This course teaches CNC programming in a series of lessons in which you type in the G codes, and watch an animated milling machine on the computer monitor.
It is recommended that you first complete the Introduction to CNC Millers Course.
Course requirements are any I.B.M. or IBM-compatible personal computer, a 3.5 inch HD disk drive, and an EGA or VGA or SVGA monitor. The course runs in EGA.
Any screen in the course may be printed out at any time as a graphic print-out. The print-out driver is suitable for Epson 9 pin, 24 pin, IBM Proprinter, Canon Bubble-Jet and Hewlett-Packard (PCL3) laser printers.
This section covers tools used on the course.
This tells of the CNC codes used together with a quick revision of codes and formats followed by exercises to give the lecturer a quick review of the student's ability level.
The section covers the methods used by the milling machine for handling Datums and Datum Shifts.
This section deals with Tool Paths and Cutter Diameter Compensation on the milling machine.
The CNC Interpreter is introduced here, and is used in all the following sections. Here is an expandable picture from this section ...
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The student is given the opportunity to use the Interpreter to write CNC Part Program exercises which can be simultaneously printed.
Here we have the introduction of coding to produce Arcs with Examples and Exercises.
This section deals further with Cutter Diameter Compensation on the milling machine.
This section deals with internal milling problems when Cutter Diameter Compensation is in use.
This section will test to the full the ability of the student to use CNC coding. There are five 'jobs' requiring use of a wide range of codes. A Blank Billet is also available for the lecturer to 'create' any job required. Suggested Part Programs are given for the exercises.
The following features are available in most sections:-
The courses are made up of ten sections any one of which is available from a Drop Down menu. This is accessible at any time so you can interrupt any section to look at the menu and if necessary you may cancel the menu and carry on with the section. You may move forward or back from the menu although initially we recommend you to start at the beginning and work your way through, as the sections are progressive.
We have included a feature which we call 'Logical Paging' as it allows the student to jump forward or back through the sections themselves a 'logical page' at a time.
The exercises are based on randomly-generated numbers. We have also added a Progress Monitoring system. This provides for a continuous print-out of the exercise results and section totals together with a percentage mark at the end of the section.
The courses are well-supported by Animated Graphics and are in EGA mode.
The last six sections of the course are built around the unique and powerful Anima CNC Code Interpreter. This accepts lines of CNC code and gives an immediate graphic simulation of each line. The 'user friendly' responses to incorrect inputs enable the student to progress quickly through the learning process.