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SOLIDWORKS BASIC COURSE SOLIDCAM BASIC COURSE: 2.5D MILLING ADVANCED SOLIDCAM TRAINING COURSE HSM TRAINING COURSE HSS TRAINING COURSE SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE TURNING TRAINING COURSE

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SOLIDWORKS BASIC COURSE Length: 3 days Prerequisites: •

Lesson 1: SolidWorks: Basics and user interace 1. What is SolidWorks 2. Creating/Opening les 3. SolidWorks user interface 4. Modeling in SolidWorks

Lesson 2: SolidWorks: Introduction to sketching 1. 2D Sketching 2. Sketch entities 3. Sketch relations 4. Dimensions 5. Extrude 6. Saving les

Lesson 3: SolidWorks: Basic Part Modeling 1. Basic modeling 2. Boss feature 3. Revolved feature 4. Sketching on a planar face

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5. Cut Extrude feature 6. Using the Hole Wizard 7. Filleting

Lesson 4: Assembly modeling 1. Basic assembly approaches 2. Creating a new assembly 3. Adding components 4. Components positioning and mating 5. Sub-assemblies 6. Smart mates 7. Pack and Go

Lesson 5: Confgurations o Parts 1. Congurations 2. Using congurations 3. Creating congurations 4. Editing parts with congurations

Lesson 6: SolidWorks Drawing 1. Creating drawing 2. Drawing sheets and sheet formats 3. Creating and positioning views 4. Dimensioning 5. Tolerances 6. Section view 7. Broken view 8. Detail views 9. Projected view

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SOLIDCAM BASIC COURSE: 2.5D MILLING Length: 5 days Prerequisites: •

Lesson 1: SolidCAM Part Defnition 1. CAM-Part denition process 2. CAM-Part Data 3. CNC-controllers 4. Coordinate Systems 5. Stock Model 6. Target Model

Lesson 2: Introduction to 2.5D Milling operations 1. Face milling operation 2. Tool denition 3. Geometry denition 4. Prole operation 5. Pocket operation 6. Drill operation

Lesson 3: 2.5D Milling operations (continue) 1. Multiple Coordinate System denition 2. Tool Table 3. Geometry denition (continued) 4. Face Milling operation (continued) 5. Prole operation (continued)

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6. Pocket operation (continued) 7. Link movements 8. Rest Material machining 9. Chamfering

Lesson 4: Slot Machining 1. Slot operation 2. Geometry denition (continue) 3. Chamfering with Slot operation 4. Chamfer tool 5. Drill operation (continue) 6. Tool path sorting 7. Templates 8. T-Slot operation

Lesson 5: Advanced 2.5D Milling operations 1. Contour 3D operation 2. Thread milling operation 3. Drill Recognition operation 4. Pocket recognition operation

Lesson 6: Indexial milling 1. Indexial 4th axis milling 2. Indexial 5th axis milling

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ADVANCED SOLIDCAM TRAINING COURSE Length: 1 day Prerequisites: •

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Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts 1. Machining Process Overview 2. Parameterization of operations

Lesson 2: Machining Process defnition 1. Machining Process Table denition 2. Machining Process Table Manager 3. Machining Process denition 4. Machining Process Dene Manager 5. Parameters and Expressions 6. SolidCAM standard functions

Lesson 3: Machining Process Usage 1. Inserting Machining Processes 2. Machining Process Insert Manager 3. Dening the geometry 4. Assigning values to variables

Lesson 4: Advanced Machining Process 1. Assigning pictures to Machining Process 2. Assigning description to Machining Process 3. Machining Process types

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Lesson 5: Standardization with Machining Processes 1. Creating Default Sets 2. Default Sets management and customization

Lesson 6: Machining Processes or automation o Milling tasks 1. Machining Process for Prole Machining 2. Machining Process for the Pocket Machining

Lesson 7: Defning Machining Process with existing operations 1. Dene the operation group 2. Operation groups manipulations 3. Adding operations group to the Machining Process Table

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HSM TRAINING COURSE Length: 2 days Prerequisites: •

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Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts 1. Start HSM Operation 2. SolidCAM HSM Operation overview 3. Parameters and values

Lesson 2: HSM Roughing 1. Contour Roughing 2. Geometry denition 3. Tool data denition 4. Boundary denition 5. Tool path linking 6. Hatch Roughing 7. Rest Roughing

Lesson 3: HSM Finishing 1. Constant Z machining 2. Helical machining 3. Horizontal machining

Lesson 4: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Linear Machining 2. Filleting

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Lesson 5: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Radial Machining 2. Spiral Machining

Lesson 6: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Morphed Machining 2. Offset Cutting

Lesson 7: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Boundary Machining 2. Rest Machining 3. 3D Constant Step Over

