Feature Based Machining

[Incogneeto]

Anyone have any experience on this application. It's Tweaking my brain.

[jeff]

I've messed with it a couple of times, but I said "eff this" and went back to normal programming.

[Guest]

From all my training and usage of it, I found it's great if you just want to1, throw a program at the machine and let'er rip, not really concerned about efficiency, it'll make a part or you have a family of parts

 

I have never found a use in a "job shop" environment where every part is different and they are constantly changing

 

I am of the opinion, if they dropped this feature tomorrow, no one would miss it

[Incogneeto]

I've tried it twice. And some feature it picks up and some not. And the way it picks the preferred tooling is odd. Even though it has a 1/2 e-mill it will pick a 1/4 e-mill and take twice the time. At this point they don't even offer a class or explain the benefits anywhere I have searched. Would be great for R and D if your library was preloaded and you just let it scan and go. Do you know of any way to suppress or actually guide it to make the best choices?

[Hertz]

I've used it quite a few times. My main reason was large parts with multiple size holes. I used to hit the FB drilling to get the proper sizes. Sometimes there was a hole that was .8125 and then another at say .875. Hard to see when zoomed out (large part). This ensured I got the proper size. Otherwise never use it for anything else.

[shredder]

I have used the fbm drill for castings that have alot of flat bottom drilled holes at different depths.It works very well for that!