CATIA Lathe & Prismatic Machining |
Benefits |
- Unique environment to combine milling and turning operations in a single program
- Automatic machining preparation to identify machining areas for 2.5 axis and drilling
- Drastic reduction of NC programming time through automation of the machining process
- Seamless design-to-manufacturing process with manufacturing features recognition and full associativity in the event design changes are made
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Capabilities |
- Full set of 2.5 axis milling and drilling operations for accurate tool path definition, including support of High Speed Milling technology
- 2-axis turning and drilling operations
- Automatically creates all prismatic geometrical machining features of a design part for milling and drilling machining
- Benefit from NC machine definition to check accessibility and to manage transition motion between machining operations
- Powerful automation capabilities for efficient NC programming
- Capitalization of already defined processes thanks to machining process templates
- Automatic sequencing, User Defined Features
- Accurate verification of the tool path including simulation of material removal and analysis of remaining material in photo mode
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CATIA Surface Machining |
Benefits |
- Best in class surface machining quality, faster machining time, and ensured collision free tool paths
- Drastic reduction of NC programming time thanks to process’ templates
- NC machining time reduction thanks to optimized tool paths
- Ultra-large NC program management and ultra-fast computation thanks to 64-bit support
- Seamless design-to-manufacturing process with manufacturing features recognition and full associativity in the event design changes are made
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Capabilities |
- Full set of high end 2.5 and 3 axis milling and drilling operations for accurate tool path definition, including support of High Speed Milling technology
- Powerful roughing, semi-finishing and finishing strategies
- Automated detection and reworking of non-machined areas in roughing or finishing
- Powerful automation capabilities for efficient NC programming
- Capitalization of already defined processes thanks to machining process templates
- Automatic sequencing, User Defined Features ...
- Accurate verification of the tool path including simulation of material removal and analysis of remaining material in photo mode
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CATIA Multi-axis Surface Machining |
Benefits |
- Best in class surface machining quality (especially through accurate scallop height calculation), faster machining time, and ensured collision free tool paths
- Drastic reduction of NC programming time through automation of the machining process
- Ultra-large NC program management and ultra-fast computation thanks to 64-bit support
- Seamless design-to-manufacturing process with manufacturing features recognition and full associativity in the event design changes are made
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Capabilities |
- Full set of high end 2.5, 3 and 5 axis milling and drilling operations for accurate tool path definition, including support of High Speed Milling technology
- Several 5-axis contouring and sweeping strategies
- Multi-axis machining of multiple surface with full collision avoidance
- Automated detection and reworking of non-machined areas in roughing or finishing
- Powerful automation capabilities for efficient NC programming
- Capitalization of already defined processes thanks to machining process templates
- Automatic sequencing, User defined Features ...
- NURBS output for five axis machining
- Accurate Verification of the tool path including simulation of material removal and analysis of remaining material in photo mode
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| CATIA Advanced Multi-Axis & Pockeet Machining |
Benefits |
- All-in-one milling option
- Best in class surface machining quality, faster machining time and ensured collision free tool paths
- Drastic reduction of machining operations and NC programming time savings
- Especially for multi-pocket parts (programming is up to 8 times faster with 75% fewer operations)
- Through-machining process automation
- Ultra-large NC program management and ultra-fast computation thanks to 64-bit support
- Seamless design-to-manufacturing process with manufacturing features recognition and full associativity in the event design changes are made
- Detailed analysis of the machined part and Multi-axis analysis of remaining material
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Capabilities |
- State of the art machining techniques support: HSM capability, strategies for hard materials
- 5-axis flank contouring
- 5-axis helix machining for turbo-machinery parts
- Global and automatic machining strategy for multi-cavity parts
- Powerful automation capabilities for efficient NC programming
- Capitalization of already defined processes thanks to machining process templates
- Automatic sequencing, user defined Features...
- Accurate verification of the tool path including simulation of material removal and analysis of remaining material
CATIA NC Machining Verification
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Benefits |
- Detailed analysis of the machined part
- Multi-axis analysis of remaining material
- Ensured full collision-free tool path between tool assembly and machining set up
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Capabilities |
- Advanced verification capabilities for 5-axis positioning and machining
- Graphical comparison of machined part and design part
- Graphical visualization of clashes between tool / tool holder / shank and part or fixtures
- Measurement of machined parts, including pick-point analysis
- Machining times and collision details reports generation
- ISO-code tool path validation (Machine Tool Simulation option needed)
CATIA Machine Tool Simulation
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Benefits |
- Reduction of lead-time from programming to production
- Unequalled tools and machine protection investments thanks to realistic simulation
- Tool path validation during NC programming to avoid problem and modification loops, and increase process quality
- Elimination of interface issues
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Capabilities |
- Automatic mounting of work piece and machine setup validation
- Integrated simulation of NC machine motions and material removal based on tool paths or ISO code
- Synchronized display of ISO code during ISO based simulation
- Easy collision queue setup and detection, distance and band analysis
- Interactive modification of tool path or machining operation for collision avoidance
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CATIA Machine Tool Builder |
Benefits |
- Single environment to completely define the NC machines
- Easy validation of the defined NC machine tool, its kinematics, travel limits and home positions in the definition phase
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Capabilities |
- Completely define the NC machines including geometry, kinematics (forward & inverse) and attributes
- Ability to assign post processor and controller emulator information as required by post processing and simulation
- Validate the defined kinematics, travel limits, tool change positions and home positions using the "Jog" functionality
- Reuse D5 Virtual NC machine geometry and kinematics
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CATIA Composites Manufacturing Preparation |
Benefits |
- Fully integrated in the V5 environment
- Management of the manufacturing parameters at the early stages of the design process
- Easy collaboration between design and manufacturing office enabling concurrent engineering
- Strong manufacturing partnerships ensure that composites solution can be used by any company, irregardless of the manufacturing process and machine providers
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Capabilities |
- Dedicated manufacturing part modeling capabilities such as manufacturing shell swapping, material excess definition and 3D multi-splice
- Best-in-class fiber simulation and flattening tools for early assessment of manufacturability
- Effective manufacturing export capabilities and automatic shop floor documentation
- Powerful synchronization/collaboration mechanisms with engineering detailed design
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