“Tool Path” Drive Method in NX CAM

• 24 October 2017
• by: Marek Pawlus
• in: Technical Tuesday with NX CAM
• Tags: 4-axis, 5-axis milling, drive method, Milling, multiaxis, Multiaxis Roughing, NX CAM, tool path, Trochoidal
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Today I will demonstrate practical way of using Tool Path drive method in NX CAM.

This drive method is available in Fixed Contour and Variable Contour operations. It allows us to use other operation’s tool path as drive geometry in other operation.
4-axis roughing, which I will create, is just example application of this drive method.

The purpose of this video was to explain how to use Tool Path drive method, so keep in mind, that it is not the only way of doing 4-axis roughing in NX. We can also use for example Rotary Floor operations dedicated for 4-axis roughing. But Rotary Floor have some limitations in cut pattern types comparing to what I did here.