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Quickly add new feature definitions for feature-based machining

June 11, 2014

The NX CAM feature recognition system is very flexible and provides opportunities for you to add your own custom geometry configurations into the feature libraries for Feature Based Machining (FBM). …

By DerekHart
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Let NX CAM create your in-process material models automatically

May 22, 2014

Manufacturing components in multiple setups often requires a programmer to provide an in-process workpiece to represent the partially cut condition to the next setup. This Tech Tip shows how to:

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By DerekHart
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Paper Dreams – replacing paper and glue with carbon and software

April 18, 2014

Paper or Plastic (er.. carbon composite) ??

For Mechanical Engineering student Paul Bischof, a dream came true; he turned his hobby into a profession, replaced paper and glue with carbon…

By DerekHart
< 1 MIN READ

G71 Lathe Roughing Cycle

February 18, 2014

I recently received a request to demonstrate how to create a G70/71 lathe roughing cycle in our Post Builder product.  Our CAM Development team created CYCLE95 (lathe roughing for Siemens contro…

By wrightj
2 MIN READ

Create Stock Body from Design Body

February 4, 2014

When a job shop receives the 3D model of a part to be machined, they seldom receive a 3D model of the raw stock (or stock body).  For most situations, that’s not a problem, because there are sev…

By wrightj
3 MIN READ

NX9 CAM Interactive Cut Regions

January 14, 2014

Interactive Cut Region management is a new tool added to NX9 to help CAM users easily segregate “steep” from “non-steep” areas*.  This new capability means that the overall NC programming proces…

By wrightj
2 MIN READ

NX9 CAM “Notes” Enhancement

December 2, 2013

My last blog post was about the Description field enhancement.  Now I want to cover its companion, Notes.  Notes give the NC programmer an easy-to-use capability to convey information direc…

By wrightj
2 MIN READ

Description Field Enhancement in NX9 CAM

November 26, 2013

In each release of NX, there are always enhancements that are overlooked and underappreciated.  I think the enhancements made to Notes and Description fields in NX9 CAM fit into this category. …

By wrightj
2 MIN READ

Tilt Tool Axis

October 29, 2013

I showed in a previous blog post how to use Divide By Holder to keep the cutting tool as short as possible.  Today I want to show how to take advantage of multi-axis capability of NX CAM and CAM…

By wrightj
2 MIN READ