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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. 1,929 total...

2016 Lynxmotion VEX Handshaking in CIM Class

Written by Chris Hurd.

This year’s CIM class is doing amazingly well with handshaking and is well on their way to being successful making work cells, and possibly even a factory. [widgetkit id=1497] 1,046 total views

HOW DO I USE HSM, THE CAM TAB IN AUTODESK INVENTOR?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: How do I use HSM, the CAM tab in Autodesk Inventor? Solution: Do we have some tutorials for you! Jim and I put this together, as Jim has been playing with it for some time now, and we feel comfortable enough to put out some videos. Please keep in mind that these videos are only...

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...

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Written by mikeg.

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