Automation - Opelists and Features

Introduction

GO2cam is continually evolving to meet the needs of the industry and to stay aligned with global trends. Automation in GO2cam is a significant part of this evolution, aiming to automate the process of programming the machining of a part, making it more efficient and easier to use, hence significantly reducing the programming time.

This automation has been in development since previous versions with gradual updates for specific processes throughout the years and it’s done through the:

Automatic recognition of the shapes to apply machining cycles to.
Automatic choice of tools and cutting conditions.
Automatic application of toolpath to machine the part.

1	It started with the introduction of HMF in V5.5 - allowing the automatic recognition of holes and assigning standard hole parameters or User-defined parameters to them, to then be automatically machined.
2	The concept of an opelist was then introduced in V5.6 - allowing to define or capture from an existing file, and save, a list of machining operations. These cycles can then be loaded and applied on another part by only selecting the profiles. (Further conditions can also be defined in the opelist to automate the profile recognition process). The Wire-Cut EDM Strategies are directly based on Opelists but includes specific options and behaviour.
3	Automatic turning opelist was then introduced in V6.06 - this allows to define an opelist for turning which is able to automatically recognize the features of the part and apply the machining cycles on it. The whole process is reduced to a few clicks.
4	Features for milling was introduced in V6.10 - this allowed the recognition of prismatic features on a part and automatically applied an opelist to machine the features.
5		As from V6.11, Machining Features has been further improved, combining all the previous automation options into a single window. This can now be used for MillTurn parts allowing the recognition of the various topologies of the part and automatically machining it with the applicable opelists.