Material Library Example

Introduction

This example with explain the Stock Material Library.
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Stock Material Library

The Stock Material Library contains all of the information for the available stock materials. You can create and modify the Material Groups which contain multiple Material Types. Material Types can also be created, modified, and added to the Material List. The Material List groups the materials by grade and lists them in alphabetical order.

The feeds and speeds for each Material Type are fully adjustable, and these parameters are set in the Stock Material Feeds and Speeds dialog box which is displayed when you click Add Material or Modify Material in the Stock Material Library dialog box.

All jobs contain a Stock Material item in the tree that defines the stock material from which the part is cut. The selected material type is used for automatic feeds and speeds calculations in the CAM Wizards.

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Navigation

To access the Stock Material Library, do one of the following:

• In the CAM Tree, right-click  CAM Defaults, and click Material Library.

This method is used when you want to create or modify the stock materials and/or the speeds and feeds of a material.

• In the CAM Tree (under Stock or Sheets), right-click the current  Material Name, and click Edit.

To set the default Stock Material for the job:

• Select the desired material in the Material List, and click OK to close the dialog box and update the material selection.

This method is used to select the Stock Material type that is used for the job. This is done to define what calculations are used in the wizard for automatic Feeds and Speeds.

You can still create or modify the parameters in the Stock Material Library before selecting the desired stock material for the job.
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Example

Part 1) Creating a New Material

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1. Use one of the methods described above to open the Stock Material Library.
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   The library opens on the default material group Carbon Steel.Any of the materials in this particular group can be set as default, deleted, or modified by highlighting it, and using the buttons below the list.For this example, however, we will add a new material.
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2. Click Add Material.
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   The Stock Material Feeds and Speeds dialog appears.
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3. Update the name of the material.
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4. By default, the only Tool Material is HSS (High Speed Steel). Update the SFM, SFM-Tapping, Chip Load Per Flute, and Plunge Chip Load for the new material using a HSS tool.
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5. If necessary, select the check box for Customized Feeds and Speeds Based on Tool Type and Operation.
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   This allows you to define specific speeds and feeds for each tool type and operation.
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Part 2) Adding Tool Material Types

Each type of stock material can encounter many different tool materials. For each material created, you should also create the tool materials this material will encounter, and update the speeds and feeds for each.
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1. Under the Tool Materials list on the left, click Add New Tool Material.
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   The Add New Tool Material dialog appears.
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2. Name the new tool material and click OK.
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   The new tool material appears in the Tool Materials list.
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3. By default, our new tool material is selected to allow us to define its speeds and feeds in our current material.
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   Repeat the process of setting speeds and feeds for this new tool material type when our New Material Example material is selected for a job.
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4. Repeat this process for all desired tool material types, and click OK to exit this material.
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Part 3) Creating Favorites

With each group having so many materials, and every material having so many custom values available, sorting through the library every time you want to grab a material you haven't set as your default can be a little time consuming. To make things easier for you, simply create a Favorites group.
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1. Highlight one of the materials you use on a regular basis, and select Move to Favorites.
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   The material is moved to a new group called Favorites.
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2. Click Favorites.
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   Notice our new Favorites group has only the material we just moved to it.
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3. Repeat this process to place your most frequently used materials in the same group.
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Part 4) Saving Libraries to Share

In many cases, companies have several seats of BobCAD-CAM which should be utilizing the same library. Although these libraries do not update each other automatically, it's simple to share this data with other stations after one is updated.
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1. Click Save Material Library.
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   The MaterialDB.xml is updated.
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2. Navigate to your installation location and open the Technology folder in your BobCAD-CAM Data folder.
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   For example: E:\BobCAD-CAM Data\BobCAD-CAM V35\Technology
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3. Locate your MaterialDB.xml file and copy it.
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   This can be shared with coworkers however you prefer.
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Part 5) Importing Libraries
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1. On the station the library is being imported to, close BobCAD.
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2. Navigate to location of the most recently updated MaterialDB.xml file that was shared with you, and Copy it.
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3. Open the Technology folder in your BobCAD-CAM Data folder.
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4. Paste the MaterialDB.xml in your Technology folder.
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That concludes this example.

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