From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Integrated CAM with HSMXpress
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Cut and paste operations
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Integrated CAM with HSMXpress
Cut and paste operations
- [Instructor] Setting up operations in HSM isn't really that hard however if you've really dialed in an operation and figured out exactly the optimal tool load and really how to dial that thing in so it's going to make that part perfect, generally you want to save that information, you want to use that over and over again. And one of the best ways to do that is basically just to cut and paste or duplicate operations. For instance, over here I've got this 2D adaptive clearing that goes around the outside. I have this adaptive clearing right over here on this pocket here but I haven't done one over here on this pocket on the other side. So instead of creating a brand new operation because I've already specified the tool, the step-over and so on, in this operation. Why not just copy it? So you can click on this operation right over here. Right click and then come on down here to either copy or just duplicate. Click on duplicate. That'll make a brand new operation using the exact same…
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