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Transcript
00:08
At this point, we've nearly completed our workflow for this lesson.
00:13
We opened our new document, setup the stock, prepared our part from machining, created our features, and simulated those features before making revisions.
00:24
Our final step then is to generate the NC Code needed to physically machine our part.
00:31
As a reminder, whenever we run simulations in FeatureCAM, NC Code is automatically calculated in the background.
00:39
When our simulation is over, we can find our NC Code in the NC Codes tab of the Results pane.
00:47
We can check that the NC Code has been generated, making these small edits, and finally, when we're satisfied with our final code, select Save NC at the top of the Results pane.
00:60
In the Save NC window, we can select directory to save our code.
01:05
Give our program a name and select the specific data we would like to save to our directory.
01:12
As well as the NC program, we also have the option to save helpful items such as tool lists, operations lists, and so on.
01:21
For this example, let's deselect everything except for NC program and select "OK".
01:28
Now our NC Code has been saved to a specified directory.
01:32
In a real world environment, we would now be ready to machine our part.
01:37
Congratulations, you've now successfully programmed your first lathe part in FeatureCAM.
01:44
In this lesson, we were able to utilize our workflow to help guide us through the programming of this part.
01:51
We started by opening a new document before moving on to setup our stock and prepare our part for machining.
01:57
With our part setup, next we created all of the features necessary to machine our part.
02:03
After creating all necessary features, we simulated our toolpath and made a few revisions before running a final simulation and saving our NC Code.
02:14
Before moving on to the next exercise, I strongly recommend that you work through this lesson on your own.
02:20
There was a lot of information covered and I wouldn't expect you to feel completely comfortable with everything we looked at, after only running through it once.
02:29
So take some time to rework this example and once you're comfortable with everything that was covered, and you've had some time to experiment on your own, feel free to move on to the next lesson.
Video transcript
00:08
At this point, we've nearly completed our workflow for this lesson.
00:13
We opened our new document, setup the stock, prepared our part from machining, created our features, and simulated those features before making revisions.
00:24
Our final step then is to generate the NC Code needed to physically machine our part.
00:31
As a reminder, whenever we run simulations in FeatureCAM, NC Code is automatically calculated in the background.
00:39
When our simulation is over, we can find our NC Code in the NC Codes tab of the Results pane.
00:47
We can check that the NC Code has been generated, making these small edits, and finally, when we're satisfied with our final code, select Save NC at the top of the Results pane.
00:60
In the Save NC window, we can select directory to save our code.
01:05
Give our program a name and select the specific data we would like to save to our directory.
01:12
As well as the NC program, we also have the option to save helpful items such as tool lists, operations lists, and so on.
01:21
For this example, let's deselect everything except for NC program and select "OK".
01:28
Now our NC Code has been saved to a specified directory.
01:32
In a real world environment, we would now be ready to machine our part.
01:37
Congratulations, you've now successfully programmed your first lathe part in FeatureCAM.
01:44
In this lesson, we were able to utilize our workflow to help guide us through the programming of this part.
01:51
We started by opening a new document before moving on to setup our stock and prepare our part for machining.
01:57
With our part setup, next we created all of the features necessary to machine our part.
02:03
After creating all necessary features, we simulated our toolpath and made a few revisions before running a final simulation and saving our NC Code.
02:14
Before moving on to the next exercise, I strongly recommend that you work through this lesson on your own.
02:20
There was a lot of information covered and I wouldn't expect you to feel completely comfortable with everything we looked at, after only running through it once.
02:29
So take some time to rework this example and once you're comfortable with everything that was covered, and you've had some time to experiment on your own, feel free to move on to the next lesson.
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