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SOLIDCAM - THE LEADERS IN INTEGRATED CAM
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SOLIDCAM 2010TRAINING COURSES
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The Leaders in Integrated CAM
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SOLIDWORKS BASIC COURSE 4
SOLIDCAM BASIC COURSE: 2.5D MILLING 6
ADVANCED SOLIDCAM TRAINING COURSE 8
HSM TRAINING COURSE 10
HSS TRAINING COURSE 12
SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE 14
TURNING TRAINING COURSE 20
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Lesson 1: SolidWorks: Basics and user interface
1. What is SolidWorks
2. Creating/Opening files
3. SolidWorks user interface
4. Modeling in SolidWorks
Lesson 2: SolidWorks: Introduction to sketching
1. 2D Sketching
2. Sketch entities
3. Sketch relations
4. Dimensions
5. Extrude
6. Saving files
Lesson 3: SolidWorks: Basic Part Modeling
1. Basic modeling
2. Boss feature
3. Revolved feature
4. Sketching on a planar face
Length: 3 days
Prerequisites:
• None
SOLIDWORKS BASIC COURSE
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5. Cut Extrude feature
6. Using the Hole Wizard
7. Filleting
Lesson 4: Assembly modeling
1. Basic assembly approaches
2. Creating a new assembly
3. Adding components
4. Components positioning and mating
5. Sub-assemblies
6. Smart mates
7. Pack and Go
Lesson 5: Configurations of Parts
1. Configurations
2. Using configurations
3. Creating configurations
4. Editing parts with configurations
Lesson 6: SolidWorks Drawing
1. Creating drawing
2. Drawing sheets and sheet formats
3. Creating and positioning views
4. Dimensioning
5. Tolerances
6. Section view
7. Broken view
8. Detail views
9. Projected view
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SOLIDCAM BASIC COURSE: 2.5D MILLING
Lesson 1: SolidCAM Part Definition
1. CAM-Part definition process
2. CAM-Part Data
3. CNC-controllers
4. Coordinate Systems
5. Stock Model
6. Target Model
Lesson 2: Introduction to 2.5D Milling operations
1. Face milling operation
2. Tool definition
3. Geometry definition
4. Profile operation
5. Pocket operation
6. Drill operation
Lesson 3: 2.5D Milling operations (continue)
1. Multiple Coordinate System definition
2. Tool Table
3. Geometry definition (continued)
4. Face Milling operation (continued)
5. Profile operation (continued)
Length: 5 days
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
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6. Pocket operation (continued)
7. Link movements
8. Rest Material machining
9. Chamfering
Lesson 4: Slot Machining
1. Slot operation
2. Geometry definition (continue)
3. Chamfering with Slot operation
4. Chamfer tool
5. Drill operation (continue)
6. Tool path sorting
7. Templates
8. T-Slot operation
Lesson 5: Advanced 2.5D Milling operations
1. Contour 3D operation
2. Thread milling operation
3. Drill Recognition operation
4. Pocket recognition operation
Lesson 6: Indexial milling
1. Indexial 4th axis milling
2. Indexial 5th axis milling
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ADVANCED SOLIDCAM TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts
1. Machining Process Overview
2. Parameterization of operations
Lesson 2: Machining Process definition
1. Machining Process Table definition
2. Machining Process Table Manager
3. Machining Process definition
4. Machining Process Define Manager
5. Parameters and Expressions
6. SolidCAM standard functions
Lesson 3: Machining Process Usage
1. Inserting Machining Processes
2. Machining Process Insert Manager
3. Defining the geometry
4. Assigning values to variables
Lesson 4: Advanced Machining Process
1. Assigning pictures to Machining Process
2. Assigning description to Machining Process
3. Machining Process types
4. Adding Machining Processes into Operations menu
Length: 1 day
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
• SolidCAM basic knowledge (2.5D Milling)
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Lesson 5: Standardization with Machining Processes
1. Creating Default Sets
2. Default Sets management and customization
Lesson 6: Machining Processes for automation of Milling tasks
1. Machining Process for Profile Machining
2. Machining Process for the Pocket Machining
Lesson 7: Defining Machining Process with existing operations
1. Define the operation group
2. Operation groups manipulations
3. Adding operations group to the Machining Process Table
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HSM TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts
1. Start HSM Operation
2. SolidCAM HSM Operation overview
3. Parameters and values
Lesson 2: HSM Roughing
1. Contour Roughing
2. Geometry definition
3. Tool data definition
4. Boundary definition
5. Tool path linking
6. Hatch Roughing
7. Rest Roughing
Lesson 3: HSM Finishing
1. Constant Z machining
2. Helical machining
3. Horizontal machining
Lesson 4: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Linear Machining
2. Filleting
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
• SolidCAM basic knowledge (2.5D Milling)
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Lesson 5: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Radial Machining
