[oldraven]

Hello all,

I need help to setup the clamp / chuck in Solidcam turning.

Going through the motions until I get the message that the tool will interfere with the clamp (chuck I presume).

How do I set up or see the clamp / chuck?

I am working my way through a Tutorial called Axis.

Normally I would expect to be able to set the length of the object I want to turn.
Say a chess pawn, that will have a specific height when turned out of aluminum stock.

Any ideas how to set the clamp for cylindrical stock?

Regards

Jos PA0AMX

[Piobaire]

The "clamp" is the jaws and it need to be specified in setup of the CAM job, done as a geometry, same way as stock geometry. The easy way is to make a SolidWorks template with the chuck+jaws in one sketch and the stock material in another. You could easily edit dimensions and hide/show those sketches as you want. Then draw your part in a 3:rd sketch and make a solid or stay in 2D as you whish.
When you start a "New" part in SolidWorks, the SolidCAM turning template will show up and chuck/jaws + stock material is already there and just need some minor changes in diameter and/or length. If you set the jaw-sketch line collinear with the stock diameter, you've just to change in 1 place... etc.

Please also take a look at Sid, the SolidCAM professor at SolidCAM webpage. :-)

Best regards
/Piobaire

[oldraven]

Thanks Piobaire,
I figured this out by going back to SW Featuremanager (before defining the main spindle) and draw a single clamp at the long side of the stock.
Than back to SC and Main spindle > Define Chain.
This works at the moment.

I read somewhere that there is a clamp in SW2010 that can be called up by clicking somewhere, cannot find this function.
I will have a look again at Sidney and see how he does this.

Than you for this answer,
Jos PA0AMX
Holland