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Transcript
00:09
In this lesson, we’ll be programming another 3D part in FeatureCAM, taking a deeper look at some of the surface milling strategies and other options available to us when programming surface milling parts in FeatureCAM.
00:23
So, as always, we'll start out this new project by importing our model, setting up our stock, and taking into consideration any machining preparation.
00:33
So to start things off, we'll go with the milling setup, inch as our unit of measurement, doesn't matter what stock dialog we use since we'll be importing, and we'll just go with My Configuration.
00:44
As always, at this point, we can drag and drop our Premium_2 Parasolid file into the user interface to import our part.
00:54
Hopefully by this point, you're pretty comfortable with this Import Wizard.
00:58
We’ll quickly move through this and setup our part's X, Y, Z location, stock, and touch off point.
01:04
I'll pick two points to define this vertical edge.
01:08
Do the same to define the X direction.
01:13
Setup our stock, block stock, compute from the stock size.
01:18
For this exercise, we won't add any more stock.
01:21
Place our setup in the top center of the part.
01:26
Indicate that we do not want multi-axis positioning.
01:29
And finally select "Finish".
01:32
After working through the Import Wizard, we've successfully imported our part, setup our stock, and placed our touch off location, which is our first portion of the machining prep.
01:41
So now all we have to do before we can move on to creating features
01:45
is make sure that we're using the correct tool crib and indicate what post processor we would like.
01:51
Make sure to select the Basic tool crib.
01:53
It should already be selected as it is for me, but if not, go ahead and select that.
01:58
And now drag and drop the Matsuura.cnc post processor file into the user interface.
02:04
When you've successfully done that, in the bottom right in our status bar, it should say Matsuura.cnc.
02:12
Again, hopefully you're starting to get pretty comfortable with these first few steps in our FeatureCAM workflow.
02:18
We've imported our model, setup our stock in the stock wizard, handled all of our machining prep by placing our touch off location or setup location, indicated what tool crib we would like to use, and selected a post processor so that we get NC Code readable to our machine specifically.
02:36
With all of this taken care of, we can now move on to creating features to machine this 3D surface milling part.
Video transcript
00:09
In this lesson, we’ll be programming another 3D part in FeatureCAM, taking a deeper look at some of the surface milling strategies and other options available to us when programming surface milling parts in FeatureCAM.
00:23
So, as always, we'll start out this new project by importing our model, setting up our stock, and taking into consideration any machining preparation.
00:33
So to start things off, we'll go with the milling setup, inch as our unit of measurement, doesn't matter what stock dialog we use since we'll be importing, and we'll just go with My Configuration.
00:44
As always, at this point, we can drag and drop our Premium_2 Parasolid file into the user interface to import our part.
00:54
Hopefully by this point, you're pretty comfortable with this Import Wizard.
00:58
We’ll quickly move through this and setup our part's X, Y, Z location, stock, and touch off point.
01:04
I'll pick two points to define this vertical edge.
01:08
Do the same to define the X direction.
01:13
Setup our stock, block stock, compute from the stock size.
01:18
For this exercise, we won't add any more stock.
01:21
Place our setup in the top center of the part.
01:26
Indicate that we do not want multi-axis positioning.
01:29
And finally select "Finish".
01:32
After working through the Import Wizard, we've successfully imported our part, setup our stock, and placed our touch off location, which is our first portion of the machining prep.
01:41
So now all we have to do before we can move on to creating features
01:45
is make sure that we're using the correct tool crib and indicate what post processor we would like.
01:51
Make sure to select the Basic tool crib.
01:53
It should already be selected as it is for me, but if not, go ahead and select that.
01:58
And now drag and drop the Matsuura.cnc post processor file into the user interface.
02:04
When you've successfully done that, in the bottom right in our status bar, it should say Matsuura.cnc.
02:12
Again, hopefully you're starting to get pretty comfortable with these first few steps in our FeatureCAM workflow.
02:18
We've imported our model, setup our stock in the stock wizard, handled all of our machining prep by placing our touch off location or setup location, indicated what tool crib we would like to use, and selected a post processor so that we get NC Code readable to our machine specifically.
02:36
With all of this taken care of, we can now move on to creating features to machine this 3D surface milling part.
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