SOLIDWORKS CAM · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
From the SOLIDWORKS part to G-code, without leaving your CAD software.
Free video training · Manufacturing
Five lessons to program a milled part with SOLIDWORKS CAM: set up the machine and the stock, let the software recognize machinable features, then adjust the operations through to post-processing. The path follows the real order of a programming job.
5 lessons
18 videos
Beginner to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Define the machine, the stock and the coordinate system before any programming
✓Get machinable features, operations and toolpaths automatically
✓Reorder, combine and adjust operations to reduce cycle time
✓Restrict machining to specific areas and generate the NC code
Where to start
Start with lessons 1 and 2 in order: they give you a first complete program. Already programming with SOLIDWORKS CAM: lesson 4 on roughing and finishing parameters is the most useful.
The program
01Set up the machine and the stockMachine, tool crib, post processor, stock and fixture coordinate system.▶ 3 videosBeginner▶Define Machine▶Define Stock▶Define Coordinate System→02From model to toolpathAutomatic feature recognition, operation plan, toolpath generation and simulation.▶ 4 videosBeginner▶Automatic Feature Recognition▶Generate Operation Plans▶Generate Toolpaths▶Simulate Toolpaths→03Organize operationsManually created machinable feature, reordering, automatic sorting, combining and linking operations.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶Interactive Feature Recognition▶Reorder Operations▶Sort Operations▶Combine and Link Operations→04Adjust roughing and finishingRoughing parameters, contour parameters, tool lead-in and lead-out, toolpath optimization.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶Modify Rough Operation Parameters▶Modify Contour Operation Parameters▶Modify Contour Operation Leadin Parameters▶Optimize Toolpaths→05Machining areas and post-processingAvoid areas, contain areas and NC code generation in the NC Editor.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶Define Avoid Areas▶Define Contain Areas▶Post Processing Toolpaths→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SOLIDWORKS CAM (on MySolidWorks).
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