- [Instructor] One of the limitations
of SOLIDWORKS CAM Standard
is that it can only machine parts.
It can't machine assemblies.
This means that all of our fixturing needs to be included
in the part geometry.
For this part, we wanted to find an area
where our clamping surfaces are.
This means sketching a new feature on the part
that represents our hold down points,
where SOLIDWORKS should avoid cutting.
Let's create a geometry.
And add it to our part.
And I'm going to extrude this in both directions.
And that's going to represent our clamping surface.
Flat on there.
And let's add one here as well.
Obviously I need to adjust the dimensions
of this to properly match the hold down point.
Now we've defined two features in our part.
And when we generate a tool path,
we can tell SOLIDWORKS to avoid those features
and machine everything else.