CAD/CAM/NC PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS

GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit

Datacut offers the GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit. The product concept was to develop an inexpensive product for people new to part programming. The Starter Kit illustrates principles found in many CAD/CAM systems and will provide benefits to new programmers no matter what system they ultimately use.

The system includes a full CAD system as well as CAM and related NC programming utilities. While the CAD system operates with full precision and can output normal drawings, the G-Code output is limited in decimal precision for clarity in educational environments for which the product has been developed. It is viable in an industrial setting to help understand the overall working of an integrated CAD/CAM system, and is especially beneficial in any type of formal educational setting.

The CAD/CAM Starter Kit is comprised of several components each organized to accomplish a specific task in a logical fashion. Components include a GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit base manual, an ATP Companion manual, and three diskettes with the software. No software key is required and will even operate on an 80286 based system.

The base manual provides an easy to follow introduction into programming terminology and basics. This is continued in two separate step-by-step tutorials one each for mill and lathe. Both mill and lathe tutorials should be studied in that the basic programming techniques illustrated are valuable in any machining environment.

The ATP Companion is a compilation of 69 Advanced Tutorial Programs on disk with supporting documentation in the ATP Companion manual. Again they are arranged in a progressive manner, teaching programming concepts and building on the knowledge of the previous lessons. Mill and Lathe programs are both used to demonstrate concepts of increasing complexity and difficulty.

The ATPs provide an exceptional teaching base for structured part programming educational situations. The GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit is priced where it can serve as course work materials, relieving an educational institution of the need to purchase multiple seats, and provide the student with a valuable compilation of programming information for future use in industry.

The ATP Companion programs cover a wide variety of topics and subjects in general as well as fine detail including:

Contouring
Uniform Stock
Undercut Avoidance
Pocketing (Zig-Zag and Spiral)
Picking with windows
Tool files
Animation
Machining Parameters
Drilling
Patterning
Layering and program organization using layers
Multiple operations
Engraving (simplex, duplex, both inset and raised with tapered tooling)
Positioning Points and LeadIn/LeadOut elements
Work Views
Sample Milling Program, machining an entire part, auxiliary views
Rear Lathe
Rough Cycles PARZ, PARX
Facing and Boring (rough and finish)
Turning with undercut
Threading (ID/OD)
Grooving Facing Cycles (angled, past a line, back chamfer)
Cutoff Cycles including Parts Catcher
Drilling, Tapping, Chasing (In/Out)
Sample Turning Program

The GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit is a unique product not available anywhere else. It provides a foundation in CAD/CAM for anyone wanting to learn part programming. Although designed to be generic in nature, the product does integrate Datacut software and users of the CAD/CAM Starter Kit will have an excellent understanding of the Datacut part programming systems. Datacut has provided an upgrade path to its full commercial license products for anyone who purchases the GRAFX CAD/CAM Starter Kit.

See why this product was a 1995 NEW PRODUCT AWARD FINALIST in Metlfax Magazine.

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