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2016 PLTW Engineering Teacher of the Year Chris Hurd

[widgetkit id=1700] Original article in PLTW’s website can be found here. Chris Hurd, PLTW Engineering Master Teacher at Cazenovia High School in Cazenovia, New York, received the 2016 PLTW Engineering Teacher of the Year award at PLTW Summit 2016. Hurd has been teaching PLTW Engineering since...

EdgeCAM Tutorials

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Below are the best of the best in our EdgeCAM video series. This will be the last version of these, as both Jim and I have gone exclusively to HSM in the classroom. These videos are wildly popular on our Youtube channel, and I am sure they will be for a loooong time to come…. EdgeCAM is wildly...

HOW DO I GET RID OF A SNIPE IN VERIFY?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: Every time I verify my code in CNCMotion, a little snipe appears as if the tool is ramping into the part. It doesn’t do this when I run the program… What’s up? Answer: Well that’s an easy fix! Watch below! .youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}The Adobe Flash Player...

CNCMOTION: BAD ARC ERROR

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: I get a Bad Arc error when I try to verify a program in CNCmotion. What gives? Solution: One of two problems: You have the endpoint or arc center incorrect, OR you need to change the run settings. See the video below. .youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}The Adobe Flash Player is required...

THE STOCK IN CNCMOTION IS THE WRONG SIZE! HOW DO I CHANGE IT?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: The stock in CNCmotion is the wrong size! How do I change it? Solution: This is an easy! Use the 3D Image menu! Watch the video below: .youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback.Get the latest Flash Player or Watch this video on YouTube. 1,927 total...

HOW DO YOU HANDSHAKE BETWEEN 2 VEX CORTEX’S?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Problem: How do you handshake with two VEX Cortex’s? I can’t seem to get it to work! Solution: I had to call in the big guns on this one; Jim is a RobotC programmer extraordinaire. He put together the tutorial below. Not only that, but he and I wrote the powerpoint and the teacher’s...

PDP #10: PLTW Software & Lynxmotion Robots Intro

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Tuesday, 12 April 2016. Posted in Chris’ Blog ALMOST FORGOT THE SOFTWARE! Oops! Almost forgot to talk about the software! Thanks for the reminder Jim. In this hour long video (with very poor sound quality) We discuss PLTW software, how to download it, how to install it and a guide to...

PDP #9 Introduction to Robocell

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

JUST THE BASICS… The ninth PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night. In this one,Jim discusses the basics of Robocell, including cell set up, teaching and recording points, writing the program, and simulating it. Tentative Meeting Schedule 1,013 total...

2015-16 PDP #6: The Flange in HSM

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Wednesday, 09 December 2015. THE 6TH INSTALLMENT OF AN ONGOING SERIES ON HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLTW CIM CURICULUM The sixth PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night. In this one, Jim shows us how to set up and machine the flange from PLTW Lesson 2.3 (Practice Machining Activity)...

Author: Chris&Jim CIM

2016 PLTW Engineering Teacher of the Year Chris Hurd

EdgeCAM Tutorials

HOW DO I GET RID OF A SNIPE IN VERIFY?

CNCMOTION: BAD ARC ERROR

THE STOCK IN CNCMOTION IS THE WRONG SIZE! HOW DO I CHANGE IT?

HOW DO YOU HANDSHAKE BETWEEN 2 VEX CORTEX’S?

PDP #10: PLTW Software & Lynxmotion Robots Intro

PDP #9 Introduction to Robocell

2015-16 PDP #6: The Flange in HSM

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