Create an NC program and setup sheet for soft jaws

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Create an NC program and set up sheet for soft jaws.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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create an NC program for a soft jaw setup.

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Create a setup sheet for soft jaws and post process tool paths

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in fusion 3 60. Let's carry on with the design from our previous example.

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What we want to do now is carry on the process of creating

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the required documentation for the tool path needed for our soft jaws.

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We want to validate our tool paths by selecting the entire setup,

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going to actions and simulate.

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Keep in mind because the stock was selected from already machined parts.

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We are not going to see stock removal.

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If you need to see stock removal, then you need to make ad

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featured or a simplified version of the soft jaws.

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When we originally imported and created the soft jaw geometry,

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we had blank versions of these that we could use as stock.

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But once again, we simply need to validate where the tools are going

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and make sure that we don't have any collisions

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to ensure that we don't have any collisions.

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We can use this set up because the stock would be

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removed and we would end up colliding with additional geometry.

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If there was a problem,

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I'm gonna toggle on the tool path, slow the speed down

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and play through to make sure that we are removing all the material needed.

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The big thing that we want to check here is

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that the rapid movements are going up and around the part

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and that we're not accidentally colliding with any other geometry.

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It looks like if we left any less than this half inch,

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we could potentially have a problem where we

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do begin colliding with the other soft jaw.

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Everything so far looks pretty good.

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So I'm gonna speed ahead and make sure that

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the D burr and the champ doesn't have a problem

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once again with operations like this,

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you would want to make sure that you validate that your tool is not going too far down

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and actually colliding with some of the hardened sections of your vice.

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In this case, everything looks OK.

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So what we want to do is create our NC program and

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then create our post processed NC code and our setup sheet.

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We'll select set up and create NC program

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inside of here.

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It's important to remember that the program name

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number and the comment are coming from our setup

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and it is a good idea for us to include part numbers of our parts.

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But soft jaws and fixing generally aren't going to be

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included in that because there is no part number.

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So you need to come up with a good solution for this depending on your workflow.

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But in this case, we're gonna add CC dash sp dash fr dash 001.

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This is the front caliper.

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Uh It is REV B even though that's not going to affect the soft jaw.

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And I'm just going to put an SJ after it for a soft jaw.

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It's a good idea for us to validate

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everything including the operations included and say,

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OK,

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note that if any changes have been made to the file,

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this could be as simple as adding things like a section view to the design

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that other NC programs will be out of date.

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Unlike tool paths,

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we can't simply go to actions and generate because the out of

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date warning is supposed to prompt us that there is a problem.

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This is why it's important that we add things like notes

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to our setups and information about the version or the rev

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with soft jaws.

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Typically,

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you would actually use an engraving tool and engrave a part number directly on it.

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This helps understand which program number and which revision

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of that part is going to be used.

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We've omitted that for this example,

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but just keep that in mind that there

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are certain instances where some sort of standard,

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for example,

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using a part number directly on the soft jaw itself is going to be important.

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Let's go ahead and rename this soft jaw

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one.

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And now we want to go ahead and post process this to

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create the code as well as create our new setup sheet.

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When we select post process, if one already exists again,

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it's gonna ask us to overwrite.

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Notice that.

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Now we've got the part number, the REV and SJ for soft jaw listed at the top of our code.

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We do wanna always validate that we're using the correct coordinate system G

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Next, we're going to right click and create a setup sheet

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from here. We're going to select save

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and once again validate that we are getting our program comment,

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which is going to be our part number.

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REV and SJ,

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we want to make sure that all the information is included

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and that all the tools are clearly defined

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once you're happy with this information.

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Once again,

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anybody with access to the project will be able to see

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that inside of the data panel in fusion 3 60.

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Or you can print it to a PDF or a physical piece of paper.

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When you take your NC program or your G code directly to the machine

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at this point. Let's make sure that everything is saved before moving on.