Training Course Details

Mill / Router or Stone (M/R, or S) - 3 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	CAD Geometry Creation: Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Move, Copy, Repeat, Rotate, Array, Scale, Stretch, Break, Trim, Join, Explode, Extend, Fillet, Chamfer, Offset, Change
Day 2/3 - Machining	Material File, Tool Creation, Tool Directions, Area Clearance, Profiling, Drilling, Update Tool Paths, Machining Styles

 

 

Turning (T) - 3 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	CAD Geometry Creation: Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Move, Copy, Repeat, Rotate, Array, Scale, Stretch, Break, Trim, Join, Explode, Extend, Fillet, Chamfer, Offset, Change
Day 2/3 - Machining	Material File, Tool Creation, Area Clearance, Profiling, Drilling, Threading, Introduction to C axis

 

 

Wire Erosion (W) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	CAD Geometry Creation: Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Move, Copy, Repeat, Rotate, Array, Scale, Stretch, Break, Trim, Join, Explode, Extend, Fillet, Chamfer, Offset, Change
Day 2 - Machining	2 and 4 Axis Profiling, Area Clearance

 

Profiling (P) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	CAD Geometry Creation: Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Move, Copy, Repeat, Rotate, Array, Scale, Stretch, Break, Trim, Join, Explode, Extend, Fillet, Chamfer, Offset, Change
Day 2 - Machining	Profiling, Area Clearance, Order, Nesting

 

Alphacam for Stairs (AS) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	StairCAD: Design, Edit, Cost, Generate and Print Reports, Output Drawings
Day 2 - Costfile	Data Entry and Costing, Specification file creation, Costfile implementation

 

Alphacam for Stairs (AS) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1 - System and Interface Overviews	StairCAD: Design, Edit, Cost, Generate and Print Reports, Output Drawings
Day 2 - Costfile	Data Entry and Costing, Specification file creation, Costfile implementation

 

Advanced Turning (AT) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1 - Advanced Turning Options	For 5-axis turning module, it is preferable to have attended the Standard Milling course Tool Creation, Work planes, C/Y axis milling twin turret machining balanced and synchronised

 

3D Work Planes (AP) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	3D Geometry for 3, 4 and 5 axis work, Manipulation of 2D to 3D and 3D to 2D geometry, Machining on 3D work planes. The AP course is a prerequisite for the 3DS and SOL courses. It is also recommended for the FR and CONST courses.

 

3D Surfaces Creation and Machining Strategies (3DS) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	3D Surface Types, 3D Part creation, 3D Surface machining strategies

 

3D Solid Manipulation and Machining Strategies (SOL) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	3D Solid manipulation, Z Contour Roughing, 3D Solid Machining Strategies (3D 3-5 axis modules)

3D Solid Turning (SOL/T) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Feature extraction techniques using the 5 axis Turning Module

 

Feature Recognition (FR) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Solid manipulation 2D feature extraction

 

5 Axis Simultaneous Cutting (5AX) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Cut Spline or Polyline. Polyline creation and machining, Cut between two geometries, Tool Axis Conversion.

 

Post Processor (PP) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Introduction to Post Processor creation.

 

Alphacam for Doors (AD) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Overview of the Alphacam for Doors interface Setup, Style Types, Orders, Nesting, Reports Attendees MUST have attended the Std Router Course.

 

Cabinet Vision Design (CVD) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	Room Layout, Cabinet Editor, Material Catalogue Editor, Material Schedules, Door Catalogue Editor, bid Centre, Basic Cabinet Wizard. This course MUST be attended by All Cabinet Vision Users.

 

Cabinet Vision User (CVU) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	Material Schedules, Cabinet Wizard, Drawer Construction, Adding Parts, Making Smart Parts, Advanced Door Catalogue Editor, Parts and Parameters, User Created Standards (UCS), All Users above Cabinet Vision Design.

 

Cabinet Vision Advanced (CVA) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	Intelli-Joints, Cabinet Wizard, Construction Boring UCS’s, Machine Catalogue, Tool Catalogue.

 

Alphacam for windows (AWD) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Alphacam for windows user interface and file system.

 

Constraints (CONST) - 2 Days

Day	Description
Day 1/2	Introduction to the application of geometry constraints. Constraint Types, User Parameters, User Defined Formula, Constraint application rule, Introduction to Constraint for Alphacam for windows.

 

Basic Part Modeller (MOD) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Principle of Solid Modelling, Understanding and Editing Constraints. Creating a Solid Model, Working with 2D Constraints, Creating a Revolved Component, Creating Primitive Solids, Boolean Union Command, Creating a full Component.

 

Advanced Part Modeller (AMOD) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	Construction Planes, Construction Plane – Sweep, Using the Draft Command, Adding Parameter Tables, Simple 3D Constraining.

 

5 Axis Handrail Creation and Machining (5AXH) - 1 Day

Day	Description
Day 1	5 Axis Handrail Creation and Machining Dates available on request