UsingBobCADCAM

BobCADCAMVersion24TrainingLesson

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TheVersion24offersHolemaking,2Axis&3AxisMachiningWizardstostepyouthroughtheprocessof creatingMachineprogramsforyourparts.Theimagebelowshowsthe3AxisWizardoptions.

InthislessonwewillbedesigningacompletepartandcreatinganNCprogramusing2&3Axismachining features.NOTE:Itisimportanttosavethisdrawingasyougoas3DExample.bbcd. Step1 Letsbeginthistrainingexercisewithanewdrawingscreenandfollowalongdoingeachstep.SelecttheCube drawingfeature. Or,youcandothisbygoingtotheSolidsMainMenuandselectingCube.

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ThiswillloadtheCubefeatureintotheDataManager.

Enter4fortheLengthX Enter4fortheWidthY Enter2fortheHeightZ ChooseEnterintheOriginsection LeaveXat0 LeaveYat0 Enter2forZ(thetopwillbeatZ0) ChooseBottomLeftfromthepulldownmenuandclicktheOKbutton.

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NowyoucanclicktheISO2ViewiconfromtheViewToolbar.Thiswillchangetheviewtoa3Disometric view.

NowclicktheViewAllicon

fromthemaintoolbartoobtainaclearviewoftheentireshape.

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Step2 NowdrawaspherebyclickingontheSpherefeatureiconontheSolidstoolbar. ThiswillloadtheSpherefeatureintotheDataManager.

EnteraRadiusof1.5 SelectEnterintheOriginsection. Enter2forX Enter2forY LeaveZat0 ClicktheOKbuttontodrawtheshape. NowclicktheCancelbutton.

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Theresult:

NowgototheSolidsMenuandselectSubtract.

Placeyourmousecursoronthecubeandclickyourmouseonetime(thisistheshapewewanttokeep),then clickonthesphere(thisistheshapewewillusetomodifythecube)andnowhitthespacebaronyour keyboardtoindicateOK.Thiswillmodifythe2solids.

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 Theresult:

Step3 Nowletsdrawacylinder.ClickontheSolidCylinderfeatureicon. YoucanalsoreachthisfeaturebygoingtotheSolidsMenuandclickingonCylinder.ThiswillloadtheCylinder featureintotheDataManager.

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EnteraRadiusof1 EnteraHeightof2 ChooseEnterfromtheOriginsection. LeaveXat0 LeaveYat0 Enter1forZ HittheEnterkeyonyourkeyboardtoindicateOKanddrawthefirstshape. ContinueonbychangingtheXvalueto4andthenhittingtheEnterkeyonyourkeyboardagain.

NowchangetheYvalueto4andhittheEnterkeyagain.

NowchangetheYvalueto4andtheXvalueto0andhittheEnterkey.

ClicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefunction. NowyoucanclicktheViewAllicon fromthemaintoolbartoobtainaclearviewoftheentireshape.

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Theresult:

Step4 NowselecttheBooleanSubtractfunctioniconfromtheSolidsToolbar.

NowWindowPicktheentiremodel.Dothisbyclickinganddraggingaselectionwindowovereverything startingintheupperleftquadrantofthedrawingscreen.Clickyourmouse,holddowntheleftmousebutton whiledraggingyourmouseacrossthescreentowardthebottomrightandthenreleasetheleftmousebutton. Everythingwillhighlightinselectionmode. NowhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.ThenclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefunction.

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Theresult:

Step5 GobacktotheSolidCylinderfunctioniconandselectit. ThecylinderfeaturewillloadintotheDataManageragain.

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EnteraRadiusof.25 EnteraHeightof4 ChoosetheEnterbuttonintheOriginsection. Enter.4forX Enter.4forY Enter3forZ HittheEnterkeyonyourkeyboard.

ChangeXto3.6 ChangeYto.4

HittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.

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ChangetheYvalueto3.6

HittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.

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ChangetheXvalueto.4

HittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard. NowclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefeature. Theresult:

Step6 NowselecttheBooleanSubtractfunctioniconfromtheSolidsToolbar.

