Designcenter NX Total Machining fact sheet

A nine-page fact sheet describing Designcenter NX Total Machining (called NX Total Machining in the document), the NX package that combines a full CAD seat with turning, milling, high-speed and 5-axis machining. It reads as a detailed capability list, going operation by operation through what an NC programmer can do with the package.

What the document covers

• Turning: associative turning profiles, roughing, grooving, threading, cutoff, teach mode and tool assembly set-up
• 2.5-axis milling and drilling, hole making, volume-based milling, feature-based automation and Renishaw probing cycles
• 3-axis milling for mould and die work, adaptive high-speed roughing, Z-level and rest machining, NURBS output and facet machining from STL or JT data
• Rotary 4-axis milling and 5-axis roughing, swarf and tool tip cutting, and automatic tilt to avoid holder collisions
• Toolpath- and G-code-driven machine simulation, multichannel synchronisation, Post Configurator, shop documentation and feed rate optimisation
• CAD functions for NC preparation and the full CAD/CAM content: synchronous modelling, assemblies, drafting, surfacing and sheet metal, with optional Teamcenter integration

Who it is for

NC programmers, CAM engineers and production managers in shops running mill-turn, multi-axis and high-speed machines, especially for complex parts, moulds and dies.