Live View Axis Work [2021] Jun 2026

Whether you are programming a 9-axis mill-turn center or a small desktop 5-axis CNC, master the art of . Watch the axes dance in real time, listen to the cut, but trust the visual data. Your scrap rate—and your sanity—will thank you.

A prosthetic socket must match a patient’s residual limb. Using a digitizer (a form of live axis input), the machine maps the limb. The live view shows the axis points forming a mesh. The CAM software then generates a toolpath for a 5-axis mill to carve the socket from polypropylene. The operator monitors the to ensure the thin walls do not deflect. live view axis work