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SolidCNC Basic Use

SolidCNC windows and their functionality
Importing some geometry to the current document
Saving and Exporting Files
Managing Views
Dynamic rotation, zoom in out, pan and fitting the view
Changing Drawing Style
Selecting objects from graphic window
Model Selection Cycle
Point Selection Cycle
Vector Selection Cycle (Defining a direction)
Hiding and showing objects on the graphic screen
Making a coordinate system
Transforming geometries
Move geometries
Rotate Geometries
Scale geometries
Mirror geometries
Reorient geometries
Dynamic transformation
Analyzing dimensions of geometries
Coordinates bar and work plane
Making Text

SolidCNC Geometry Module

SolidCNC Geometry Module
Making points
Making lines
Making circles
Make spline
Make fillet
Min dist
Make tabulated cylinder surface
Make surface of revolution
Fill gaps
Make ruled surface
Make box
Trim Surface

SolidCNC Wire EDM Module

Open Part
Basic viewing functionalities
Starting wire cut operation
Wire EDM geometry selection
Defining start point, entry, exit
Define taper angle
Defining cut number
Simulation the result wirepath
Post processing the wirepaths and writing an NC file

Making a coordinate system

Press coordinate system toolbar button

or use menu command Insert->CoordinateSystem->Absolute or as View direction

When you give the toolbar command Coordinate System Dialog will appear, where you can make an Absolute coordinate system, a coordinate system where z axis will be directed as view normal or a custom coordinate system by origin Z direction and X point.

When you press Center , Z axis , Point for X axis button :
You should define the following sequentially

Origin point
Z axis direction for coordinate system
A point that will define the X axis ( from origin to that point will be the direction for X axis)

Once you accomplish all these selection cycles a coordinate system will be made and added to the graphics window and tree view. You may hide the coordinate systems by giving a hide command from the tree view context menu on CoordinateSystem folder.