{"id":1090,"date":"2010-08-11T15:46:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T22:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/NX7-Part-5-CAM-Update\/ba-p\/334432"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:05:01","slug":"nx7-part-5-cam-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/nx7-part-5-cam-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NX7 Part 5 \u2013 CAM Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><SPAN>This is the 5th post on the new items in NX7.&nbsp; (my apologies for taking so long to get to the CAM items.&nbsp;&nbsp; In case you&#8217;ve forgotten, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/26\/nx7-part-4-lifecycle-simulation-cae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Part 4 is here<\/A>)<\/SPAN><BR \/><BR \/>In today\u2019s post, I will review some of the new applications in NX 7.5 Manufacturing.<BR \/><BR \/>NX 7.5 CAM introduces a new application, N<STRONG>X Turbomachinery Milling,<\/STRONG> for programming complex blisks and impellers<BR \/><BR \/>In addition, NX 7.5 CAM offers major enhancements, including feed rate optimization, interactive programming and extended feature based machining.<BR \/><\/P><H2><STRONG>Turbomachinery Milling<\/STRONG><\/H2><BR \/>NX Turbomachinery Milling offers a set of automated functions that simplifies the generation of smart 5 axis tool paths for blisks and impellers. Process-specific NC programming functions help you produce safe 5-axis tool paths that result in faster machining times, better surface finish, and longer tool life.<BR \/><BR \/><DIV style=\"background-color: #F9F9F9;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;padding: 3px;font: 11px\/1.4em Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0.5em 0pt 0.5em 0.8em;width:414px;\"><IMG class=\"size-full wp-image-3000   \" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2010\/08\/Impeller_machine_setup5.png\" alt=\"NX7 Impeller Machine Setup\" width=\"414\" height=\"257\" \/><DIV style=\"text-align:center;\">NX7 Impeller Machine Setup<\/DIV> <\/DIV><BR \/><TABLE style=\"height: 9px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"128\"><BR \/><TBODY><BR \/><TR><BR \/><TD><\/TD><BR \/><\/TR><BR \/><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><BR \/>The new application steps you through the process of programming with specially designed operations for 5-axis roughing, rest milling and finishing of blades, splitters and hubs.<BR \/><BR \/>Here is a video demonstration: <IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RvOzKhUDmJM\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>Smooth-flowing 5-axis tool paths can be created directly on imported 3D models even though the data may be less than perfect. No need to define geometry, create new surfaces or remodel parts. This capability alone can save hours on a single job.<BR \/><H2><STRONG> Other<\/STRONG> <STRONG>New Technology and Enhancements<\/STRONG><\/H2><BR \/>NX 7 offers new and effective technology to enhance NC programmer productivity.<STRONG><BR \/><\/STRONG><BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI><STRONG>Feed rate optimization<\/STRONG>, automatic adjustment of feeds and speeds for maximum tool life<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><STRONG>T<\/STRONG><STRONG>ool path based simulation<\/STRONG>, for fast and simple validation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><STRONG>Extended Feature-based Machining<\/STRONG>, for greater levels of NC programming automation<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI><STRONG>Interactive programming control<\/STRONG>, for the fastest manually-driven tool axis and tool path control<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>Have you attended a local NX7 event yet?&nbsp;&nbsp; If so, let me know what you think.<BR \/><BR \/>Jerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 5th post on the new items in NX7.&nbsp; (my apologies for taking so long to get to the CAM items.&nbsp;&nbsp; In case you&#8217;ve forgotten, Part 4 is here)     In today\u2019s post, I will review &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61891,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}