Lesson 8: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Pencil Milling 2. Parallel Pencil Milling 3. 3D Corner Offset

Lesson 9: HSM Finishing (continue) 1. Prismatic Part Machining 2. Combine Constant Z with – Horizontal 3. Combine Constant Z with – Linear 4. Combine Constant Z with – 3D Constant Step Over 5. Combine Constant Z with – 3D Corner Offset

Lesson 10: Advanced HSM options 1. Holder Clearance within HSM roughing 2. Taper tool use

Lesson 11: Convert HSM to Sim.5 Axis operation 1. Source Operation denition 2. Associative Conversion 3. Tools Limitations 4. Tool Axis Control Limitations

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HSS TRAINING COURSE Length: 1 day Prerequisites: •

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Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts 1. Start HSS Operation 2. SolidCAM HSS Operation overview 3. HSS Strategies overview

Lesson 2: Parallel Cuts strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool denition 3. Parallel Cuts - Constant Z 4. Parallel Cuts - Linear 5. Parallel Cuts – Hatch 6. Tool path linking

Lesson 3: Parallel to curve strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters 3. Gouge checking

Lesson 4: Parallel to surace strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters

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Lesson 5: Perpendicular to curve strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters

Lesson 6: Morph between two curves strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters

Lesson 7: Morph between suraces strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters

Lesson 8: Projection strategy 1. Geometry denition 2. Tool path parameters

Lesson 9: Advanced HSS options 1. Gap areas machining 2. Undercut areas machining with Lollipop tool/T-Slot 3. Rounding Corners

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SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE Length: 4 days Prerequisites: •

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Lesson 1: CNC-Machines, kinematics and architecture 1. Head/Head CNC-Machines 2. Aerospace parts machining with Head-Head CNC-Machines 3. Table/Head CNC-Machines 4. Revolution parts machining with Table-Head CNC-Machines 5. Table/Table CNC-Machines 6. Die & Mold parts machining with Table-Table CNC-Machines

Lesson 2: 5-axis machining operations 1. Working with xed rotational axes 2. Simultaneous 4-axis machining 3. Simultaneous 4+1-axis machining 4. Simultaneous 5-axis machining

Lesson 3: SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis Machining overview 1. SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis operation overview 2. Stages of the Sim. 5 Axis Operation parameters denition

Lesson 4: Coordinate Systems 1. Main Work Coordinate System 2. Part setup

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Lesson 5: Tool path output 1. Gcode in CAM-Part coordinates 2. RTCP – Rotate Tool Center Point 3. Gcode in absolute coordinates of CNC-Machine

Lesson 6: Tool defnition 1. Tool parameters denition 2. Tool contact point 3. Tool tip 4. Feed/Spin denition

Lesson 7: Tool orientation 1. Tool orientation vector, unit vector 2. Surface normal at contact point 3. Surface tangent at contact point in cutting direction

Lesson 8: Machining geometry overview 1. Analytical surfaces 2. Ruled surfaces 3. Advanced surfaces

Lesson 9: Machining geometry defnition 1. Drive surface denition 2. Surface offsetting 3. Trimming/Extending 4. Corner rounding 5. 2D boundary denition 6. Steep/Shallow areas denition

Lesson 10: SolidCAM Sim. 5-Axis machining strategies 1. Strategies overview: Swarng and Tracing 2. Parallel cuts 3. Parallel to surface

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SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE 4. Parallel to curve 5. Orthogonal to a curve 6. Engraving (Projected contour) 7. Morph between two curves 8. Morph between two surfaces

Lesson 11: Machining area control 1. Machining of whole surface 2. Machining of part of surface

Lesson 12: Tool path arrangement 1. Cut areas order: lanes and regions 2. Zigzag machining 3. One way machining 4. Spiral machining 5. Cutting order 6. Start point

Lesson 13: Tool path precision 1. Cutting tolerance 2. Tool position output frequency 3. Contact point control 4. Step over / Scallop 5. Maximum angle step

Lesson 14: Tool tilting overview 1. Main side tilt angle 2. Cutting direction tilt angle 3. Resulting tool axis orientation 4. Lag angle

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Lesson 15: Tool axis control 1. Main Side Tilt Angle denition 2. Cutting Direction Tilt Angle denition a. Following surface parametric lines b. Orthogonal to cut direction vector c. Interpolating through tilting lines d. Main spindle direction e. User dened vector 3. Resulting Tool Axis Orientation a. Normal to surface b. Fixed angle to axis c. Interpolation between tilting lines d. Through point e. Through curve 4. 4 and 4+1 tool axis orientation

Lesson 16: Machining levels 1. Clearance surface 2. Initial tool axis distance 3. Retract level 4. Safety level

