This tutorial is made for people who never used the BZT.It describes the process to mill an object.  Preparation:Export your 3D model as a STL-file.Open the program DeskProto 4.1. A wizard appears to guide you through the program. Choose Basic 3D milling and click next. Click the button ‘load geometry’ and select your STL-file.The wizard helps you to get the right settings for your milling process. You can choose to rotate the object, scale the object and you can choose between milling the whole object, or just a part of it.

Choose the right bit for your milling process and select it in the wizard. You can also select the stepsizes.

 Then you can calculate the toolpath.  Most of the time a pop-up appears saying that the feedrate is set too high.Cancel the wizard and choose parameters à Edit Operation ParametersAdapt the feedrate to maximum 28 mm/sec

By clicking the different tabs, you can refine and dubble-check your settings.When all the settings are set, click ok. If necessary you can also adapt the part parameters, by choosing parameters à edit part parameters.  When all parameters are set,  go to create à Calculate Toolpaths

If the toolpath seems ok to you, you go to Createà Write NC-program.Choose a name and directory and click Save. Next you open the program WinPC-NC Economy.Click open and choose the CNC-file you just saved.  The toolpath appears on your screen.

Make sure the machine is on and choose manual movement  (blokje….)Let the machine go to it’s reference point first.Then you can set the starting point for the milling process by clicking the arrows and this way send the mill to the lower-left corner on the top of your material.

Choose Save to… à Zero point XYZClick exit. Now all the settings are set you can start the milling process by choosing Move à Start. If you have any comments and/or additions, please inform us! Good luck!