CAM Assist for Siemens NX comes with demo parts you can use to try it out. You can open one with or without a part already open.
Open a demo part
- On the CloudNC tab, click Open a Demo Part.
- In Select a Demo Part, choose a part (see the table below).
- Click OK.
- NX opens the part in the Manufacturing application. Click CAM Assist on the CloudNC tab.
| Demo part | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Demo Part 1, Demo Part 2, Demo Part 3 | Getting started with CAM Assist |
| Demo Part 4 | Trying a 3+2 machining mode |
| Demo Part 5 - Aircraft Bracket | A complex workflow: 3+2 machining, soft jaw workholding and two part files |
| Demo Part 5 - Unmachinable | Trying the Machinability issues list in the Assessment stage |
NX opens a copy of the demo part from a temporary folder (%TEMP%\CAM Assist NX Temp Dir). Copies you no longer have open are deleted after 72 hours. To keep your work, save the part somewhere else.
If it doesn't open
"Failed to open a Demo part:" Usually the demo part is open already. Close it (File > Close > Selected Parts), then open it again. If it wasn't open, install the latest CAM Assist for your NX version and restart NX. "Failed to copy the demo part to a temporary location. The opened demo part will be read-only…" NX opened the demo part from the CAM Assist install folder, so you can't save it and CAM Assist will report a save error. Free some disk space or check you can write to your Windows temp folder, then open the demo part again. See Save the part in Siemens NX.
"Failed to open the demo part(s), please contact CloudNC support for assistance." Contact CloudNC support.
"Couldn't clean up old demo part copies."
This appears when you click CAM Assist and doesn't stop it. Close NX and delete the %TEMP%\CAM Assist NX Temp Dir folder to stop it appearing.
"You are inside a managed Siemens NX session." See How does CAM Assist work in a Teamcenter-managed Siemens NX session?
If you still can't open a demo part, contact CloudNC support with the log files from %ProgramData%\CloudNC Ltd\CAM Assist\logs.