all other milling modules are connected.
This module provides the most straightforward, easy-to-use interface that is seamlessly integrated in SOLIDWORKS and Inventor. Combined with the latest toolpath technology, SolidCAM 2.5D Milling provides the fastest, most powerful and easiest to create 2.5D CNC Milling toolpaths.
In addition to the standard 2.5D milling of profiling, pocketing and drilling operations, SolidCAM offers:
- Chain modification options (offsetting, trimming, extending etc.), enabling changes to geometry without changing the CAD model
- Automatic rest material machining to cut the material remaining after using larger tools
- Chamfer machining using the same geometry defined in Profile and Pocket operations
- Thread Milling operation for machining of standard internal and external threads
- Variable levels of pockets and profiles in a single job
- Engraving of text on flat and wrapped faces and middle line engraving of a multi-line text
- Contour 3D operation drives the tool along a 3D curve, cutting the model at different depths
- Machining of geometry wrapped around rotation axes, by transforming movement from linear to rotary
- Special operation for machining of the side slots with undercut by a T-slot tool
