Clear Cut Solutions, Inc

Ok, so I hope that you are a meat and potatoes kind of person because in this post we will be covering the meat and potatoes of our big picture effort. In fact, we will cover every aspect of programming this job from building custom tooling to using stored favorite programming methods. This post will… Continue reading »

First thing’s first. Happy New Year! So here I am, back at work writing a new post processor for one of our customers. It was just a simple post for a Haas machining center. When you’re developing a post processor, you need a sample Cam file to test with. So I quickly banged out a… Continue reading »

In all of the years that I have spent working with various cad and cam software’s, I have always tried my best to be as efficient as I could be while using these products. Sometimes being efficient meant that we had to change either our approach or the products that we used…or both. Often times,… Continue reading »

TopSolid Cam 7 is founded on the principle of assembly-based machining. In this post we will show you how easy it is to bring in your custom fixtures and assemble them onto your machine of choice. In this case, we will be using full machine simulation during the programming stages. It is our goal to… Continue reading »

In this video you will be shown the first steps of a machine definition in TopSolid’Cam (v6). Here you will import a parasolid file directly as a Cam file.  Then you will put each of the elements onto some specific layers.

This video will show you how to reposition a part within TopSolid’Cam (v6). This can be very useful if you need to maintain the “as cut” stock condtion when you flip your part over.

This video will show you how to modify the settings of a vice in TopSolid’Cam (v6).

This video will show you how to use TopSolid’Cam’s chronogram to simulate syncronized machining on a mill/turn machine.

This video will show you how to reposition a part inside of TopSolid’Cam (v6). Repositioning can be very useful when you want to maintain that “as cut” stock condtions.

This video will show you how to use the Quick Clamping method in TopSolid’Cam v6. It will also show you how to create some basic stock so that you can begin programming your part.

This video will introduce you to some more of TopSolid 7′s direct modeling tools.

This video will show you how to enamble and use document moving within TopSolid 7. Document moving can be a valuable tool to help you better organize your projects within TopSolid 7′s PDM.

This video will show you how to use coordinate system to coordinate system positioning within TopSolid’Cam (v6).

This video will show you how to take an existing tool path and save it as a reusable process within TopSolid’Cam (v6).

This video will show you how to create a basic pocketing process within TopSolid (v6).  A process is a type of automation that you can create in order to speed up programming tasks and help to eliminate errors.