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The manufacturing plan stays attached to the design.

A CAM job is created from the active part in the Manufacture workspace. Stock, work coordinate system, tools, operations, simulation, and post output live beside the model they came from instead of in a separate file that drifts.

  • Job created from the active part
  • Simulation with tool, holder, stock, and rapid moves
  • Post output targeted at one machine and controller

Manufacture workspace

Stock, tools, operations, and simulation in one place.

Open the Manufacture workspace, create a job from the active part, and select the machine or post target. Define stock and set a work coordinate system the operator can actually reproduce at the machine.

Name setups and operations for the manufacturing intent — the face, the pocket, the bolt-circle drilling — rather than generic sequence numbers. The names are what a second person reads when the job comes back six months later.

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Chudware manufacturing workspace showing a CAM job with stock, tools, an operation list, and toolpath simulation controls
Chudware manufacturing workspaceJob · stock · operations

Job setup

Everything the toolpath depends on is explicit.

Stock defines what exists before the first cut. The work coordinate system defines where the machine thinks the part is. Both are declared, not inferred.

A machining setup in section: stock outline around the finished part, a tool approaching the machined face, the cut depth dimensioned, and the work coordinate system at the part corner.RAPID PLANESTOCKTOOL + HOLDERDEPTHXZWCS ORIGINFINISHED PART
Section through a setup. Stock is dashed, the finished part is solid, and the cut depth is the difference between them.
  • FacingEstablish a reference surface on raw stock.
  • PocketingClear enclosed material to depth.
  • ContouringFinish profiles and outside walls.
  • DrillingHole patterns from the model's own features.

Tools come from the project library, and 3D operations are available where a surfaced form needs them. Operations are added in process order, which is the order the machine will run them.

The hand-off

From part to posted code.

  1. Create the job

    Open the Manufacture workspace, create a job from the active part, and select the machine or post target you intend to use.

  2. Declare stock and WCS

    Define the stock the operator will actually load and a work coordinate system they can reproduce on the machine.

  3. Build operations in process order

    Select tools from the project library and add facing, pocketing, contouring, drilling, or 3D operations, named for the manufacturing intent.

  4. Simulate before posting

    Generate the toolpath and simulate with tool, holder, stock, and rapid moves visible. Investigate collisions, unexpected remaining stock, gouges, and rapids through fixtures. A generated path is not automatically a safe path.

  5. Post for one machine

    Post G-code only for the machine and controller profile you are running. Compare units, work offsets, tool numbers, spindle limits, and the first moves before the file leaves your desk.

Where the line is

Chudware prepares and inspects the work.

Simulation, collision inspection, and remaining-stock review exist so problems surface before a spindle turns. They are preparation tools. They do not certify a program.

Dry-run and single-block procedures at the machine still apply, according to your shop's safety process.

Operator responsibility

The operator remains responsible for machine setup and execution. Inspect stock, tool, setup, simulation, and posted code before anything runs.

This also applies to work the AI copilot prepares: it may build CAM operations and output, but actions affecting a physical machine require explicit operator review and control.

How the copilot is bounded

Next

Keep the program, the part, and the decision trail together.

Manufacturing output is one of the artifacts a project revision carries.

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