- VoluMill Overview
- Case Study: Using VoluMill
- Exercise 2
SOLIDWORKS CAM Professional
Learn how to program CNC Lathe machines, and test run high speed machining with Volumill
OVERVIEW
- INSTRUCTOR-LED ONLINE LENGTH: 4 days
PREREQUISITES: Must complete the SOLIDWORKS CAM Standard Essentials Course before enrolling into CAM Professional.
DESCRIPTION: This course teaches how to use the SOLIDWORKS CAM Professional software to machine parts utilizing advanced functionality such as: CAM or SOLIDWORKS configurations, VoluMill™, mill machining in the context of an assembly, and 3 plus 2 machining. Additionally, the course teaches how to generate, modify and post process 2 axis turning toolpaths used for the machining of SOLIDWORKS part files.
LESSON PLAN
Lesson 1:
SOLIDWORKS CAM Configurations
- SOLIDWORKS CAM Product Review
- SOLIDWORKS CAM Configurations
- Case Study: Using Configurations
- Case Study: Working With CAM Configurations
- Exercise 1
Lesson 2:
High Speed Machining (VoluMill)
Lesson 3:
Assembly Machining
- SOLIDWORKS CAM Assembly Mode
- Case Study: AM Using a Vise
- Case Study: AM
- Programming with Subroutines
- Case Study: AM Multiple Parts
- Case Study: AM Split Instance
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
Lesson 4:
3 Plus 2 Machining
- 3 Plus 2 Machining (Indexing)
- Case Study: 3 Plus 2 – Part Machining
- Case Study: Assembly Machining with a Tombstone
- Exercise 6
Lesson 5:
Turning BasicS
- SOLIDWORKS CAM Turning
- Process Overview
- Case Study: Generate Toolpaths and NC Code
- Case Study: Interactive Features and Operations
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
Lesson 6:
Chucks, ID Features and Operations
- Section Method
- Case Study: Using Plane Section
- Case Study: Using Double Chucks
- Exercise 9
Lesson 7:
Modifying Feature and Operation Parameters
- Case Study: Custom Chuck, OD and Thread Features
- Exercise 10
Lesson 8:
Probing
- Introduction to Probing
- Probe Operation
- Case Study: Probing Operations – Part 1
- Case Study: Probing Operations – Part 2
- Case Study: Probing Operations – Part 3
- Exercise 11
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