NX9 CAM Whats New V1

Uwe Edlinger - October 2013

What’s New in NX 9 CAM

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM Usability, Selection, and Tools

Usability

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Description / Notes Description: • Add a description to any program, operation, geometry group, method • Similar to Tool Description • Column in Operation Navigator • If undefined, displays legacy value • MOM variables output • More flexible than object name

Notes: • Store text information for any operation. • More flexible than object name • Simpler than text attributes • Comments, instructions, history • Access from Operation or Navigator • Column in Operation Navigator • Text Editor - cut, copy, paste, import, save • Output for post and shop docs as MOM variable array. Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 3

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM Usability, Selection, and Tools

NX Ribbon

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NX 9 Ribbon Elements

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Tabs allow multiple workflows in the same UI layout. One-click away. Group names identify related commands Mixed icon sizes direct new users to preferred commands. Large icons allow easier access to frequently-used commands (for all users) Galleries provide an expandable set of graphical tools

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM Usability, Selection, and Tools

Geometry Selection

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Edge Bounded Region • • • • • •

New selection method for Cut Area Region bounded by edges instead of faces Also known as 3D containment loops Visual feedback of gaps as edges are selected Intent is preserved with model updates Easier than Extract Region of Faces or Surface Regions

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Boundary User Interface

• Dialog • Similar to CAM Geometry - Standard NX selection • Material Side replaced with Tool Side Watch the lists • Members shown in sub-list and focus to • Journaling know what is • On screen display and interaction selected • Preview during creation • Start, End, Direction, Tool Side, Tool Position • Custom Boundary Data – Select start point • Custom Member Data – Select tool position indicator • Dialog list actions • Mill boundary and mill area geometry groups only Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 8

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM Usability, Selection, and Tools

NX Tools and Libraries

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Flute Length on Drills • Automatic (legacy) behavior updated to be more realistic. • Holemaking Spot Drill, Countersink, Center Drill Flute Length is • If zero, set automatically to where angle meets diameter not just for • Hidden in Tool dialog visualization • Ascii Library – OOTB FLEN added and set to zero/null. anymore • Library conversion – OOTB Tools will change FLEN to zero Customer Value • Realistic flute length • Avoid collision and gouge check warnings for non-cutting tool segments

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Set Machining Data • Options to not set Depth per Cut or Stepover • No change in setting Feed and Speed • Cut Depth is optional • Stepover is optional • Set for each record (Not global) • Edit Machining Data Libraries • Uncheck box to deactivate setting • Database • -1 = do not set

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What’s new in NX 9 CAM 2.5-Axis Machining Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM Manual Drilling / FBM Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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Manual Drilling – Operation (1/2)

Manual Drilling Operation (NX 9) Processor / NCM Feature Foundation

New operation for manual drilling (Phase 1) • 4 dedicated subtypes to manually program most hole configurations • In-Process Feature transfer between operations (IPW aware drilling) • Explicit Depth & Model Depth • Blind/Through Offsets • Multiple hole directions • Motion output for Machine Cycle or Single Moves • Additional cycles for Deep Tapping, etc. • Basic Optimization

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Manual Drilling – Operation (2/2)

Manual Drilling Operation (NX 9) Processor / NCM Feature Foundation

New operation for manual drilling (Phase 1) • • • •

Aligned NCM with Thread Milling and Hole Milling Clearance, Bounding Box, Bounding Cylinder, etc. Between Holes Transfer/Rapid Initial and Final Transfer/Rapid

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Manual Drilling – Geometry Definition / Workflows 4 possible workflows to define & use hole geometry for drilling 1. Hole or Boss Geometry from inside the operation (no geometry parent)  Select geometry for each operation 2. HOLE_BOSS_GEOM parent  Minimize the geometry selection 3. Feature Group (FBM_GEOM parent)  Eliminate the geometry selection 4. FBM  Full Automation for finding features and creating hole machining operations

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Manual Drilling – Visualization

• Visualize the In-Process Feature in each operation

Centered Hole (SPOT_DRILL)

Hole (Drill, Bore, Ream, etc.)

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Threaded Hole (Tapping, Thread Milling

Hole (Hole Milling)

Chamfered Hole (C-Sink) Siemens PLM Software

Groove Milling

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Groove Milling New operation for milling straight grooves with a T-Cutter • • • •

Single straight groove per operation in NX 9 One click groove geometry selection IPW aware Utilizes ‘In-Process Feature’ concept

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Groove Milling New operation for milling straight grooves with a T-Cutter • IPW aware • Rough and finishing with multiple operations, different tools, feed rates, etc. • Know remaining material for finishing of floor, ceiling and wall

Roughing

Finishing

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Automatic Tracking Points for T-Cutters

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4 system defined tracking points SYS_OD_Top, SYS_OD_Bottom, SYS_CL_Top, SYS_CL_Bottom Associative to diameter and flute length of T-Cutter

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Contact Output for Thread & Hole Milling Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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Contact Contour Output for Thread & Hole Milling

• NX 8.5 leftover • Aligned with other operation types to allow using the same compensation method on shop floor • Supported for all patterns (helical, spiral)

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What’s New in NX 9 CAM 3 – 5 Axis Milling Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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Interactive Cut Region Management Key Objectives • Machine entire Cut Areas applying Cut Patterns to subsets of Cut Areas using 3 or 3+2 Tool Axis • Divide the Cut Area into Steep & Non-steep areas • List and graphical representation of Cut Regions within Area Milling operations Key Requirements • Analysis Cut Regions for Holder & Shank collisions to optimize the Tool & Tool Axis • Capability to edit, divide and optimize cut order • Defer Cut Regions to follow-up Area Milling operations in the process workflow Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 27

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Interactive Cut Region Management Cut Region List • Access from Geometry in Operation dialog • Create Region List • Empty List - Current automatic behavior • Operation – create regions for this operations (same as Generate) • Import – Regions deferred from other operations.

