Operating parameters for a CAM system

When you use a CAM system, you need to set up some additional parameters in the initial start-up procedure, over and above those required by a CAD system (discussed in Learning Assignment 9). These parameters relate to the ultimate generation of a CNC program to machine the drawn component and may include the following: the ata directory — the directory for storing drawing profile and CNC data files; this allows data for different types of work, or for work for different customers, to be separated and stored in their own directories on discthe machine directory — the directory for storing post-processors, backplot files and tooling information; this allows data for different CNC machines to be stored in their own directory, such as Fanuc OM for milling, or Fanuc OT for turningthe tool library, either milling tools or turning toolsthe canned cycle call — an option to use the canned cycle calls for the CNC machine tool set in the machine directory.