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Oct 31, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
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MAC 257 - Computer-Aided Machining CAM I 4 Credits, 6 Contact Hours 2 lecture periods 4 lab periods Computer-Aided Machining (CAM) I Programming of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines using Computer-Aided Manufacturing (Mastercam) software. Includes a review of CNC and Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD), introduction to a CAM environment, creating geometry, operating manager, and code generation.
Prerequisite(s): MAC 155 Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with faculty approved industry experience.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe standard shop safety, positioning systems, orders of operation, proper nomenclature associated with drafting, geometric construction, and windows command.
- Demonstrate basic CAM commands and menu usage.
- Create wireframe geometry on a CAD-CAM system.
- Demonstrate use of the operating manager with tool paths.
- Exhibit the ability to generate code for different numerical control machines.
Outline:
- Review of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) and Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD)
- Safety procedures
- Cartesian coordinate system
- Absolute and incremental positioning
- Order of operation and documentation
- Drafting language and geometric construction
- Introduction to a CAM Environment
- Machining 2D Models
- Main menu
- Overview of CAM icons
- Stock setup
- Explanation of menu bars and their uses
- Import solid models
- Data entry shortcuts
- Creating Geometry
- Arc, lines, radius
- Transforming geometry
- Moving
- Copying
- Rotating
- Mirroring
- Extracting wireframe geometry from solid models
- Operating Manager
- Drilling, contour, pocketing, islands, and surfaces
- Get tool from library
- Selecting tool parameters
- Verification of tool path
- Transform tool path
- Code Generation
- Coding a process model
- Posting code for different machining centers
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2021/22
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