InventorCAM 3D Milling is our entry level 3D machining, powerful and easy to use for the casual 3D user. With a huge selection of toolpath strategies, any 3D part can machined in the desired method. Throughout the years InventorCAM’s 3D toolpath(s) have been developed with flexibility to cover 3D machining of prismatic, molds, and prototype parts. Our 3D rough and rest roughing toolpaths work in 4 or 5-axis indexing machining, to provide efficient cutting with little air cutting.

3D Rough and Rest Roughing

Roughing strategies include Hatch, Contour, and Plunging. Smart ledge machining goes back and machines flat areas that fell between step downs. Prismatic parts can have a separate floor and wall offset defined. Rest Roughing automatically trims the toolpath to the updated stock model.

Working Area

Toolpaths can applied to Solid or Surface bodies and further can be trimmed/created to any combination of the following; containment boundaries, 3D rest material, angle range, and selected faces on the model.

Linear

Apply toolpath in X or Y directions or any angle in between. Variable stepover with scallop height and Smart “cross finish” automatically take care of topology changes for smooth surface finishing. Short gcode using arc approximation when machining parallel to X or Y.

Offset Cutting

Create flowing toolpath driven from curve(s). Toolpath can be driven parallel or normal to the curves. Defining 2 curves will give a morphing toolpath between both curves.

Spiral

Controlled by a user defined circle or square, this toolpath can create a spiral strategy for in-out or out-in cutting. A linear option gives a circular toolpath that radiates from the center.

Circular pocket

Driven by the working area, this toolpath creates a morphing pocket style strategy. Dynamic in nature, this toolpath can be driven by a chosen boundary or automatically calculated from a surface angle range.

Constant Z

The staple toolpath for any 3D system, InventorCAM provides variable step down with scallop height control. Smart Constant Z floor machining automatically finds flat area and applies a pocketing toolpath to finish floors.

Pencil milling

Provides automatic finding of surface intersections to clean out unmachined corner radii from roughing.

Constant step over

A unique set of toolpaths that are all true 3D step over’s along the surface for smooth surface finishes. Borrowing techniques from other strategies, users can follow parallel to a curve, morph between to curves, user defined pockets, and automatic pocket boundaries from the Work Area.

Constant Z spiral finish

A finishing only toolpath, this toolpath creates a spiral strategy on non-horizontal surfaces to provide a toolpath without any stepover or dwell marks and provide a constant tool load.