NowWindowPicktheentiremodel.Dothisbyclickinganddraggingaselectionwindowovereverything startingintheupperleftquadrantofthedrawingscreen.Clickyourmouse,holddowntheleftmousebutton whiledraggingyourmouseacrossthescreentowardthebottomrightandthenreleasetheleftmousebutton. Everythingwillhighlightinselectionmode. NowhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.ThenclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthe function.

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Theresult:

GobacktotheSolidCylinderfunctioniconandselectit. ThecylinderfeaturewillloadintotheDataManageragain.

Enter2fortheRadius Enter2fortheHeight

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ClicktheEnterbuttonintheOriginsectionifyouneedto. Enter0forX Enter0forY Enter.5forZ HittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard. ChangetheXvalueto4 ChangetheYvalueto4

HittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.ClicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefunction.

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Step7 NowselecttheBooleanSubtractfunctioniconfromtheSolidsToolbar.

NowWindowPicktheentiremodel.Dothisbyclickinganddraggingaselectionwindowovereverything startingintheupperleftquadrantofthedrawingscreen.Clickyourmouse,holddowntheleftmousebutton whiledraggingyourmouseacrossthescreentowardthebottomrightandthenreleasetheleftmousebutton. Everythingwillhighlightinselectionmode. NowhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.ThenclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthe function.

Step8 NowclickontheSolidFilleticonfromtheSolidsToolbar.

ThiswillloadtheSolidFilletfunctionintotheDataManager.
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 MakesurethatConstantFilletisselectedfromthepulldownmenuintheDataManager. Enter.25astheRadius TangentPropagationshouldbeselectedastheselectioncriteria. ClickOK. Nowselectthefollowing2edgesasseenintheimagebelow.Simplyplaceyourcursorontheedgeandclick onit.Youhavetoclicktheedgesnotthefaces.

Whenbothedgesarehighlightedandselected,hittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.Thiswillexecutethe feature.NowclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefeature.
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Theresult:

Step9 GobacktotheSolidCylinderfunctioniconandselectit. ThecylinderfeaturewillloadintotheDataManageragain.

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Enter1astheRadius Enter3fortheHeight ClicktheEnterbuttonintheOriginsection. Enter2forX Enter2forY Enter2.25forZ ClickOKtodrawtheshape. NowclicktheCancelbuttontoexitthefeature.

Step10 NowselecttheBooleanSubtractfunctioniconfromtheSolidsToolbar.

NowWindowPicktheentiremodel.Dothisbyclickinganddraggingaselectionwindowovereverything startingintheupperleftquadrantofthedrawingscreen.Clickyourmouse,holddowntheleftmousebutton whiledraggingyourmouseacrossthescreentowardthebottomrightandthenreleasetheleftmousebutton. Everythingwillhighlightinselectionmode. NowhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.ThenclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthe function.

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Theresult:

fromthemaintoolbartoobtainaclearviewoftheentireshape. NowclicktheViewAllicon Step11 PlaceyourcursorinsidetheLayerUCSPostManagerbox,rightclickyourmouseandselectAddNewLayer.

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Namethenewlayer.25Holes.

Onceyouhavenamedthenewlayer,hittheEnterKeyonyourkeyboard. Nowselectthislayertomakeittheactivelayer.Todothis,clickonthefileimage numberwithyourmouse. nexttothelayer

Nowwearegoingtochangetheactivedrawingcolortogreen.Todothis,clickonthecolormenuarrowin thelowerrightsideofthesoftware.

Whenyouclickonthesmallarrowthecolormenuwillpopupallowingyoutoclickonacolor.Choose Orange.
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Step12 ClickontheExtractEdgefunctioniconandselectSinglefromtheUtilitiestoolbar.

Nowclickonthe3visibleholeedges.Whenyourestyourcursorrightontheedgeitwillhighlight.Donot selectfaces,onlytheedges.Whenthegeometry/edgehighlights,clickontheedgewithyourmousetoselect it.Thenmovetothenext,selectthatedgeandthenthenextvisibleholeedge.

