Course:  NX CAM Express Fundamentals

Duration:  3 days

Version: NX8 (older versions upon request)

At Course Completion

After successfully completing this course, you should be able to perform the following activities in NX:

• Create Manufacturing assemblies
• Create parent group objects that supply information to operations
• Utilize options and parameters that are common to various operation types
• Create drilling, planar milling, face milling, cavity milling, and contour milling operations
• Generate, verify, and post tool paths

 Prerequisites

This is a basic NX manufacturing class that requires you to have basic computer knowledge and experience as an NC/CNC programmer.

 Course Content

Course consists of;

• PowerPoint's to support the Instructor’s lecture.
• Instructor lead demonstrations.
• Instructor lead activities.
• Independent practical activities to reinforce the lessons.

Topics:

Day 1
            Lesson 1: Basic CAM Fundamentals
The student will be introduced to:

• NC Programming Sequence
• Manufacturing Toolbars
• Manufacturing Assembly
• Manufacturing Setup
• Creating an Operation
• The Operation Navigator

            Lesson 2: Tools
The student will be introduced to:

• The concept of carriers, pockets and tools.
• The creation of carriers, pockets and tools.
• Assigning tool numbers  

Lesson 3: Cavity Mill and Parent Groups
The student will be introduced to:

•  The Cavity Mill operation
• The creation and modification of parent groups in the Cavity Mill operation
• The Cavity Mill parameters and how to use them to rough and semi-rough a part
• The creation and use of Tool objects. 

Lesson 4: The Operation Navigator
The student will be introduced to:

• Activation of the Operation Navigator
• Functions of the Operation Navigator
•  Manipulation, customization, and control of the Operation Navigator
• Operation Navigator symbols
• Operation Navigator shortcut menu

Day 2

Lesson 5: Coordinate Systems
The student will be introduced to:

• The use and functionality of the various coordinate systems.
• The creation and move the Machine Coordinate Systems (MCS).

            Lesson 6: Visualization
The student will be introduced to:

• The use of Visualization to inspect single and multiple tool paths
• The display of the tool as it removes material in one or more tool paths
• How to change the Tool Path display options

Lesson 7: Planar Milling
The student will be introduced to:

• The creation of Planar Mill operations
• The creation of Part and Blank boundaries in a MILL_BND Parent Group
• The creation of Planar Milling tool paths that cut multiple levels
• The utilization of Profile cut pattern

Lesson 8: Face Milling
The student will be introduced to:

• The creation of Face Milling operations
• How to cut single and multiple faces
• How to avoid cutting open areas on a face
• The use of various Cut Methods in face milling operations

Day 3

Lesson 9: Drilling
The student will be introduced to:

• The creation of Drill Geometry Parent Groups, Drilling tools, and Drilling operations.
• How to specify and edit drill geometry from within an operation
• Optimization of drilling tool paths
• The creation of cycles and cycle parameter sets
• The use various options to control drilling operations

Lesson 10: Text Engraving
The student will be introduced to:

• The creation of drafting notes to be engraved
• The creation of tool paths for planar text from drafting notes
• The creation of tool paths for contour text from drafting notes

Lesson 11: Tool Path Information Output
      The student will be introduced to:

• The creation of output a CLSF
• Post processing with NX POST
• The creation of Shop Documentation

Lesson 12: Fixed Contour milling
The student will be introduced to:

• Fixed Contour Area Milling and Flow Cut Drive methods to create tool paths
• Creating Geometry Groups used for Fixed Contouring operations
• Choosing the most appropriate drive method for a Fixed Contour operation
• Applying the more advanced concepts of Fixed Contour operations for creating tool paths

 Note:  The number of lessons covered on any given day could vary due to the progress of the class.

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