CAMWorks 2014 What’s New

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• View and Compute the Canned Cycle Start Position• Create Turn Feature from Model Faces• Improved associativity of the turn features defined from Sketches• Simplified Interactive Turn Feature Creation• Application of SolidWorks Filters to simplify Turn Feature Creation• Provision to override Turn Feature Extents at Operation Level• Improvements to the Sub spindle operation• Stock Manager now available in Property Manager UI• Machining Threading operations using Groove Inserts• Support for Holders in Turn Single Point Tools• Auto Setting for Turn Cored Stock• Change in name of the Machine Node• Change in name of the Example Turn Machines

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What’s new in CAMWorks 2014

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• Use Work-in-process model for Simulation• Provision to view Tool vectors for toolpaths during Step Through• Access to CAMWorks Tutorials • Change in name of all Insert commands and dialogs from ‘Insert…’ to

‘New…’• Change in location of the ‘Edit Definition’ command on the context

menu• Preview Window in Create Tool/Holder utility• Functionality to configure CAMWorks License from within CAMWorks• API Macro to create a multi surface feature from the faces having a

particular color • License Improvements to Preserve User data• Saving commercial mode files in Educational or Demo versions

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What’s new in CAMWorks 2014

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• Provide the ability to compute the canned cycle start point based on the stock and to override the automatically computed turn canned cycle start position

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Canned Cycle Start/End Position

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• Simplify entity selection for defining turn feature by providing a new functionality to define turn feature from model faces

• Improved associativity because the segments are associated with the faces

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Create Turn Feature from Model Faces

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• Associate turn feature segments with the sketch segments so that turn feature gets rebuilt properly

• Previously, the turn feature would fail to rebuild if any of the segment start or end did not match with the new profile. For the features defined from the sketch, this will not be the case and the features will get rebuilt successfully

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Improved associativity of the turn features defined from Sketches

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• Button to delete all selected entities in the Insert Turn Feature and Edit Turn Feature dialogs

• Simplify the process of interactively creating a Turn feature by eliminating the accidental selection of unintended SolidWorks entities• In the Part Profile method is Plane Section, the SolidWorks filter “Filter Faces”

ensures that only turn model faces are selected. • In the Part Profile method is Revolved Section, the SolidWorks filter “Filter Vertices”

ensures that only turn segment entities are selected.• For turn features defined from open or closed sketches, the SolidWorks filter “Filter

Vertices” ensures that only turn segment entities are selected.

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Turn Feature Definition – Ease of Use

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• Enables changing the Turn Feature Extents at the Turn Operation level in addition to the existing functionality of defining Feature extents at the Feature level• Defining the Turn Feature extents will be available on the Feature Options tab of the Operation Parameters dialog for the following Turn operations:

• Face Rough• Face Finish• Turn Rough• Turn Finish• Bore Rough• Bore Finish• Rough Groove• Finish Groove• Turn Threading

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Provision to override Turn Feature Extents at Operation Level

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• Few of the sub spindle commands were missing and were not organized properly

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Improvements to the Sub spindle operation

CAMWorks 2013 CAMWorks 2014 Changes“Spindle Axis Control” (formerly Spindle on/off/lock) will have following options•Engage Milling Mode•Disengage Milling Mode•Lock•Unlock

Synchronize Spindles will have following options•Speed synchronization for Turning•Phase synchronization for Turning•Turn off synchronization•Mill C-Axis synchronization•Turn off Mill synchronization

Spindle speed will have an option to turn off the spindle

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• Provides better access to the viewable graphics view area.• UI looks native to SolidWorks

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Stock Manager now available in Property Manager UI

Mill Stock Manager

Turn Stock Manager

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• Similar to Mill, Turn bar stock can be defined from offsets• Makes it easy to define the stock• Improved associativity because of offset definition

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Stock offsets for Turn Stock

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• Enables machining of threading operations using Groove inserts • Using Groove inserts facilitates machining of square threads

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Machining Threading operations using Groove Inserts

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• Holders similar to mill holders are not available for the tools in Turning

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Holder for Point-to-Point tools in turning

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• Automatic update of Turn Stock Strategy based on core diameter • When the user tabs out of the Core Dia control with a value > 0.00, the Strategy will

automatically be set to Cored• When Strategy is set to Solid, the Core Diameter value will be set to 0.00• If Core Diameter == 0.00, the Strategy can be set to Cored if required

