To use the CNC Mill in Hamburg Hall, a user must first create a Computer Aided Design file using any of several CAD software packages available on campus. These include SolidWorks, IronCAD, AutoCAD, and ProEngineer. After a model is created, tool selection and pathing must be programmed; the user decides where the cutting tool will go and when, and which tool will be mounted as it does so. This process can be programmed in ProEngineer here on campus, or with other software packages as well (please see Links section). For help with this process, talk to Mike Vande Weghe.
Having a part CNC milled at the CMU Mechanical Engineering machine shop is considerably more simple; one must only give dimensioned drawings and a part file to Jim Dillinger in Hamerschlag Hall, who will give a price and time estimate, and then wait for the part!