machining solidcam
DESCRIPTION
Imachining SolidCAMTRANSCRIPT
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Application Tutorial: Simple Impeller
5-Axis Roughing
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Double click the SolidWorks Icon.
Browse to open the SolidWorks part Impeller Rough.SLDASM.
Click SolidCAM > New > Milling.
Accept the default part file name and path and Click OK.
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Select NTU_MAZAK_MPOS as our post
processor. Leave the fields of Program Num-
ber & Subroutine number with the default
settings.
Click Define button in the Coordinate
System tab to set the coordinate system for
this part.
In the Place CoordSys origin to section,
select Top center of model box from the
drop down.
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Select the face as shown in the image.
Click
Change the Tool start level and
Clearance level values in the CoordSys
Data pop up shown in the image.
Click OK.
Click
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Click
We will now define the stock.
Go to the Feature Manager Design Tree.
Select STOCK > Show Components.
Select the SolidCAM icon.
Click Stock > Define.
Select 3D Model from the drop down in the
Defined by section.
This will clear the previously defined solids.
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Select the solid as
shown in the image.
Click
We will hide the stock now.
Go to the Feature
Manager Design Tree >
Stock > Hide Components.
Click the SolidCAM Manager icon.
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Right click Operations > Machine Setup.
Enter a value of 175 in Z column.
Click OK.
Right click Setup > Add Milling Operation >
Sim 5 Axis Milling.
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Select Parallel to surface in
the Technology section.
Click Geometry.
Select the new icon under
Drive surface.
Select the highlighted faces.
Click
Select the new icon under Edge surface.
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Select the highlighted faces.
Click
Select the Type as Determined by number of cuts.
Click Margins.
Enter the values as shown in
the image.
Click OK.
Enter 1 in the Drive surface offset field.
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Click Tool > Select.
Click icon to add a new tool.
Select TAPER MILL as our tool.
Enter the tool parameters as shown in the image.
Select the Holder check box.
Select BT40 ER 32x40.
Click Select.
Click Tool path parameters.
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Enter the tool parameters as shown in the image.
Click Tool axis con-
trol.
Enter the parame-
ters as shown in the im-
age.
Click Advanced.
Enter the parameters as shown in
the image.
Click OK.
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Click Gouge check.
Enter the parameters as shown in the image.
Select faces1 from
the dropdown in
Check surfaces 1.
Click Link.
Select Use Lead-
In and Use Lead Out
from the drop down
lists.
Click next to Use Lead
-In.
Unselect the Use default
Lead-In check box.
Enter the parameters as
shown in the image.
Click OK.
Click next to Use Lead
-Out.
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Enter the parameters as
shown in the image.
Click OK.
Click the Save & Calculate
icon.
Click the Simulate icon once
the tool path is calculated.
Click the Play icon.
You can see that 2 passes have
been created.
We will change it for the rough-
ing operation.
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Click the Exit icon.
Click Roughing and More.
Note: If you are using SP1, you need to click Transformation as Roughing and More
is changed to Transformation SP1 onwards.
Click Area roughing.
Enter the parameters as shown in the image.
Click OK.
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Click Link.
Select the Links sub-tab.
Enter the parameters as shown in the image.
Click the Save & Cal-
culate icon.
Click the Simulate
icon once the tool
path is calculated.
Click the Play icon.
The tool path looks like this:
As this toolpath has created
a single pass, we cannot use
this.
We will now create the
roughing strategy for the
entire stock that has to be
removed.
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Click the Exit icon
Click Geometry.
Select the Type as Full,
start and end at exact surface
edges.
Click Link.
Select Use Lead-In/Out in
the Links between slices
section.
Click
Enter the parameters as
shown in the image.
Click OK.
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Click the Save & Calculate icon.
Click the Simulate icon once the tool path is calculated.
Click the Play icon.
The tool path looks
like this:
Click SolidVerify for 3D.
Switch off the Holder.
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The simulation looks like this:
Click the Exit icon.
Let us now run the simula-
tion using Host CAD.
This is how the tool path
looks: