The New dialog box is the first thing you see when starting up FeatureCAM. The choices that you are offered will be limited by the FeatureCAM modules you have purchased.
Follow these steps:
Determine the type of the first setup of your part from among:
Turn for 2-axis turned parts. Remember this is only the type of the first setup of your part. Your part can contain multiple setups and these setups can mix different manufacturing techniques.
Turn/Mill for turning that supports live tooling.
Mill for 2 ½ D or 3D milled parts. Select this type for 5-axis positioning as well. Once again, this is only the type of your first setup.
Wire for a 2 or 4 axis wire EDM part.
Multiple fixture for laying out multiple parts on the table. This indicates that you will be mixing different milled parts for multiple part manufacturing. See Multiple Fixture documentfor more information.
Tombstone. See Tombstone Machining for more information.
Simulation machine design. Use this document to create a machine tool model for simulation. See Machine Design Overview for more information.
2. Select the units you will use to model your part from among:
Inch
Millimeter
See System units for more information
3. Select how you would like to setup your stock. Select from:
Wizard – The stock wizard will be displayed next. This option is best for novice users.
Properties – The stock Properties dialog box. This dialog box presents the pages of the stock wizard in a more concise form.
None – You will not be asked to setup the stock, but you will have to do it explicitly later.
4. Click OK