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Automatic update of Turn Stock Strategy

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• The Format of the machine node is changed from ‘Machine name’ to ‘Machine[<Machine name>]’

• This will help in identifying the node, especially during the support calls/mails• Examples:

• ‘Mill-in’ renamed to ‘Machine[Mill-in]’.• ‘Mill-in 4ax’ renamed to ‘Machine[Mill-in 4ax]’.• ‘Turn-in’ renamed to ‘Machine[Turn-in]’.• ‘Turn-in 4ax (2+2)’ renamed to ‘Machine[Turn-in 4ax (2+2)]’.• ‘Mill/Turn-in’ renamed to ‘Machine [Mill/Turn-in]’.• ‘Mill/Turn-in 4ax (2+2)’ renamed to ‘Machine[Mill/Turn-in 4ax (2+2)]’.• ‘Wire EDM Mode-inch’ renamed to ‘Machine[Wire EDM Mode-inch]’.

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Change in name of the Machine Node

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• The default names of the Turn machines are confusing. It needs to be changed as per the industry name.

• Turn-in Turn - Single Turret• Turn –in 4ax (2 + 2) Turn – Twin Turret• Mill/Turn – in Mill-Turn – Single Turret• Mill/Turn-in 4ax (2+2) Mill-Turn – Twin Turret

• Turn mm Turn - Single Turret• Turn –mm 4ax (2 + 2) Turn – Twin Turret• Mill/Turn – mm Mill-Turn – Single Turret• Mill/Turn-mm 4ax (2+2) Mill-Turn – Twin Turret

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Change in name of the Example Turn Machines

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• Option to use work in process model when the simulation is invoked on an operation or a setup node

• If <SHIFT> is pressed while invoking the Simulation command on an Operation or on a setup node then the user will be shown a dialog to use WIP model as a stock

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Use Work-in-process model for Simulation

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• Option to view tool vectors for toolpaths when Step Through Toolpath command is executed

• Useful for 5-axis toolpath

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View Tool vectors for toolpaths during Step Through

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• Facilitates easier access to CAMWorks Tutorials while CAMWorks is running within the SolidWorks/ CAMWorks Solids application

• Currently, the CAMWorks Tutorials can be accessed from the Start Menu of the Windows taskbar by selecting Start>>Programs>>CAMworks201x>>Manuals, but hardly anybody goes to Start Menu as CAMWorks does not have any EXEs

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Access to CAMWorks Tutorials from CAMWorks

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• Change in name of all Insert commands and dialogs from ‘Insert…’ to ‘New…’• For example

• Insert Group… renamed to Create Group…• Insert 2.5 Axis Feature… renamed to New 2.5 Axis Feature…• Insert Part Perimeter Feature renamed to New Part Perimeter Feature• Insert Multi Surface Feature… renamed to New Multi Surface Feature…• Insert Wrapped Feature renamed to New Wrapped Feature• Insert Turn Feature renamed to New Turn Feature• Insert Profile Feature renamed to New Profile Feature

• Context Menu (RMB Menu) rearranged for consistency• Edit definition is always the first command• Properties moved downwards

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Change to CAMWorks Commands

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• Preview shows the tool shape that will get created• Improved interactions

• Automatic file name• Dialogs remembers the type of tool (Mill/Turn) created

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Preview Window in Create Tool/Holder utility

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• Launches ‘easy to use’ dialog when license is not detected.

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License Configuration from Within CAMWorks

• Remembers last license type used and guides accordingly.

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• An example, but fully functional macro that shows hot to create a Multi Surface Feature from the faces having a particular color.

• Macro path and name is C:\CAMWorksData\CAMWorks2014x64\API\API_Samples\Mill_Features\DefineMultiSurfaceFeature_FaceColor.swp

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API Macro to create a multi surface feature from the faces having a particular color

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• Once a file is opened in CAMWorks, the CAMWorks data present in this file will be saved in the same mode (Commercial/ Educational, etc.) in which it was originally opened.• Commercial data will not get converted to Demo or Educational mode

• CAMWorks data saved in commercial mode cannot be saved in Demo or Educational mode

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License Improvements to Preserve User data

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