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How to use AlphaCam as Engraving software

I shall show you how to use Alpha Cam.
Alpha Cam is a very good and friendly Cad Cam program.
The Cad part is simple but easy to use.

There is one problem : my program is Dutch. ( i shall try to explane the most of it )

I show you how to mill a simple rectangle.

Choose for “CW” milling and “Inside” In Dutch “Binnen”

When you pressed the button in the middle “Selected” . It means that only the selected contours will have these properties.

choose Everything

choose inside

press ok

Vrijloophoogte means : When your milling is ready to what Z value must your cutter go.

Materiaalhoogte means : What is the Z value of your material.

Aanloophoogte means : When your program starts, the tool goes to this Z value.

Aantal snedes means : How many time you want to go on depth

press ok

When it’s ok , you see something like this.

The blue line is the middle of the cutter and you can also see the start and end arrows.

buitenhoeken means : outside corners

afgerond : rounded
scherp : sharp
lus : loop

Vrijloophoogte means : When your milling is ready to what Z value must your cutter go.

Materiaalhoogte means : What is the Z value of your material.

Aanloophoogte means : When your program starts, the tool goes to this Z value.

Aantal snedes means : How many time you want to go on depth

When it’s ok , you see something like this.

The blue line is the middle of the cutter and you can also see the start and end arrows.

Here you can see your material with a thickness of 10mm and your rectangle with a depth of 5mm.

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