Introduction to EdgeCAM.pdf

EdgeCAM User Guide

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Getting Help

To assist you in your work EdgeCAM features various prompts and help systems:

Tooltips and Feedback

Hover the cursor over a button to see descriptive text

(usuallyenabled).

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Also look at the Status Bar on the bottom left of the

screen which gives a brief explanation of the

command (as well as other useful information and

prompts relevant to your current task).

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Customer Support

Accessible to registered users via the

Help menu.

Online User Guide Help

Complete reference information

accessible via the Help menu. Help

system includes indexing and a full text

search facility.

Online Dialog Help

Help on the settings in a dialog,

assessed through the dialog's Help

button.

Tutorials

Step by step exercises using example

parts, that quickly get you start with

EdgeCAM.

Getting Technical Support

Contact your local supplier/distributor for:

Software Updates

Customised Application Software

Hotline Support

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Alternatively use the Help menu options:

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Support Web

Page

Takes you to a continually updated web page of support information. Available to

registered users only.

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Support

Session

You use this to join a two-way interactive support session with a Customer Support

Engineer.

In the session, EdgeCAM may be demonstrated to you, for example. You can also

demonstrate what you are doing on your machine to the support engineer.

To join the session you first need to contact your Reseller, who can set it up and

issue you with a session number.

Selecting the 'EdgeCAM Support Session' option will start your Internet Explorer and

display a log in page where you will enter your session number and name.

Or go to www.EdgeCAM.com.

UK Customer Support

Email: uksupport@edgecam.com

Telephone: +44 (0) 118 975 6084

Fax: +44 (0) 118 975 6143

US Customer Support

Email: support@edgecam.com

Telephone: +1 248 356 8800

Fax: +1 248 356 8811

International Customer Support

Please contact your EdgeCAM Reseller.

To check the version and build number of your EdgeCAM installation use the About EdgeCAM (Help

Menu) command.

About EdgeCAM

EdgeCAM offers you a complete CAM solution, enabling you to quickly produce CNC code for

imported or internally-generated part designs, and giving you control over all the stages of the

process.

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You can:

Import part design geometry :

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Import designs from a wide variety of CAD packages including Autodesk Inventor,

SolidWorks, CATIA V5, SolidEdge, UGS NX, Pro/Engineer.

Import solid model designs in a wide variety of interface formats, including STEP,

IGES, SAT, DWG, DXF, VDA.

Or create your own geometry:

Create surfaces and wireframe within EdgeCAM for part design and toolpath control.

Create machining:

Base your milling and turning on wireframe, surface or solid geometry.

Quickly create toolpaths with many automated settings using operations . To fine tune

the toolpaths, edit the cycles within the operations (or create cycles directly).

Choose tools from a comprehensive tooling database :

You use the 'ToolStore' supporting application.

Input your own tooling data or import from 3rd party suppliers.

Automate speed and feed selection using stored tooling and material data.

Create milling machining :

Create a wide variety of machining such as roughing, profiling and facing, using

strategies such as lace, flowline and waterline (z-level).

Create up to 5 axis machining - multi-index and simultaneous.

Create turn machining :

Create a wide variety of machining including rough and finish turning, rough

and finish grooving.

Create multi turret and multi-spindle machining.

Program twin turrets independently, with manual synchronisation, or use the

'balanced' cycles with automatic synchronisation.

Incorporate milling machining with a mill/turn machine.

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Create configurations supporting your machine tools:

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Use the 'Code Wizard' supporting application to configure your machine tool

capabilities into a single 'Code Generator' (post-processor) file, for quick selection.

Configure multi-axis (linear and rotary) milling machines and turning machines. Use

the 'get you started' templates for many popular machines and controllers including

Fanuc, Okuma, Daewoo.

Include a graphical representation of your machine using the provided, or custom

(solid model) graphics.

Simulate your machining :

Watch you part being machined in a graphical representation of your machine,

checking for collisions and so on.

Generate CNC code for your machining, tailored by your stored machine

configuration .

Quickly manipulate your machining :

Automatically adapt your machining to external changes in the solid part file

('associativity').

Change the order of the machining.

Mirror and copy toolpaths

Edit parameters such as tool diameters, with instant toolpath regeneration.

Create automated tasks

Use EdgeCAM's 'PCI' macro language.

Create 2 to 4 Axis Wire EDM .

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