Cut Region Management is one the many new capabilities in NX CAM 9 for die-mold machining. With Cut Region Management, you get precise control over area milling cut regions and machinin…
Siemens PLM Software has understood the value of manufacturers working directly from the 3D model for a long time. The US Department of Defense, National Institute of Science and Technology, and othe…
In this post, I want to explain some of the options for working with Flow Cut. I find that new users consistently struggle with understanding some of these options.
First up is Max…
“Pencil Milling” is the name given to a machining strategy where a small-diameter ball end mill is used to perform finish milling in small nooks and crannies of a complex mold or die. The word …
In my last post, I showed several wrong ways to machine steep and non-steep geometry. In this post, I will show a method that is better.
NX CAM can scrutinize a model and determine…
Several years ago, I hiked into the Grand Canyon. I spent a couple of months training my body for the trip. I loaded up my backpack with 45 lbs. (about 20 kg) of material, and hiked 3-5 m…
Elon Musk and SpaceX believe that there’s a better and faster way to turn ideas in your mind into virtual models and then into real parts. And they’ve integrated various technologies (including NX) i…
If you really want to scare an NC programmer, just show them a deep, narrow cavity on your latest design, and then comment that you must have a mirror-like surface finish at the bottom. …
In NX CAM we refer to a specific set of machining instructions as an operation. For example, finish-milling a planar face would be one operation. To spotdrill, drill, and bore a hole requ…