2. Spiral Machining
Lesson 6: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Morphed Machining
2. Offset Cutting
Lesson 7: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Boundary Machining
2. Rest Machining
3. 3D Constant Step Over
Lesson 8: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Pencil Milling
2. Parallel Pencil Milling
3. 3D Corner Offset
Lesson 9: HSM Finishing (continue)
1. Prismatic Part Machining
2. Combine Constant Z with – Horizontal
3. Combine Constant Z with – Linear
4. Combine Constant Z with – 3D Constant Step Over
5. Combine Constant Z with – 3D Corner Offset
Lesson 10: Advanced HSM options
1. Holder Clearance within HSM roughing
2. Taper tool use
Lesson 11: Convert HSM to Sim.5 Axis operation
1. Source Operation definition
2. Associative Conversion
3. Tools Limitations
4. Tool Axis Control Limitations
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HSS TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts
1. Start HSS Operation
2. SolidCAM HSS Operation overview
3. HSS Strategies overview
Lesson 2: Parallel Cuts strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool definition
3. Parallel Cuts - Constant Z
4. Parallel Cuts - Linear
5. Parallel Cuts – Hatch
6. Tool path linking
Lesson 3: Parallel to curve strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
3. Gouge checking
Lesson 4: Parallel to surface strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
Length: 1 day
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
• SolidCAM basic knowledge (2.5D Milling)
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Lesson 5: Perpendicular to curve strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
Lesson 6: Morph between two curves strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
Lesson 7: Morph between surfaces strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
Lesson 8: Projection strategy
1. Geometry definition
2. Tool path parameters
Lesson 9: Advanced HSS options
1. Gap areas machining
2. Undercut areas machining with Lollipop tool/T-Slot
3. Rounding Corners
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SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: CNC-Machines, kinematics and architecture
1. Head/Head CNC-Machines
2. Aerospace parts machining with Head-Head CNC-Machines
3. Table/Head CNC-Machines
4. Revolution parts machining with Table-Head CNC-Machines
5. Table/Table CNC-Machines
6. Die & Mold parts machining with Table-Table CNC-Machines
Lesson 2: 5-axis machining operations
1. Working with fixed rotational axes
2. Simultaneous 4-axis machining
3. Simultaneous 4+1-axis machining
4. Simultaneous 5-axis machining
Lesson 3: SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis Machining overview
1. SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis operation overview
2. Stages of the Sim. 5 Axis Operation parameters definition
Lesson 4: Coordinate Systems
1. Main Work Coordinate System
2. Part setup
Length: 4 days
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
• SolidCAM basic knowledge (2.5D Milling)
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Lesson 5: Tool path output
1. Gcode in CAM-Part coordinates
2. RTCP – Rotate Tool Center Point
3. Gcode in absolute coordinates of CNC-Machine
Lesson 6: Tool definition
1. Tool parameters definition
2. Tool contact point
3. Tool tip
4. Feed/Spin definition
Lesson 7: Tool orientation
1. Tool orientation vector, unit vector
2. Surface normal at contact point
3. Surface tangent at contact point in cutting direction
Lesson 8: Machining geometry overview
1. Analytical surfaces
2. Ruled surfaces
3. Advanced surfaces
Lesson 9: Machining geometry definition
1. Drive surface definition
2. Surface offsetting
3. Trimming/Extending
4. Corner rounding
5. 2D boundary definition
6. Steep/Shallow areas definition
Lesson 10: SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis machining strategies
1. Strategies overview: Swarfing and Tracing
2. Parallel cuts
3. Parallel to surface
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SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE
4. Parallel to curve
5. Orthogonal to a curve
6. Engraving (Projected contour)
7. Morph between two curves
8. Morph between two surfaces
Lesson 11: Machining area control
1. Machining of whole surface
2. Machining of part of surface
Lesson 12: Tool path arrangement
1. Cut areas order: lanes and regions
2. Zigzag machining
3. One way machining
4. Spiral machining
5. Cutting order
6. Start point
Lesson 13: Tool path precision
1. Cutting tolerance
2. Tool position output frequency
3. Contact point control
4. Step over / Scallop
5. Maximum angle step
Lesson 14: Tool tilting overview
1. Main side tilt angle
2. Cutting direction tilt angle
3. Resulting tool axis orientation
4. Lag angle
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Lesson 15: Tool axis control
1. Main Side Tilt Angle definition
2. Cutting Direction Tilt Angle definition
a. Following surface parametric lines
b. Orthogonal to cut direction vector
c. Interpolating through tilting lines
d. Main spindle direction
e. User defined vector
3. Resulting Tool Axis Orientation
a. Normal to surface
b. Fixed angle to axis