WhenyouhaveselectthethreevisibleholeedgesgototheViewicondropdownfromthetoolbarandclick onit.SwitchtoISO4byclickingonit.Thiswillallowyoutoseethelast(4th)holesoyoucanselectthatedge.

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Withall4edgesselected,hityourSpacebartoextracttheedgesandexitthefunction. NowswitchbacktoISO2asyourview. Letsreview: Youcreatedanewlayerforyourholegeometryandselectedittoremainactiveinthenewlayer. YouchangedtheactivedrawingcolortoOrange. Youselectedtheextractedgessinglefeatureandselectedthefirst3visibleholeedges. Youswitched(onthefly)viewstoISO4whileinselectionmodeandclickedonthe4thedge. YouhittheSpacebartoextractall4edgesofthedrillholes. Step13 NowcreateanewLayerandcallitPocket.Onceagain,todothisplaceyourcursorintheLayerUCSPost Managerboxandrightclickyourmouse.ThenselectAddNewLayerandtypeinPocket.

Onceyouhavenamedthenewlayer,hittheEnterKeyonyourkeyboard. Nowselectthislayertomakeittheactivelayer.Todothis,clickonthefileimage numberwithyourmouse. nexttothelayer

NowselecttheArcsToolbariconandchooseCoordinates.

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Step14 TheArcCoordinatefeaturewillloadintotheDataManager.

Enter2forCenterX Enter2forCenterY Enter1.125forCenterZ Enter1fortheRadius StartAngleshouldbe0 EndAngleshouldbe360 ClickOKtodrawthecircle DONOTcanceltheArcCoordinatefeaturejustyet. NowswitchbacktotheCADLayerbyclickingtheactivelayericonjustnexttothelayernumber.

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 Leave2forX Leave2forY LeaveZat0 ChangetheRadiusto1.75 StartAngleis0 EndAngleis360 ClickOKtodrawthenewcircle.YoushouldstillbeintheactivedrawingcolorofOrange.Also,makesurethat youswitchedbacktotheCADlayer(TopLayer000). NowclicktheCancelbuttontoexitthefeature. Step15 SelecttheRectanglefunctioniconfromtheOtherToolbar.

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ThiswillloadtherectangledrawingfeatureintotheDataManager.

Enter4fortheLengthX Enter4fortheWidthY SelecttheSharpCornerOption SelectEnterintheOriginsection. SelectBottomLeftfromthesmallpulldownmenu. ClickOKtodrawtheshape. ClicktheCancelbuttontoexitthefeature. ThesquaregeometryisthestockboundaryforZLevelroughing.ThecirclewillbetheboundaryforZLevel Finishingandthelastcircleyoucreatedisforcontainingthepockettoolpath.

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Step16 Turnoffthe.25HoleandPocketLayer.

Dothisbyclickingontheblackdotsnexttothe2layersyoucreated.ThesearetheOn/Offtogglebuttons. OnceyouhavedonethisthegeometrywillturnoffandnowclickontheCAMTreetaboftheDataCAMTree ManagertoaccesstheCAMTree.

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PlaceyourcursoronMillingStockandrightclickyourmouse.ThenselectMill3Axis.

TheMill3Axisfeaturedialogwillappear.

ZLevelRoughshouldalreadybeselected.Makesureitisasthisistheoperationwewanttoperformfirstand thenclicktheNextbutton.
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ThiswillbringuptheSelectGeometrypageofthewizard.

ClicktheSelectGeometrybutton.Thisputsyouinselectionmodeandthewizardwillgoawayforthe moment. Nowwindowselecttheentirepart.Dothisbyplacingyourcursorintheupperright(1)regionofthedrawing screen,click,holdyourleftmousebuttondownanddragyourcursortothelowerrightregion(2)andrelease yourmousebutton.The2Dgeometryisinsignificant.Yousimplywanttoselecttheentirepartmodel.

Whenyoureleaseyourmouseeverythingonthescreenyouselectedwillturnred.NowhittheSpacebarof yourkeyboard.Thewizardwillreappear.
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NowyouneedtoclicktheSelectboundarybutton.

