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Installation and Startup Troubleshooting
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Fixes for the errors that come up during installation and the first run, from a missing menu to a geometry timeout.
How RockCAM Generates Toolpaths
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The local model, the three resources it draws on, and the default machining strategy it follows when nothing is configured.
Setting the Setup (OP) Sequence by Hand
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Choose the order the setups are machined in by clicking faces, instead of accepting the automatic order.
Programming Multiple Parts in One Setup
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Nest several parts on one blank, or run several blanks together, and let RockCAM find the gaps between them.
Batch Programming Without Opening NX
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Program a whole folder of models from a standalone application, without opening the CAD window.
Using Your Own Templates and Tool Library
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The end-to-end workflow for running RockCAM on your own templates and tools, from naming to reviewing the result.
Tool Library and Cutting Parameters
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Fill the Excel tool library or reuse the tools in your template, and understand how tool numbers, types and the parameter table drive selection.
Operation Templates
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Point RockCAM at your own NX operation templates, with the full list of template types and the operations behind them.
Hole Making
Last Updated: October 10, 2026How RockCAM recognises plain, precision and threaded holes, and how to correct the diameter tables when it guesses wrong.
Machining Preferences
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Workholding, program grouping, roughing allowance, facing, chamfering and floor-to-wall finishing order.
MCS Origin and Safe Height
Last Updated: October 10, 2026How RockCAM chooses machining setups, how to force the WCS as the first setup, and where it places the origin.
Blank Type and Stock Allowance
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Set the box, contour or cylindrical blank, and use the stock values to tell RockCAM which faces are already to size.
Machining Strategies: One Set of Settings per Part Family
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Keep a complete set of tools, parameters and preferences for each part family, and select it when you start a job.
Your First Part: One-Click Programming
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Program a part with RockCAM in one command. What to open, what happens next, and which parts RockCAM is built for.
Interface Language and Translation Files
Last Updated: October 10, 2026How RockCAM follows the NX interface language, how to point it at translation files, and the workaround for early NX 10 releases.
Installing RockCAM
Last Updated: October 10, 2026How to install the RockCAM add-on for Siemens NX: which build to choose, where to install it, and what to check if the menu does not appear.