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T-Cutter Contour Undercutting

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T-Cutter Contour Undercutting • Enhancements to Surface Contouring • Projection Vector Tool Axis Up • Non Cutting Moves Engage and Retract Extend before and after Arc • Use T-Cutters to cut the underside of ledges • Profiled with Boundary Drive Method • Ledges can be flat or contoured

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Increased Efficiency in Milling

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Increased Efficiency in Rest Milling Key Requirements (NX8.5.1 to NX90) • Smooth Non Cut Move connections fined tuned for Flowcut • All Area Milling processors • Fine tuned for Flowcut patterns • Avoids plunge or lift moves • Preview in NX8.5.1 MP1 with ENV • UGII_CAM_NEW_SPLINE_NCM=1 - to use new spline moves • UGII_CAM_SAMPLE_SPLINE_NCM=1- for -

tolerance used for point density • Engage and retracts must be set to none • Holder clearance to control engage and retract creation • Released in NX9.0 • New UI controls Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 32

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Tilt Tool Axis NX 9 Enhancements • Cavity Milling and Variable Axis Surface Contouring operations • Tools without holders • Non-ball tools • Multiple tilts without regenerating original • Define the tool orientation with spherical angles, points, or curves • Avoid collision with retract or tilt • Specify machine tool axis tilt limits Workflow • Generate a tool path without collision avoidance • Tilt Tool axis to avoid collision Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 33

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Tilt Tool Axis • All Fixed Axis operations including Cavity MILL • Caution – collision check does not consider blank / IPW! • Use reasonable clearance values to be safe

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Cavity Mill – Efficient Rest Material Removal • New option  Cut Below Overhanging Blank • Avoid cutting below overhanging IPW • Increases generation time but dramatically reduces machining time • Improved consideration of “Min Material Removed” • Prevent redundant cuts for small amount of material • More efficient tool path where Level Base IPW cannot be used

Machining time 19 minutes

Machining time 12 minutes

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Divide by Holder • • • •

Preview project completed for release Divide at collisions or transfer moves Overlaps, Minimum Cut Length, Trimming Steep Angle Multiple Tools • Specify list of tools to use up front • Individual Operation parameters for each tool • Create a template or Copy/Paste operations with the Divide parameters • Divide again without regeneration

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Cylindrical Parts Finishing Specialized 4 axis machining of rotary parts with cylindrical floors • Setup – Mill Rotary • Geometry Group – ROTARY_GEOM • Operation – ROTARY_FLOOR • Ball tool only • Floor Finishing with Zig / Zigzag • Tool axis – 4X with lead angle • Smart avoidance by tilting • Optimized sequencing with safe and smooth step-overs • Infrastructure for other future rotational parts milling requirements Customer Value • Focused solution to address milling requirements of this family of parts Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page 37

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Multi Blade • Roughing supports bull nose and flat end mills • Blade and blend finish improved surface quality • Better alignment of tool axis orientation between cut levels • Smoother tool axis change for Helical cut (under ENV: UGII_CAM_5AXIS_BLADE_NEW_HELICAL_TILTING=1) • Faster generation time • New option to define Blade Edge Point • Better alignment with swarfing (Preview)

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Multiple Part Programming using Copy/Paste with Reference Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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Multiple Part Programming with NX CAM Use Cases • • • • •

Programing of multiple parts in a single or multiple setup Mass production, large batch size production Tombstone Setups Multi-fixture devices Indexing tables

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Multiple Part Programming with NX CAM General Concept • Program once, reuse everything or a subset multiple times at different locations

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Multiple Part Programming with NX CAM Functionality (2/4) • Different colors for object names to indicate Parent/Child dependencies • New ‘Dependencies’ column to visualize Parent/Child dependencies • New tool path icon to indicate ‘linked’ tool path

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Part Off Operation • New Part Off’ operation uses Part Off cut strategy in Turn roughing • Generates associative motions • Easy to use IPW aware depth control

• Optional corner treatments • Feed rate control

• UDE events

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Tool Library Support for Wire EDM • • • • •

Upper/Lower guide definition, like tool holders Holder library support, import/export Tool path collision check WORKPIECE geometry group for part/check/blank geometry Prerequisite for ISV & future IPW handling of WEDM operations

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Claus Michelfeit / May 2013

What’s New in NX 9 CAM Visualization Restricted © Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved.

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Multi Color Material Removal • Available in ISV and Verify 3D • 10 colors available • Assignment • By Tool • Same tool will get same color • 11th tool will get 1st color • By Operation • 11th operation will get 1st color • None (one color like NX 8.5) • Colors not saved in IPW

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• In Process Workpiece • Gouge Check • Simulation User Interface • Show Thickness by Color • Postprocessor • OOTB: Templates & Content • Configurable Parser • NX Virtual Machine

What’s New in NX 9 CAM Visualization

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Show Thickness by Color • Edit ranges in Show Thickness By Color • Selection of IPWs

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