Thewizardwillgoawayandyouwillbeinselectionmodeagain.NowyouwanttoclickontheOrangesquare geometry(1)whileholdingdownyourSHIFTKEY.Thisselectsthechain.ThenhittheSpacebarofyour keyboard.ThisistheboundaryfortheZLevelRoughingtoolpath.

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Nowthewizardwillreturn.ClicktheNextbutton.ThisistheFeatureZLevelRoughPage.Youwillseethe operationstreepopulatedinthewizardboxaswell.Youcanclickanyofthetreeitemsandmovearoundin thewizardasneeded.ForthislessonwearegoingtousetheNextbuttonsteppingthroughtheprocess.

ThispageincludesRapidMovements.TheClearancePlanehasalreadybeenpickedupbythesystem.The RapidPlaneis.1.TheTopofPartisrightatZ0.ClicktheNextbutton.

UseWorkOffset1andclicktheARCFitoption.Thismeansthatwhenposting,thesoftwarewillusearc segmentsratherthanlinesegmentswhereverpossible,greatlyreducingthenumberoflinesofcodeintheNC program.ClicktheNextbutton.

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ThisopenstheRoughToolpage.Theroughingtoolisalreadyloadedforus.ChangetheDiameterto.25and theCornerRadiusto.125.Thisdialogallowsyoutooverridetheoffsetregistryvalues,changethecoolant settingsaswellasmodifyandrecalculatetheSFMvalues.

LeavethesevaluesthesameastheyareandclicktheNextbutton.ThenextstageofthewizardisthePatterns page.

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SelectthePocketInoption(ifnotalreadyselected) UseClimbMillastheCutDirection. NowclicktheNextbuttontoadvance.ThiswillbetheParameterspage.

Use.25astheDepthofCut Use.125astheStepOver AllowanceXYZwillbe0 SelecttheIgnoreHolesoption.(Wedonotwantthetooltoattempttogodowninsideourdrillholesor pocketregion. Donotchecktoporbottomofjobdepthoptions.(Theseallowyoutoforcecutsbetweenspecifiedregions alongtheZAxis.) ClicktheNextbutton.

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ThenextstageofthewizardistheLeadspage.

Thereare3optionsherebutwewillusethedefaultPlungeoption.ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance. HerewehavetheOptionspageofthewizard.

Theoptionspageallowsyoutocreatetoolpathfortheentiremodel,onlytheinsideorinnerregionsaswellas onlytheoutermostregions.UsetheALLoption.TheByAreaandByLeveloptionsfurtherallowyouto customizethetoolpathresults.WewilluseByArea.ClicktheFinishbutton. Thewizardwillnowgoaway.

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Step16 Nowletscomputethetoolpath.PlaceyourcursoronZLevelRoughintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouse andselectComputeToolpath.

Theresult:

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Nowblankthetoolpathbyclickingthesmall+symbolnexttoZLevelRoughintheCAMTree,rightclickingon RoughandselectBlank.

Step17 NowletscreatetheZLevelFinishoperation.PlaceyourcursoronMillingStockintheCAMTree,rightclick yourmouse,clickMill3Axisandlaunchthewizardoperationsdialog.ClicktheZLevelFinishOperation.

NowclickontheNextbuttontoadvance.
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ThenextdialogistheSelectGeometrypage.

ClicktheSelectGeometrybuttonfirst.Thisputsyouinselectionmodeandthewizardwillgoawayforthe moment. Nowwindowselecttheentirepart.Dothisbyplacingyourcursorintheupperright(1)regionofthedrawing screen,click,holdyourleftmousebuttondownanddragyourcursortothelowerrightregion(2)andrelease yourmousebutton.The2Dgeometryisinsignificant.Yousimplywanttoselecttheentirepartmodel.

Whenyoureleaseyourmouseeverythingonthescreenyouselectedwillturnred.NowhittheSpacebarof yourkeyboard.Thewizardwillreappear.
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NowyouneedtoclicktheSelectboundarybutton.

