FabriCAM Software Supported Flat Parts Overview (Part 1) Step by Step Video Tutorial

When it comes to the Flat Parts feature and the parts available, this is a great place to start as a base.

That being said if you end up running into a place where you need a custom part not on the list, the software has you covered.

This video is part of a Mini-Series.
Next video covers FP Basic Part P13.

Video Transcript

How are you guys in today's video? We're gonna have a quick overview of the different, uh, flat parts and also the feature itself. But before that, let's have a quick intro first, so today's video can be found on softwaretraining.co.za. We make sure that easy to watch problem solving videos, and we also have daily updates. Otherwise we go back on the programme here. So now there's gonna be many serious on flat parts. So today we're gonna have a quick overview. But we'll also do a few practical tools just so you guys can get a better understanding of how it works now. Flat part. Also, this is a great place as a base start. So let's say you are gonna be working with more generic type part and so forth. Then you definitely want to go to your flat parts. If you, however, wanna create custom parts which is not located in a pre set it flat part, and what you want to do is, you can go to your cat and from within your cat, you can create your own custom shapes. Save it as a PdF file and then use it in your programme. But I'm just gonna close the cat for now. So the flat parts you can obviously get it under your file menu, got flat parts, or what you do is you just click flat parts. Then it will open up a list of the different flat part you get. As you can see here, we've got 59 parts that we can start with presets. So from circles, we've got squares, rectangles and, uh, triangles. You can. Some of these will have different options. So something like a circle be very simple. Where some of these things again, We'll have degrees. It can rotate in. Or, um uh, yeah, options like that's quite a few different options. Some of these ones are quite advanced, So we're definitely gonna run through a few practical tools because it doesn't help me. I just show you how one works, and then you have no understanding of the rest. So this African idea along this little mini series is gonna be It could be long, depending on how many we have to cover you. It can also be quite short. So we'll just see, um, as we go along at any point. If you feel like you've got this, you don't need any more. Just skip along to the next miniseries and then, um yeah, but if you feel like you're still not quite grasping it, just carry on. And then, like I said, we'll see how many of these we end up doing. But otherwise, yeah, that is it or should I say, overview of the flat parts? Once again, it's a great base starting point for creating generic type shapes, and they are quite customizable. So it's a great, um, starting point. Once again, you find it here on your main toolbar or your primary toolbar or your main menu file parts, flat parts. Otherwise, before we head into some practical If we head here to softwaretraining.co.za z, you guys will notice we've got a variety of different Softwares we do cover, and you can also isolate your search here on the top of right. If you do not, however, find the training videos, you're looking forward to something going here. Request the training video filling the meaning form, and then we'll do our basically and make that for you. But otherwise thanks guys for watching until next one. Cheers