Hello to all:

I have a newbie question about multi-axis machining. I have been doing 3 axis routing with Vectric products and having great success, so now I'd like to do more than just 2.5D reliefs.

SolidCAM has been mentioned to me as the easiest of the 5 axis programs to work with...hence the question in this forum.

If I have a square block of wood, can SolidCAM generate code that will carve holes on all 4 sides of that block without me having to physically re-orient the material? I'm planning on adding a trunnion/rotary table to accomplish this so the block can be physically rotated by the machine (um...right??)

I know that multi-axis is much more involved and I'm certainly willing to learn but at the same time I don't want to have any false assumptions while trying. Thanks!