Thewizardwillgoawayandyouwillbeinselectionmodeagain.NowyouwanttoclickontheOrangeCircle (locatedatZ0)geometrytoselectit.OnceitisselectedhittheSpacebarofyourkeyboard.Thisisthe boundaryfortheZLevelFinishingtoolpath. ThenextstageofthewizarddealswithRapidmovements.

TheClearanceplaneisset. TheRapidplaneis.1.Thiscanbeadjustedasneeded. TheTopofPartisZ0.

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ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.

ThisisthePostingpage.TheWorkOffsetis1.Asthisisnota4thaxisoperationwewillleavetheOutput RotaryAngleoptionunchecked. ClicktheArcFitoption.Thisallowsustousearcsegmentswhereverwecaninthetoolpathratherthanline segments.Asaresultthenumberoflinesofcodeintheprogramwillbegreatlyreduced. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizard.ThisopenstheToolpage.Thetoolisalreadyloadedforus. ChangetheDiameterto.25andtheCornerRadiusto.125.

Enter.25fortheDiameter Enter.125fortheCornerRadius

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ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.ThisopensthePatternspage.

ClimbMillingshouldbeselected.ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.ThisopenstheParameterspage. Enter.0625astheDepthofCutandclicktheIgnoreHolesoption.

ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.
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ThisistheLeadspage.

WewillusethePlungeEntryoptionandaVerticalLeadInoption.SameasLeadInshouldbecheckedaswell. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvance.ThisopenstheOptionspage.

SelectAllastheToolpathOutput.Weareusingaboundarytocontainthepathsowedonotneedtouse InnerMost.WewilloutputthepathsusingtheToolTipandwillprogramthisbyarea.ClicktheNextbutton toadvancetothenextpage.

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ThenextstageofthewizardistheLinkspage.Thisaddresseshowthetoolpathcutswillbeconnected.

SelectFollowasthelinkoptionfirst.Thiscreatesalinkfromcuttocutthatfollowsthecontourofthemodel.

IntheLinkingonBoundarysectionclicktheRetractoption.Youwillseeopenareasinthepartthatwewillbe machiningwherewedonotwantthetoolpathtocontinueasifitwerecutting.

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HereareexamplesofbothLinkingoptionswhenusingboundaries. FollowonBoundary:

RetractonBoundary:

ClicktheFinishbuttontoclosethewizard.
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Step18 NowcomputetheZLevelFinishtoolpathbyplacingyourcursoronZLevelFinishintheCAMTree,rightclick yourmouseandclickComputeToolpath.

Theresult:

NowletsblanktheZLevelFinishToolpath.
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Todothis,clickthesmall+symbolnexttoZLevelFinishintheCAMTreetoexpandit.Restyourcursoron Semi/Finish,rightclickyourmouseandselectBlank.

Step19 Tomakethisstepeasierwewanttotemporarilyblankoutthemodel.Todothis,clicktheBlank/UnBlank iconfromtheViewtoolbarandclickonBlank.

NowclickanywhereonthemodeltoselectitandthenhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.Themodelwill becomeblanked.NowclicktheCancelbuttonintheDataManager. Thenextstageofthisprogramistocreateapocketoperation.Todothis,placeyourcursoronMillingStock intheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickonMill2Axis.

Thiswilllaunchthe2AxisWizard.

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SelectthePocketingoperation.

NowclicktheNextbuttontoadvance. TheadvancesyoutotheSelectGeometrypage.

ClicktheSelectGeometrybutton.Thewizardwilldisappearandyouwillautomaticallybeinselectionmode.
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Placeyourcursorrightonthe1inchcircleyoucreatedandclickonittoselectit.

NowhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.Thewizardwillreappearandyouwillseeyourcircleinthepreview windowofthedialogbox.

ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizard.
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ThisiscalledtheFeaturePocketpage.

TheClearancePlaneissetalready. TheRapidPlaneis.1 ChangetheTopofPartto1asthepocketstartsatZ1. DonotchecktheUseChamferoption. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizard.ThenextpageisthePostingpage.Wearenotprogramminga 4thaxispartsogoaheadandclicktheNextbuttonagaintoadvancetotheRoughToolpage.

