Hi! I'm very new here, but trying to learn as fast as I can. So far I have found Artcam to fullfill 99% of the things I wanna do on my CNC.

Recently I'm exploring importing 3d models and trying to get them into my CNC. The main issue I have is when a 3D model is a more complex figure that requires to be sliced in order to be machined.

The main problems for me are:

1) Whenever I import a model, once I paste it, it will always automatically draw some support material. Is it possible to disable this? This absolutely disables be from further work on the model.

2) I see that Artcam doesn't appear to have any "intelligence" of what is the most proper way to slice a model for CNC work. This is an issue in models that require slicing in more than one plane. Are there any suggestions on what software or approach is more suited for this particular task? I'm trying to make this process as automated as possible.

Thanks in advance!