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Well, you have got further than I have. I have a very simple part, freshly loaded into a brand new installation of SC2016 SP2hf1 and when I right-click on "Hole recognition + technology >> SHR" (as...

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I want to get my head around using SolidCAM's Automatic Feature Recognition & Machining (aka AFRM) particularly in situations where a hole (a) enters a face at an angle a (b) has...

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I hope that there is some Heidenhain expert out there who can answer this. On the H'hain iTNC 530 and TNC 640 you set the work datum using the PRESET table and in this PRESET table...

You need to edit your gpp file. Go to the section "@line and check out the xpos, ypos and zpos values for something like this

Xpos:xpos_f

Where the stuff after the colon is a declared string...

Our workstations have to be hooked up to the Internet because the software licences are regularly 'phoning home' to check that the licence is valid. A lot of software will not be fully featured...

When SolidCAM say it's going overseas they mean Israel. That is where their headquarters are. When you bought SolidCAM did you get them to sign a NDA?

I know and I hoping to test it on one of my parts very soon. If mirroring works with 3 + 2 drilling and five axis machining then I shall break out the champagne! :cheers::banana::)

In all...

In another life I was part of a business that built very big machine tools for machining of aircraft wing components and the machine in question had two spindles on the gantry (this machine was big -...

Everything you need to know is in the GPP help files that come with SolidCAM.

The first thing to do is activate the trace command in your post-processor file (*.gpp) to see what the CAM is passing...

That is pretty much what I do but I use the "Save As" facility from within SolidCAM.

I find the pain comes from (a) having to define a lot of MAC positions again (b) having to redefine and...

Producing a mirrored (or 'handed') part in SolidCAM is very, very painful. It stems back to the use of SolidWorks as the CAD engine upon which the CAM system rests.

If you use SolidWorks to create...

That works in a GPP file but it seems that SolidCAM's document generation functions using a *.DPP file are completely broken.

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Does anyone have any experience using the DPP (document generation function) in SolidCAM.
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I have been trying for some time to use this function to generate my tool set-up...

I think that this is a post processor issue. Try generating the program without block numbers - it will not make any difference to the control. Alternatively, just select one job in the CAM Job tree,...

Your step-overs with the ballnose endmills are too big. For mould work I normally set the step-over at between 3% ~ 5% of tool diameter, so in your case try setting the step-over for the Ø6 at 0.25...

As I said, check your MachSim model and the vmid file. There may be a discrepancy between them. Also, there may be an issue with your post processor that is related to the vmid file.

In the Machine Control tab set "Machine Limits" to "'No limits'. However, if your vmid file and MachSim truly reflect the kinematics and axis limits of your machine you may find that the machine...

Use the Split and Machine Setup functions (right click after you have highlighted a job in the Job Tree to see these functions). Split will force the creation of separate G code files and Machine...

What version of SolidCAM are you using? This is important as prior to SC2014 the machine simulation info was split across two files, the VMID and the PRP. From SC2014 onward, everything is defined in...

This can be addressed by using sub-routines (or "procs" in SolidCAM speak) and setting up your post accordingly. Not something I have ever done so I can't be of much more use I'm afraid.

Hi Steve,

Thank you for your very kind words. I only did what others have done for me over the years - it is good to pass the help along.

Good luck in your new venture. Just mind out for the...

By and large, your summary is spot on. You can control HSR using constrain boundaries just the same as in HSM and you can use a 2½D profile as a constrain if you wish.

With a 2½D part only needing...

Mike,

If you have a lot of pockets at different depths with flat floors, vertical walls and the need to maintain a tolerance then I don't think using HSR will gain you much, Consider it, If you go...

Mike,

You are spot on with your first point. If you can use 2½D strategies, do so. It might take longer to program or be a little more involved, but the machining will be far more efficient.

In...

It took me a while, probably about a year, to get my 5X post for our Hermle C20U to state where I will send posted code straight out to the machine and expect no CAM rework. In the early months I was...

The basic difference between HSS and HSM is one is surface based (HSS) and the other is model based. I use both depending on what I need to do, though I would say that I use HSM about 80% of the...

There are PDF manuals and tutorials available. Talk to your reseller and I am sure they would let you have them

You need to tighten up the faceting tolerance in SolidVerify as what you are measuring is resultant STL which is comprised purely of triangles. To speed things along the error tolerance in...

Yes, I've had a go and it's reasonably easy. have a look in C:\Program Files\SolidCAM2013\Solidcam\_XmlDoc for some Excel workbooks and make a copy to play with. I found all variables that exist in...

You can have more than one setup in a CAM part which enables you to machine the turnover operations in SolidCAM and simulate them (to separate the code use a 'split'). You can even get MachSim to...