Hello,
I have been told that most machine shops these days do not look at the dimensioned drawings and that they import the solidworks file to the CNC machine and set the part going. Having dimensioned a few drawings myself, I couldnt understand how dimensions that are unique to one edge and not the whole part (for example certain edges that only have a single direction allowance i.e. +0.000 -0.005) could be understood by the CNC file. Is there a file that solidworks produces for that CNC machine that records the tolerances that were dimensioned in the drawing? What is the file that is used from Solidworks for CNCing?
I have been told that most machine shops these days do not look at the dimensioned drawings and that they import the solidworks file to the CNC machine and set the part going. Having dimensioned a few drawings myself, I couldnt understand how dimensions that are unique to one edge and not the whole part (for example certain edges that only have a single direction allowance i.e. +0.000 -0.005) could be understood by the CNC file. Is there a file that solidworks produces for that CNC machine that records the tolerances that were dimensioned in the drawing? What is the file that is used from Solidworks for CNCing?