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adding a WCS

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:33 am
by zr8cnc
I am currently working on a project where I have purchased a part that now I want to machine a pocket out of it. The part is not square or rectangle and therefore I need to place the WCS in a particular location on the part. I cannot seem to do this in Visualmill. When I choose the pick WCS command it just puts the WCS in the one spot I picked. I want to have the freedom to pick 3 surfaces for my X, Y and Z locations.

Can anyone help with this?

Re: adding a WCS

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:35 am
by MecSoft Support
You can create the CAD tools to create a point using the 3 surfaces you have in question and then you can snap to this point to create the MCS

Re: adding a WCS

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:46 am
by zr8cnc
thank you very much for the support. I added the point in Solidworks then was easily able to pick that point in Visualmill and make my work zero