FeatureTURN Fundamentals Training Syllabus

Note:  Students should be familiar with 2.5D machining prior to attending the TURN training.

FeatureCAM Overview

• What is a Feature

• Features as a building blocks

• Dimension driven or boundary based  features

• Fundamental concepts

• Geometry

• Curves

• Features

• Tool paths and simulation techniques

• NC code

Interface Overview

• Pull down menus

• Toolbars

• Graphics window

• Text window

• Status Bar

• Controlling what you see and how you see it

• Selecting

• Entity properties

Constructing Geometry

• Geometry fundamentals

• Coordinate systems and insertion planes

• Points

• Lines

• Circles

• Arcs

• Fillets

Editing tools

• Clip

• Trim/Extend

• Infinite

• Translate

• Rotate

• Scale

• Reflect

Creating Curves - Curves are boundaries

• What are curves

• Methods of creating curve

• Curve wizard

• Editing curves

Features - Features ARE tool paths

• Feature fundamentals

• Manipulating Features

• Making Features

• Hole

• Turn

• Bore

• Groove

• Thread

• Face

• Cutoff

• Tweaking the tool paths

Generating NC code

• Order of Manufacturing Operations

• Process Plan

• Ordering Optimization Rules vs templates

• Including or Excluding a Feature for Manufacturing

• Simulation techniques and controls

Tooling

• Feed & Speed Data

• Tool Manager

• Tooling Overrides