CAMWorks Assembly Machining

[@puddintame6310]

3:04 Search box 3:23 Creation of a coordinate system, very important in assembly mode and different than part mode. 5:01 Reading in coordinate system in machine tab. Choosing number of axiis. 5:39 Part manager in assembly mode. Choosing which parts in assembly to machine in feature tree. 8:14 Stock manager. 9:38 Parts sharing stock. 10:59 Begin identifying features. 11:32 Two feature trees. Very important. Features are added in the top setup. 12:22 Manual addition of features in mill part setup in feature tree. 13:22 Suppression of instances of features in feature tree. 14:14 Open pocket in assembly mode problem and solution. 15:28 Generate operation plan. 17:24 Overwriting database to assign better tools in feature tree. 18:12 Optimizing the order of a single operation in optimize tab in operation tree. 18:42 Re-ordering order of parts cut using part manager in feature tree. 19:15 Re-ordering order of operations in setup in operation tree. 20:22 Creating multiple configurations. Important if doing multiple setups of the same assembly. 21:42 Manually choosing all instances of parts to machine in parts manager of feature tree to control order of machining. 22:17 Split grouping of part instances in parts manager. 24:53 Importing part data in the feature tree. Important. If you've already programed the part in part mode, feature and machining data can be merged to assembly. 25:37 Combining stock for split groups of instances in stock manager of the feature tree in order to do multiple work offsets. 27:26 Setting up origin for each defined stock in mill part setup origin tab in feature tree. 28:43 After generating toolpaths, setting up origin in origin tab of setup in operation tree. 30:16 Presenter misspoke on the two previous subjects. Setting up origin for each defined stock by splitting setup in feature tree begins here. 32:35 Reading in and assigning fixtures as avoid areas in fixture tab of setup in operations tree. 33:55 Controlling the toolpath around the avoid areas in the advanced tab of the individual operation parameters in the operations tree. 35:05 Sorting/reordering operations for efficiency in sort tab under machine in operations tree. 37:00 Recap of presented points.

[@sliccreations]

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[@yelgo]

thank you so much, this video was pretty helpful to me

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[@andrealves6210]

hello, it´s possible in assembly like this, i can maching 1 part to the end and next pass to the other? Thanks

[@puddintame6310]

Hello Andre. I don't think this is possible while machining in assembly mode. The way I achieved what you're trying to do was, I saved my assembly as a .sldprt. I established my part zero on the lower left instance you want to machine. I then put all my toolpaths on that part, so I was able to complete a part. Then, I changed my machine zero by the same distance to the next part in the assembly. I repeated this until the job was done and I had all my parts out of the material. Not really machining in assembly mode, but I had to create an assembly to know where my next part would be.

[@frcfrc1054]

hello Thank you for video May I ask you question? I need post processor for 3 axis mazak machine. Where I can find this ? thank you Best regards

[@erd39030]

Thank you for your videos!