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Weareusingthesystemtoolthatwasloadedwiththefeature. However,changethetooldiameterto.25andtheCornerradiusto0.ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancetothe Patternspageofthewizard.

ClicktheOffsetPocketInoptioninthePatternssectionofthispage.UsetheClimbMilloptionfortheCut Direction.TheCutWidth%hastodowiththehowmuchthetoolstepsover.50%isthedefaultamount. Leavethisat50%andclicktheNextbuttontoadvancetotheParameterspageofthewizard.

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TheParameterspageisveryimportantindefiningthedepthsofcut,howmanyaswellasleavingstockonthe wallsandbottomofthepartasyoumayneedto. ForthislessonchangetheSideAllowancevalueto0. BottomAllowanceis0 ClicktheMultipleStepsoption MakesureEvenDepthsischecked Enter1fortheTotalDepth Enter.25astheDepthofCutandhittheEnterKeyonyourkeyboard NowclicktheNextbuttontoadvancetotheLeadspage.

ThePlungeoptionshouldalreadybechecked. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancetotheFinishToolpage.Wearenotusingafinishtoolforthislessonso changethediameterto0.Thatwillcanceloutafinishedtoolinthepostedprogram. NowclicktheFinishbuttontoexitthewizard.

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Step20 PlaceyourcursoronPocketintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickonComputeToolpath.

Theresult:

Letsblankthistoolpathfromthedrawingnowsowecaneasilyseetheholegeometry.Todothis,clickthe smallplus(+)symbolnexttoPocketintheCAMTree.ThenrightclickyourmouseonRoughandclickBlank.

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NowplaceyourcursoronMillingStockintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickonDrill.

ThislaunchestheHoleWizard.

ClicktheHoleoperationandthenclicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizard.
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ThenextpageistheSelectGeometrypage.

ClicktheSelectGeometrybutton.Thisputsyouintoselectionmode.Nowclickoneachofthe4circlesyou createdasdrillholestoselectthem.

Whenyouhaveselectedall4holeshittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.
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TheSelectGeometrypagewillreappearlistingyourholes.

TheDiameterwillbe.5 EnteraDepthof1 ClicktheThroughHolesoption Optimizedshouldbechecked ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancethewizardtotheDrillHolepage.

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TheClearanceplanewillbesetto.1.Thisisfine. EnteraRapidPlaneof1.1 EnteraTopofPartat1 UncheckUseChamfer ClicktheThroughHoleoption Notethattheoverallstockis2inchesthick.Wehavethedrillholesstartingat1andarapidplaneof1.1so thatthedrillclearsthetopofthepartyetbeginstheoperationattheactuallocationoftheholeitself.Rather thanloadthedrillingoperationfirstanddrillthrough2inchesofstockweaddedthemlasttodemonstrate howtosetupyourdepthsforthistypeofscenario. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancetothePostpage.Becausethisisnota4thAxisoperation,clicktheNext buttonagaintoadvancetotheCenterDrillpage.BobCADCAMsoftwareofferstoolpatterns.Thismeans thatforaholeoperationyoucanhavemultipletooloperationsinoneholedrillingfeature. WewillusetheCenterDrillsystemtoolwhichwillalreadybeloadedandsetup.ClicktheNextbuttonto advancetotheParameterspage.TheparametersfortheCenterDrilltoolarealreadysetforthislesson. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancetotheDrillpage.

Onceagain,thedrilltoolisautomaticallyloadedandwedonotneedtochangethis.ThetoolDiameteris already.5.Forthislessonwedonotneedtochangetheoffsetsorspeedsorfeedrates. ClicktheNextbuttontoadvancetotheDrillParameterspage.

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TheParameterspageallowsustoadjusttheeffectivedepthaswellastheoveralldepth.

EnteranEffectiveDepthof1 EnteranOverallDepthof1.1512 TheHoleDiametershouldbe.5 TheCycleTypeshouldbeSingleDepth ClicktheFinishbuttontoclosethewizard. NowplaceyourcursoronDrillHoleintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickComputeToolpath.