Lesson 17: Tool path linking 1. Operation Start/End level 2. Lead-in strategies 3. Lead-out strategies 4. Tool path linking: slices, passes 5. Gaps control

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SIM. 5-AXIS TRAINING COURSE Lesson 18: Gouge checking 1. Gouge checking overview 2. Gouging between tool assembly components and surfaces 3. Check surfaces 4. Gouging avoidance strategies a. Retraction along tool axis b. Moving tool away c. Tilting tool away d. Leaving out gouging points e. Stopping tool path calculation 5. Using gouging in tool path manipulation

Lesson 19: Roughing options 1. Roughing options overview 2. Depth Cut machining 3. Multi Passes machining 4. Area Roughing 5. Morph Pocket machining 6. Plunging

Lesson 20: Tool path transormations 1. Translate 2. Rotate around axis

Lesson 21: Motion Limits control parameters 1. Angle Pairs 2. Large angle changes control 3. Linearization / Angular Interpolation 4. Singularity 5. Machine Limits control

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Lesson 22: Convert HSM to Sim. 5 Axis operation 1. Source Operation denition 2. Associative Conversion 3. Tools Limitations 4. Tool Axis Control Limitations 5. Relink Option

Lesson 23: Multi-Axis drilling 1. Multi-Axis drilling operation overview 2. Geometry denition 3. Machining levels 4. Depth control 5. Sorting 6. Technology parameters

Lesson 24: Machine simulation 1. Machine Simulation overview and GUI 2. Machine denition process overview 3. Machine denition parameters (*.mac) 4. Basic parts denition 5. Translational axes denition 6. Rotational axes denition 7. Workpiece position and orientation 8. Tool position and orientation 9. Control gouges

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TURNING TRAINING COURSE Length: 2 days Prerequisites: •

Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts 1. SolidCAM Turning overview 2. Basic concepts 3. Process overview

Lesson 2: Turning CAM-Part defnition 1. CAM-Part denition process 2. CNC-controllers 3. Coordinate Systems 4. Material boundary 5. Clamp 6. Target Model 7. Envelope generation

Lesson 3: SolidCAM Turning operations 1. SolidCAM Turning operations overview

Lesson 4: Turning operation 1. Turning operation overview 2. External rough turning 3. Facial Turning 4. Tool denition

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6. External Rough tools 7. Feed / Spin denition 8. Tool path parameters

Lesson 5: Drill operation 1. Tool denition 2. Drill tools 3. Start/End drill positions 4. Tool path parameters

Lesson 6: Turning operation (continue) 1. External nish turning 2. Internal turning 3. Internal Rough tools

Lesson 7: Grooving operation 1. Grooving operation overview 2. External/internal grooving 3. External/internal Groove tools 4. Tool path parameters

Lesson 8: Threading operation 1. Threading operation overview 2. External/internal threading 3. External/internal Threading tools 4. Tool path parameters

Lesson 9: Parting 1. Use of Grooving operation for cut-off parts

Lesson 10: Advanced Turning 1. Rest Material turning 2. Long parts machining

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MILL-TURN TRAINING COURSE Length: 2 days Prerequisites: •

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Lesson 1: Introduction and Basic concepts 1. Mill-Turn Module Overview 2. CNC-Machines 3. Basic concepts 4. Process overview

Lesson 2: Mill-Turn CAM-Part defnition 1. CAM-Part denition process 2. CNC-controllers 3. Coordinate Systems 4. Material boundary 5. Clamp 6. Target Model 7. Envelope generation

Lesson 3: Turning on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines 1. SolidCAM Turning operations overview 2. Turning operation 3. Geometry denition 4. Tool denition 5. Technology parameters denition

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Lesson 4: Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines 1. SolidCAM Milling operations overview 2. Facial milling 3. Sim. 4-axis milling

Lesson 5: Indexial Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines 1. Indexial Milling on 4-Axis CNC-Machines 2. Indexial Milling on 5-Axis CNC-Machines

Lesson 6: Back Spindle Usage on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines 1. Back Spindle use overview 2. Operation with / without cut 3. Operation sequences 4. Main and Back Spindle denition 5. Back Spindle sub-operations 6. Connecting Back Spindle 7. Move Back sub-operation 8. Transfer sub-operation

Lesson 7: Simultaneous 5-Axis Milling on Mill-Turn CNC-Machines 1. Sim. 5-Axis operation overview 2. Parallel Cuts strategy 3. Parallel to surface strategy 4. Geometry denition 5. Machining levels denition 6. Tool path parameters denition 7. Tool path linking 8. Tool tilting 9. Gouge checking 10. Motion limits control 11. Machine simulation

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