Onshape-View Controls on a Chromebook

Question: How do I use OnShape on a chromebook? It’s almost as bad a s a Mac! No right click or anything. Please help! Answer: It is a little trickier to do 3D modeling on a chromebook due to the lack of a few things that a real computer has. Luckily enough for us older guys, kids...

Mass Property Analysis in Onshape

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Download the WorksheetDownload the E-Hand In You can tell a lot about a part when you make it in 3D modeling software. If you tell the software what the part is made of, you can find out all of it’s properties like weight, mass, density, and volume. When you look at this information...

Robocell Basic to Advanced

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Here is a playlist of tutorials that will take you from the very basics to get you started, and then works its way up through relative coordinates to using variables and using inputs and outputs. « Prev1 / 1Next »RoboCell: BasicsRobocell: Setting Up Your Cell in CellSetupRobocell Activity...

Shapeoko-Building Your Machine

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: What are some resources I will need to assemble my machine? Any tips or tricks you have to make it easier? Answer: Shapeoko has many resources for you to build your machine once you make the purchase. Click on the picture above! First off… it comes with an Assembly...

Tormach PathPilot- Conversational Milling Tutorials

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Tormach’s Pathpilot Software contains an awesome feature called Conversational Milling which allows you to create G & M Code for simple or repetitive geometry without any 3D models or CAM. Imagine that… Think of the time you can save! We know there are a few tabs missing, but they...

How do you Use a Collet?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: I have anxsTECH Router and I can’t get my tools to stay in the tool holder. How do I make it work? Answer: It’s easy, but takes a little work when using a collet on a tool holder. This short video shows you how to “snap” the collet into the nut so the tool...

How Do I Split A Part In Inventor

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I use Inventor to split a part into two? Solution: I put together a short video to show how to do this. The method I show here is good if you want to remove the other part, and ALWAYS make a copy of your part to work with, and ALWAYS use SAVE COPY AS. Consider that fair warning! Inventor...

Six Sigma: Statistics in Manufacturing

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

What is Six Sigma and how does it help when manufacturing? In this video from Simplilearn you’ll find out. Hey teachers: there’s a great quiz near the end of the video to check for understanding. Six Sigma gives you the tools and techniques to determine what’s making the manufacturing...

Need Some Distance Learning Ideas for COVID-19?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Now that more kids are attending an online high school, they will have more spare time in their hands. Here’s a short list of some of the things that you could do in CIM class with your kiddos while trying out distance learning. All will require a computer (That’s what the C in “CIM”...

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