c. Interpolation between tilting lines
d. Through point
e. Through curve
4. 4 and 4+1 tool axis orientation
Lesson 16: Machining levels
1. Clearance surface
2. Initial tool axis distance
3. Retract level
4. Safety level
Lesson 17: Tool path linking
1. Operation Start/End level
2. Lead-in strategies
3. Lead-out strategies
4. Tool path linking: slices, passes
5. Gaps control
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Lesson 18: Gouge checking
1. Gouge checking overview
2. Gouging between tool assembly components and surfaces
3. Check surfaces
4. Gouging avoidance strategies
a. Retraction along tool axis
b. Moving tool away
c. Tilting tool away
d. Leaving out gouging points
e. Stopping tool path calculation
5. Using gouging in tool path manipulation
Lesson 19: Roughing options
1. Roughing options overview
2. Depth Cut machining
3. Multi Passes machining
4. Area Roughing
5. Morph Pocket machining
6. Plunging
Lesson 20: Tool path transformations
1. Translate
2. Rotate around axis
Lesson 21: Motion Limits control parameters
1. Angle Pairs
2. Large angle changes control
3. Linearization / Angular Interpolation
4. Singularity
5. Machine Limits control
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Lesson 22: Convert HSM to Sim. 5 Axis operation
1. Source Operation definition
2. Associative Conversion
3. Tools Limitations
4. Tool Axis Control Limitations
5. Relink Option
Lesson 23: Multi-Axis drilling
1. Multi-Axis drilling operation overview
2. Geometry definition
3. Machining levels
4. Depth control
5. Sorting
6. Technology parameters
Lesson 24: Machine simulation
1. Machine Simulation overview and GUI
2. Machine definition process overview
3. Machine definition parameters (*.mac)
4. Basic parts definition
5. Translational axes definition
6. Rotational axes definition
7. Workpiece position and orientation
8. Tool position and orientation
9. Control gouges
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TURNING TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts
1. SolidCAM Turning overview
2. Basic concepts
3. Process overview
Lesson 2: Turning CAM-Part definition
1. CAM-Part definition process
2. CNC-controllers
3. Coordinate Systems
4. Material boundary
5. Clamp
6. Target Model
7. Envelope generation
Lesson 3: SolidCAM Turning operations
1. SolidCAM Turning operations overview
Lesson 4: Turning operation
1. Turning operation overview
2. External rough turning
3. Facial Turning
4. Tool definition
5. Turning tool types overview
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
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6. External Rough tools
7. Feed / Spin definition
8. Tool path parameters
Lesson 5: Drill operation
1. Tool definition
2. Drill tools
3. Start/End drill positions
4. Tool path parameters
Lesson 6: Turning operation (continue)
1. External finish turning
2. Internal turning
3. Internal Rough tools
Lesson 7: Grooving operation
1. Grooving operation overview
2. External/internal grooving
3. External/internal Groove tools
4. Tool path parameters
Lesson 8: Threading operation
1. Threading operation overview
2. External/internal threading
3. External/internal Threading tools
4. Tool path parameters
Lesson 9: Parting
1. Use of Grooving operation for cut-off parts
Lesson 10: Advanced Turning
1. Rest Material turning
2. Long parts machining
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MILL-TURN TRAINING COURSE
Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts
1. Mill-Turn Module Overview
2. CNC-Machines
3. Basic concepts
4. Process overview
Lesson 2: Mill-Turn CAM-Part definition
1. CAM-Part definition process
2. CNC-controllers
3. Coordinate Systems
4. Material boundary
5. Clamp
6. Target Model
7. Envelope generation
Lesson 3: Turning on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines
1. SolidCAM Turning operations overview
2. Turning operation
3. Geometry definition
4. Tool definition
5. Technology parameters definition
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites:
• SolidWorks basic knowledge
• SolidCAM basic knowledge (2.5D Milling and Turning)
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Lesson 4: Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines
1. SolidCAM Milling operations overview
2. Facial milling
3. Sim. 4-axis milling
Lesson 5: Indexial Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines
1. Indexial Milling on 4-Axis CNC-Machines
2. Indexial Milling on 5-Axis CNC-Machines
Lesson 6: Back Spindle Usage on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines
1. Back Spindle use overview
2. Operation with / without cut
3. Operation sequences
4. Main and Back Spindle definition
5. Back Spindle sub-operations
6. Connecting Back Spindle
7. Move Back sub-operation
8. Transfer sub-operation
Lesson 7: Simultaneous 5-Axis Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines
1. Sim. 5-Axis operation overview
2. Parallel Cuts strategy
3. Parallel to surface strategy
4. Geometry definition
5. Machining levels definition
6. Tool path parameters definition
7. Tool path linking
8. Tool tilting
9. Gouge checking
10. Motion limits control
11. Machine simulation
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