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EdgeCAM Tutorials

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...

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

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...

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HOW DO I MAKE A CONTAINER IN INVENTOR?

Question: How do I make a container for CIM class in Inventor? Solution: There are many ways to do this, and thanks to Jim, there a bunch of video tutorials to walk you through it step by step from making the part in Inventor 2015, and then putting the tool paths on it, simulating it, and posting...

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EdgeCAM Tutorials

WHERE DO I FIND ALL THOSE COOL TUTORIALS WE DID IN CLASS? Question: Where do I find all those cool EdgeCAM tutorials we did in class? Solution: Right here of course!  Jim did all of these EdgeCAM tutorials with just some groovy music. There are tutorials for all four major CNC operations that you...

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SNIP TOOL: HOW DO I USE IT?

Question: How do I do I use the snip tool to take a screenshot and paste it into a word document? Solution: Simple. I use the snip tool all the time to have students “show me” stuff that they have done in Inventor, EdgeCAM, ect. . It comes free with Windows 7 & 8.  I know, you’re...

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SAT Fix on Student Computers

IT WORKS! (MOST OF THE TIME…) All right…. came in to school early before an all day meeting beccause I just had to try the .sat fix from the previous post as a student. Good news or bad first?!? Our school has two “fake” student accounts for us to test programs with, ect....

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EdgeCAM Won’t Load an Inventor File?!?

TRY THIS! STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED! So, This is a new one! Happy New School Year from EdgeCAM! It seems many schools are having problems where EdgeCAM Version 2011.10.1 or newer will not load an Inventor 2011 file in some cases. In what cases? Who knows. But if you come across this...

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