The automotive and supplier industry is facing an epochal transition. Companies can only secure their future by getting fit for future trends in good time. No matter whether cars will be powered by fuel cells, batteries or hybrid engines, lightweight construction will be the key to success.

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Simplified
CAM programming for Clay Modelers

Including:

• Overview Design process
• Introduction Clay Milling Interface
• Workflow from CAD to Clay

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Run your CNC machines unsupervised

Including:

• Extract the maximum process capability from your CNC machinery
• Complete toolpath control to optimise part quality and accuracy
• Automatic gouge and collision avoidance for lights-out machining

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Improve part quality with probing

Including:

• Improve workflow
• Integrate inspection with machining
• Anytime cloud collaboration

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Maximising productivity using machine verification and simulation

Including:

• Verification as a key enabler for ‘lights out’ machining
• New automated technology for collision avoidance
• Latest developments for dynamic machine control

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Get the most out of your CNC Machinery with adaptive clearing strategies

Including:

• What is Adaptive Clearance?
• Features, advantages and benefits of Adaptive.
• Getting the best from Adaptive Clearance.

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Surfacing Editing Tools #1

Including:

• Stitching to wireframe
• Stitching to surface edges
• Stitching to surfaces
• Curve matching

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Curve Machining

Including:

• 2D Curve Area Clearance
• 2D Curve Profile
• Chamfer Milling
• Face Milling

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Introduction to Surface Milling #2

Including:

• Combined strategies
• Corner machining
• Swarf Register Now

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Powershape reverse engineering #2

Including:

• Automatic Mesh Segment tool
• Manual Mesh Segment tool
• Automatic Surface Trimming

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Basic customisation

Including:

• Customised toolbars
• Shortcut keys
• Introduction to Macros
• Basic Macro edits

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Introduction to Surface Milling #1;

Including:

• Overview to Different Strategies
• Examples of Simple Surface Milling Techniques
• Introduction to Collision Avoidance: Lead/Lean

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Including:

• Creating surface from a mesh
• Shrink wrap surfaces
• Using the Segmentor

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Including:

• Getting the most from curve projection toolpaths
• Getting the most from surface projection toolpaths

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Including:

• How the Part Library can improve your efficiency
• Using the "Paste Special" wizard to paste items into the document
• Utilizing Add-Ins to intelligently program Part Families

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PowerMill for mould and die - The Key to Optimal Machining Productivity

Including:

• Utilize stock models to reduce cycle time.
• Quick 3 to 3+2 with Dynamic Machine Control.
• Feed your machine the right amount of points.

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Associative sketches

Including:

• Basic use of constraints such as Parallel, Coplanar, Tangent, Perpendicular while using Associative sketch mode.
• Incorporating Parameters and dimensions within an associative sketch

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Projection strategies for line, point and plane

Including:

• A detailed insight into parameters controlling the use of Plane, Line & Point projection toolpaths.
• Strategy, projection direction, axis limits and tool axis control will be covered in this session.

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Multi-task machining - create milled and turned features on the same component

Including:

• Turn/mill programming
• Multi-spindle programming
• Multi-turret programming
• Process synchronization

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What’s new in PowerShape 2018

Including:

• New ribbon interface
• Mesh modelling enhancements
• Sketch using parameters

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What’s new in PowerMill 2018

Including:

• Ribbon interface
• Dynamic machine control in region
• Improved stock simulation

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What’s new in FeatureCAM 2018

Including:

• Automatic 3+2 positioning
• Automatic angle for parallel finishing
• New ribbon interface

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Model analysis tools

Including:

• Surface inspection
• Model comparison tools
• Smoothness, Undercut & Accessibility shading

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Machine axis control (Orientation Vectors)

Including:

• Controlling an asymmetric head (head/head/Gantry type configuration).
• Polar milling Using the C-axis rotation of the machine

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Post processor editing - 5 simple changes you can make yourself

Including:

• Add a tool list to NC code
• Change radii to R rather than I J K values
• Add info to header of NC Code

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Core / Cavity separations techniques

Including:

• Using solids to split parts
• Visible and invisible methods
• Solid continuous regions
• Die wizard
• Interactive wizard

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Flowline Finishing and Profile Finishing

Including:

Flowline Finishing

• Creating curves
• Creating intermediate curves

Profile Finishing

• Inside / outside edges
• Base positions
• Multiple cuts.

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Machining Configurations - how to use them to change starting defaults

Including:

• Bulk edit – don’t edit ~50 separate hole features!
• Multiple fixture documents – make more than one part at a time

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Re-Engineering – Creating primitives from points, clouds & meshes

Including:

• Automatic Mesh Segmentation to create primitives
• Manual Mesh Segmentation to create primitives
• Using the Primitives from Points tool
• Creating primitives with relationships to other objects

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Getting the best from model area clearance

Including:

• Stepover control, getting an efficient toolpath – Spiral, remove cusps etc.
• Raceline smoothing
• Tool type – Form tool V’s Tip Radius
• Step cutting, ‘rest machine as you go…’
• Unsafe segment removal
• Automatic verification

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