Cut your machining time and production costs with 3D Adaptive Roughing. This high-performance cutting strategy enables deep cuts and consistent tool load, resulting in high material removal rates. 

Use this roughing method, optimized for cutting hard material, to reduce machine cycle time by up to 60% while extending tool life. 

Effectively finish specific types of cut regions with smooth, optimized toolpaths using the NX advanced finishing methods, including: 

• Helical finishing: This operation steps over gradually, eliminating marks on the part. It is a perfect cutting strategy to machine high-quality parts with steep walls
• Spiral finishing: This milling method is ideal for machining shallow symmetrical part regions

These advanced finishing techniques deliver consistent stepover, eliminating sharp stepover moves, which improves the surface finish and enables higher cutting speeds.

Machine more efficiently and reduce tool wear by using the best cutting strategy for each region of the machined part.  

NX helps you automatically perform region determinations and apply the preferred patterns to various regions while providing advanced settings to precisely control the cutting process, such as specifying cutting order.  

By matching cutting patterns to part geometry, this advanced programming method enables better finish quality and longer tool life.

Flow Milling is an automated rest milling strategy for removing uncut material from previous operations. It generates optimized toolpaths using smaller tools to cut the remaining material.  

The advanced controls provide flexibility to apply the best cutting method for any area of the machined part, such as shallow and step areas. For instance, the arc fitting capability helps you create smoother toolpaths maximizing the number of circular moves while minimizing short linear point-to-point moves. The optimized toolpaths provide important benefits, including:  

• Reduced machining times 
• Improved machine tool performance  
• Higher surface quality

Boost productivity by 25% by automatically detecting edges on specified part geometry. Use chamfer, ball or spherical tools for deburring or chamfering edges. Generate efficient helical deburring toolpaths for closed edges and utilize 3-axis spline non-cut motions to enhance machining efficiency.

Simplify the programming of prismatic parts by previewing and specifying a sequence of volumes to be machined. By selecting 3D solid faces to define the features, you can eliminate the tedious task of manually creating and selecting boundaries used in traditional numerical control (NC) programming. 

The intuitive and interactive programming process displays the calculated cut levels and the updated in-process workpiece (IPW). This process enables the rapid generation of efficient toolpaths associative with part design. 

The associativity helps you quickly respond to design changes through a fully integrated CAD/CAM system that keeps machining operations associative to the part model.

Generate and visualize probing paths to ensure precise measurements and alignment.

Create on-machine probing cycles for both milling and turning operations to enhance accuracy and efficiency.

Output NC code seamlessly using the integrated postprocessor for consistent and reliable results.

Simulate the entire process using the digital twin of the part, probe and machine tool to predict and prevent potential issues.

Detect process variations in real time to adjust machining parameters and maintain optimal performance.

Machining simulation is a key NX CAM advantage that facilitates integrated simulation and verification, enabling programmers to check tool paths within the NC programming session. It eliminates the need for a stand-alone simulation software that requires data transfers between the systems. 

Multiple levels of machining simulation capability are available in NX, including: 

• Toolpath verification 
• Material removal simulation 
• G-code-driven simulation (available as an add-on)

Post Hub, a modern, cloud-based postprocessing platform, helps you output production-ready NC programs. Its extensive online library, with more than 1,200 postprocessors and machine kits, enables you to quickly output programs for a wide range of operations: including milling, turning, mill-turn, electrical discharge machining (EDM) and additive manufacturing.   

Smart Machine Kit Solutions (SMKS) that represent the digital twins of CNC machine tools are also available on Post Hub. Each kit includes an accurate digital model of the machine with kinematics, postprocessor and G-code-driven simulation. SMKS allows you to program, simulate and output optimized programs for various CNC machines, such as Haas, DMG MORI, Okuma and Makino.