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Layers in Edgecam

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Layers in Edgecam, when I was a planning engineer at Rolls Royce in 1971, the year they went bust and the government had to take-over, everything was done with a good old fashioned pencil.

The way that you could build up drawings was with the use of see through tracing paper. This meant that you could have different things on different sheets of tracing paper. For example one sheet could just be the dimensions. So when you layered them all on top of each other you could see the whole drawing. On the other hand if you wanted to be without the clutter of the dimensions you could remove that sheet.

Layers in Edgecam

Ok that said well that’s the principle of having Layers in Edgecam or any CAD system. You can put anything on any layer and then display the layers as and when you wish. If you just want to see your solid model and nothing else you can click show only on that layer and the model is all you will see.

You can see what a powerful tool this is when used right. Unfortunately when used wrong it can be very confusing.

When you are drawing (lines circles etc.) or you are extracting edges. Always be aware that this is going onto whatever is the active layer.

It is really easy to think that maybe you didn’t draw that line and it just disappeared (no this is CAD CAM not David Blaine). That line or extraction is just on a layer that is not turned on. It’s there, you just can’t see it till you turn it on.

Layers in Edgecam

It can be very difficult to find something if you don’t know what layer it’s on. So you try switching them all on, oh dear what a mess more clutter than a teenagers bedroom.

Layers in Edgecam

Ok so what you do is always use meaningful names for your layers. For example CLAMPS and if you have made containment boundaries I usually prefix the layer CONT and then the name TOP EDGE or whatever it is. I am sure you can work out your own system for this.

A few tips

If you prefix something with a space it will go to the top of the tree because in alphabetical index space is before letter A. You could use two spaces and be sure it will be above anything else.

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You could prefix all your containment boundaries with a number 1 so it would be 1 CONT TOP EDGE etc. That way these would all sit together in the list.

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I usually try to put my model, my stock and my fixtures at the top, each prefixed with a space. These are the layers I would want going into simulation so I can easily see them to turn them on.

If you click the model on the screen a box will appear with the layer name which you can change if you so wish.

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Part Xplore New Addition to Edgecam Toolbox

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Part Xplore Edgecam

Part Xplore Edgecam never let me down with their ability to keep improving and advancing their software. Now they added Part Xplore to the suite of software. I am going to be using this no end in my videos and am so excited I had to make a movie about it.

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Edgecam Tutorial Assemblies and Filters

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Edgecam Tutorial Assemblies and Filters

Edgecam Part Modeler is once part of the Edgecam suite of programmes. You can create solid models very easily with Edgecam Part Modeler from simple line drawings.

You can move straight into Edgecam from Edgecam Part Modeler and start machining your component.

The brilliant thing is that through associativity you can alter the model and Edgecam will immediately know that you altered it in Part Modeler.

It will then allow you to automatically update the Edgeam programme to suite. Anyway watch my video on associativity

Edgecam Tutorial Assemblies and Filters

The video below is about how you can build assemblies. This could be something like a fixture with all its bolts and clamps.

This could be one complete assembly and you could move it around and do all sorts of things to it as a single unit.

You can also have sub-assemblies which are assemblies inside assemblies.

Edgecam Tutorial Assemblies and Filters

The great thing is that if, for example, you make a clamp, a bolt and a nut as a single assembly, when you get into Edgecam and you need to move them over a bit you can easily move them in one go as a single unit.

All you would have to worry about is filling in the hole you left behind and creating a new one in the new position.

Edgecam Tutorial Assemblies and Filters

It’s really easy to drag and drop bits or full assemblies around. That means you can take a part and move it into a different assembly very easily.

All CAD system will have a form of assemblies they just may work a little different to Edgecam Part modeller.

Filters

This is how you get the various items in your assembly to be displayed on the screen. It’s like each bit has its own light switch so you can see everything or just a single nut.

It’s like stripping your engine down and just seeing the crankshaft without getting oil on your mothers carpet.

In Edgecam Part Modeler you just set up a load of filters, give them meaningful names like whatsit and thingummy.

Then you tell each filter what bit you want it to show. It works the same way as Layers in Edgecam (did you watch the video?)

When you click the filter, well that’s the light-switch.

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Moving Stuff Around In Edgecam Part Modeler

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Edgecam Part Modeler and Edgecam

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Where we have been most effective in training companies and employees is in the full integration of the Edgecam suite of programs.

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The Edgecam powerful suite of Programs,

  • Solid modelling in Part Modeler.
  • Edgecam Designer
  • Create CNC code with Edgecam.
  • Edit CNC program Editor.
  • With PartXplore you can interrogate models in any format and produce assemblies and all kinds of shit.
  • You can build your own fully modeled fully functional tool store.
  • Edgecam comes with an easy to use wizard for creating fully modeled post processors from a template or from scratch.

 

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We can help you to use Edgecam to transport you into the present.

Modelling fixtures and tooling to create meaningful simulation.

You will save hours in lost production through collisions and errors at the coal face.


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  • We can teach you how to easily design simple fixtures on the fly.
  • Test them.
  • Adjust them and import clamps and fittings off the shelf
  • All this without cutter touching metal and most of all without production loss and collision.

Here is a tutorial video that explains all about how you can easily move things around in Part Modeler

It’s really easy once you understand the rules.

 

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Make sure you are using the latest version of Edgecam. This software is rapidly evolving. You can spend a small fortune on tooling and CNC machines. Your CAD CAM system can make you fire on all cylinders.

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