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Showing posts with label Machining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Machining. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Drafting and Dimensioning in Solid Edge Tutorial

Ally PLM has created another wonderful Lunch Bytes Solid Edge video tutorial. This time the topic they cover is Solid Edge drafting, dimensioning, and annotation tips and tricks. More detailed topics include how to create drawings in Solid Edge, how to create a quicksheet template, how to add different views, how to create dimensions and annotations, how to make sheet metal callouts, and more. Watch this awesome Solid Edge tutorial below:

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

How do you change the spindle speed in the middle of a tool path?

I was recently wondering if there was a way to change the machining speed in the middle of a tool path in CATIA's advanced machining workbench. I have a part that we want to enter slowly, proceed along a surface, and then change to the regular machining speed. Breaking the tool path into two operations is NOT possible in this situation. One solution, though not ideal, is to use the Toolpath Editor and inset SPINDL speed changing statements at the desired point using the PP Word Modification.

This option will lock the toolpath so you must make sure you have finalized your machining operation. If you unlock and regenerate the MO then you will lose all of the toolpath modifications, which makes this solution not the best one, in my opinion, but the only one I've discovered which works thus far. Any other solutions?