CAM axis orientation for a cylinder

[Anonymous]

I am wanting to cut slots along the horizontal axis of a cylindar.  I can not get the z axis to go perpendicular to my peice.  When I select the z axis in the orientation that I will be machining the stock direction changes.  Any suggestions?  

[Steinwerks]

In the stock tab you should be able to select the cylindrical surface to orient the stock to the model.

[HughesTooling]

The trouble with selecting the cylindrical surface is the Z then points along the cylinder not perpendicular to the flat faces or is there something I'm missing.

I think the only option is make a component draw a cylinder to use as the stock and select From solid.

Mark

[Steinwerks · Accepted solution]

I made a screencast. This should work just fine or there might be something else going on. I did this with both Fixed and Relative sized cylinder stocks.

[HughesTooling]

I must have been asleep still, missed the Axis selection on the stock tab completely.

Thanks Mark

[Anonymous]

thanks for taking the time to answer my question.  Seems so simple now