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Theresult:

NowclickontheBlankiconlocatedontheViewtoolbarandclickUnBlank.

ClickonthepartmodelwithyourmousetoselectitandthenhittheSpacebaronyourkeyboard.Nowclick theCancelbuttonintheDataManagertoexitthefeature.
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Theunblankedpartandthedrilloperationtoolpath:

Therapidmovesclearthepart.Theoperationsfeedto1wherethetoolwillbegindrilling. YoucannowunblankthepocketingtoolpathbyplacingyourcursoronRoughintheCAMTree,rightclicking yourmouseandclickingBlank.

NowunblanktheZLevelFinishtoolpathbyrightclickingonSemi/FinishintheCAMTree,thenclickBlank.

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DothesamefortheZLevelRoughingoperation.RightclickyourmouseonRoughintheCAMTreeandclick Blank. Thepartandunblankedtoolpath:

NowplaceyourcursoronMillingStockintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickEdit.

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ThiswillopentheStockdialogbox.

TheZTopofStockshouldbe0 Enter4fortheStockLengthX Enter4fortheStockWidthY Enter2fortheStockthickness Enter.1fortheRapidPlane ClickOK.

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Yourtransparentstockshouldbedisplayedintheworkspace.Thebestwaytosetupstockistocreatethe stockgeometryaswedidbycreatingthesquareandusingitassuch.However,evenbyselectingthe geometryyouwillneedtousethiseditfeaturetogiveitaZdepthandX/Yposition.

Toblankthetranslucentstock,placeyourcursoronMillingStockintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseand clickBlank. Postingtheprogramiseasy.Youwillneedtomakesurethatyouhaveloadedthecorrectpostprocessorfirst. Todothis,rightclickyourmouseontheexistingpostandclickEdit.

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ByclickingEdit,youwillopentheSelectPostdialog.

ClicktheSelectbuttontoaccesstheOpendialoggivingyouaccesstoyourexistingpostprocessors.YourMill postprocessorswillbelocatedintheMillFolder.

DoubleclickonapostfileandtheOpenboxwillrevertbacktotheSetPostProcessordialog.ClickOKandthe newpostprocessorwillbelistedintheCAMTree.
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Step21 Clicktheplus(+)symbolnexttoCAMPartatthetopoftheCAMTreetoexpandtheTree.Thenrightclick yourmouseonMillingToolsandclickPost.

ThiswillgeneratetheNCprogram.

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Step22 NowthatyouhavegeneratedtheNCprogram,wecansimulatethetoolpathbyplacingyourcursoronMilling StockintheCAMTree,rightclickyourmouseandclickVerify.

ThislaunchestheintegratedVirtualSimulator.

ClicktheStartbuttonandthenclickanddragthespeedbartoincreasespeedandsimulatethetoolpath.

Youhavecompletedthistrainingexercise.
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ArecommendedaddontotheBobCADCAMsoftwareistheAdvancedPredatorEditorandtheVirtualCNC MillSimulator.Asversion24doesincludePredatorVirtualSimulationandanNCeditorthatarebuiltintothe system,theseavailableaddonsaddahigherleveloffunctionality.TheAdvancedEditoraddonlaunches directlyfromtheV24softwarethroughtheModulesMenuorbyplacingyourcursorintheLayerUCSPost ManagerareaandclickingEditCNCfromthepopupmenu.

OrthroughtheLayerUCSPostManager.

ByaddingtheAdvancedEditortoVersion24youwillbeabletobackplottheNCFileinsimulationmodeas wellasaccessalonglistofEditorrelatedfeatureswhichincludesthesimulationofNCprogramswhileusing yourownSTLcreatedstockshapes,theabilitytoobtaincycletimedataandmuchmore.

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ThepartprogramyoujustcreatedverifiedandbackplottedintheAdvancedPredatorEditor: InitialBackplot&Simulation:

CompletedBackplot&Simulation:

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EditorSimulation|DifferentViewAngle:

MachinedRegionsDisplayed:

FormoreinformationontheAdvancedPredatorEditorcontactBobCADCAM: TollFree:8772622231 International:7274423554 Web:www.bobcad.com

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