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can anyone give me suggestion that where i can find NX CAM 3-4-5 axis learning material besides youtube in book form???
 
NX comes with fairly good tutorials inbuilt. They are found under help, manufacturing examples
 
I'm going to say there aren't any that are *good*. NX has been beat to death here about the learning curve. Hopefully some others will chime in with better help.

I found the tutorials are mostly "click this button, then this, blah blah" without having you actually learn what and why you are doing it, just my opinion for what it's worth...
 
IMO, the best way to learn NX is either some specialised classes at a tech school or the distributor. Or,,, if you can work on the job side by side with someone thats proficient you will be better off. If you are going to try to be self taught in something you would be better off spending your time with some other generalized CAD/CAM like Esprit.

NX is complicated and has way too many features to pick up on your own. Yes, NX programmers are some of the highest paid and with good reason. If you teach yourself and go into the workforce with NX on your resume you may get hired but the shortcomings of being self taught will show instantly. NX in Asia is the most pirated software available and everyone has a copy on their laptop. At Kai/Gong I would interview 20+ people at time in our training room and the guys who thought they knew NX stuck out quickly, Don't be one of those guys.
 
NX comes with fairly good tutorials inbuilt. They are found under help, manufacturing examples



I'm going to say there aren't any that are *good*. NX has been beat to death here about the learning curve. Hopefully some others will chime in with better help.

I found the tutorials are mostly "click this button, then this, blah blah" without having you actually learn what and why you are doing it, just my opinion for what it's worth...

I'm siding with Mike here. The built in tutorials are pretty worthless. They are set up for you to just point and click along with no underlying understanding of why you are doing anything. It's built to work flawlessly so without knowing the why when you actually have to apply it and run into any issues you are left with no clue what to do.
 
Whats worse, the basic training class you can take with no prior experience, uses the exact same format of follow the on screen prompts. Yay I've learned how to mimic something, but no idea how it works. :toetap:
 
Whats worse, the basic training class you can take with no prior experience, uses the exact same format of follow the on screen prompts. Yay I've learned how to mimic something, but no idea how it works. :toetap:

Those lessons are not without value, getting comfortable with a workflow is a good starting point before digging into the how and why.

To the OP get comfortable with the step by step by example. Then substitute in another model and try again, then play around with all the other options.

If you want one way to do a job you will be disappointed, if you want a toolkit with many different strategies you will love NX
 
can anyone give me suggestion that where i can find NX CAM 3-4-5 axis learning material besides youtube in book form???

Get a subscription to Siemens online Learning Advantage if classes are too costly or too much time and also with Learning Advantage you can progress at your own pace. I would do that and supplement it with YouTube videos. Siemens Tech Tips are good and Saratech has some good ones too. LA is a true training tool and it's inexpensive which is always nice.

Although not training videos per se, the built in NX cam tutorials show you examples of various types of machining and walks you through the steps from start to finish. Not training but will show you some various basic setups. These are good for new NX programmers or if you're diving into something different such as you're a 3ax milling guy and want to look into turning or 5ax. Just basic examples and not intended to be a substitute real training.

Don't be intimidated by the talk about NX learning curves. Yes it has been talked about for 2-3 decades but IMO it's not the case anymore. Not for a long time. If you look at NX then look at a good mid-range cam you'll see there can be a lot more switches in the mid-range software but yet NX is super capable with less switches. It's that good.
 
I forgot to mention in NX 1926 there is Manufacturing Day One training. The Welcome Page in the NX Graphics window now contains a new Manufacturing Day One tab. This tab includes multimedia trainings (videos, procedures, and activities) that help you get started with the following areas of NX: Mold & Die Machining, Prismatic Machining and Additive Manufacturing. Again, this is just for getting started and I recommend Learning Advantage for actual training.
 
So you cannot learn NX by trying everything out vigorously and staying late at work on unpaid hours? That's basically how I learnt mcam.
 
So you cannot learn NX by trying everything out vigorously and staying late at work on unpaid hours? That's basically how I learnt mcam.

You can learn a decent amount, however there are so many things about how it works that, unless someone shows it to you, you would never even know it exists or how it functions.

I've learned quite a bit just from having trouble programming a part and sending it into support and them showing me something that I would have never known otherwise.
 
Igetit has tutorials covering a range of topics including manufacturing.

I had previous experience with NX CAD and completed the manufacturing tutorials at Igetit. Use NX Cam everyday now.


NX Training - i GET IT

Wanted to bump this to put another vote in for i GET IT. $90/month for access to their entire catalogue, which is quite extensive. I signed up to coincide with the NX Trial I'll be doing over the next month and so far the content has been quite good. It's a mix of video and written/image tutorials. The video is usually an overview for a section with everything further explained in writing.
 








 
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