Newbie- Right hten, now that iv got it installed, where to start...

[CadEngineer]

hi all,

In terms of CAD and automotive design, I know it inside out. In terms of CNC machining, in not a novice, but I cant go as far as to say that I can proficiently operate a 3 or 5 axis Vertical or horizontal machining station.

So, MY main goal for my profession (As I am in automotive/Formula 1 design) is to move into CADCAM systems. Got EdgeCAM now and its instaled and up and running, but where do I start?

Any tutorials, manuals or documentation anyone can refer me to?

Thanks

[MIKEL12]

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/edgeca..._cd_video.html

[CadEngineer]

Super!!!

Anthing on 5 axis?

Ta

[MIKEL12]

That's everything there is, if you find more please report back.

Edgecam has very little material available for learning, courses are probably your best bet.
I don't do any 5-axis work, but i don't believe it's all that different from 3-axis in software, so if you master 3-axis you can probably figure out the rest from there.

The CD:s from tipsforcadcam.com were great, but they are not available on their webpage anymore. Maybe contact mike and ask him?, he is/used to be active on the forum.

[CadEngineer]

Cheers Mikel12.

seeing as the forum shared its wealth of knowledge for edgeCAM, does anybody want my e-material on Autodesk products? See it as only fair...

[meegers]

Can't your company get you some official training?
If they've invested money in buying a CAM system then they should pay to send you off on a training course, or better still get them to come to you and train on your parts.

[CadEngineer]

were looking into it but weve got a dealdine to meet on a part and, its fallen on my doorstep to sort this out adn it seemed like an ideal opportunity.......

[meegers]

Fair enough, do you know if you've got a valid support contract with Edgecam?
If so, explain what you want to the support guys and they'll help you out.

[CadEngineer]

I dont even think weve got that as we purchased this from liquidated company... Good eh??

[MIKEL12]

I just hope you got a good post to go with your machine, be careful when running it on the machine in shop.
Also if you got edgecam from a liquidation didn't you get a server or a Cam station as well?
In that case there should be some real world examples of edgecam programs on their harddrives somewhere. That should speed up learning.

[CadEngineer]

We just got the program, the ca station and server wnt to a private bidder and the software was all split up and we got all that.

Am going to get into contact with EdgeCAM to see if I can get some sort of support contract or training as thsi is way more complicated than CAD systems.