Part Operation

A new part operation is initialized in the manufacturing process and a Part Operation entity is added to the tree.

To access the parameters of the part operation, double-click the Part Operation entity in the tree or use the contextual menu. The Part Operation dialog box appears.

Name and Comment

Machine

Reference Machining Axis System

This is similar to the procedure described in Insert a Machining Axis Change.

Output coordinates will be expressed in the reference machining axis system. If a local machining axis system is inserted in the program, coordinates will be expressed in the local axis system.

Product or Part

Note: In a Manufacturing Hub context, Product Instance Selection replaces Product or Part in the Part Operation editor.

Note: When you remove the Product or the Part to replace it, a warning message is displayed if points has been created by you in the machining program (for example: in the roughing operation to define the order of the pocket, or in the tube machining to delimit the curve guide, or in the multi-point probing operation to define the point to probe, ....).

These choices available:

-to delete these points. In this case, the operations associated to these points will be incomplete and you must select again new points

-to keep these points, because the new product/part of the part operation is identical.

Geometry tab

• Design part: Just click Design Part then select the desired geometry. This is useful if you want to do material removal simulations later.
• Stock: Just click Stock then select the desired geometry. This is useful for certain surface machining operations and also for material removal simulations.
• Fixtures: Just click Fixtures then select the desired geometry. This is useful if you want to do material removal simulations later.
• Safety plane: Just click Safety Plane then select the desired plane that will be used as a global safety plane for the part operation.
• Traverse box planes: Just click Traverse Box Planes then select 5 planes that define a global traverse box for the part operation.
• Transition planes: Just click Transition Planes then select the desired planes that will be used as a global transition planes for the part operation.
• Rotary planes: Just click Rotary Planes then select the desired planes that will be used as a global rotary planes for the part operation.

• Traverse box planes and Transition planes to create linear tool path motions
• Rotary planes to create machine rotations:
  • between machining operations
  • between tool change and machining operation.

The Safety plane is not taken into account for the generation of transition paths.

Position tab

• Tool change point
  For machines created using the NC Machine Tool Builder product, the tool change point is read from the machine and cannot be modified in the Part Operation.
  For Multi-slide lathe machines, the tool change point is read from the machine and cannot be modified in the Part Operation.

• Table center setup
• Home point
  You can select the check box to use the Home point defined on the machine.

Simulation tab

Option tab

• Intermediate stock for milling and turning operations.
  If this check box is selected, automatic computation of the intermediate stock is enabled. The computed stock is taken into account for tool path computation. 
  A clearance can be assigned to the stock.
• Automatic stock selection for turning operations.
  This option enables automatically updating the input stock for operations in a manufacturing program for turning (that is, turning operations and axial operations along the spindle axis).
  A lathe machine must be selected in this case.
• Use Spindle Axis System according to the spindle involved in the machining operation.
  A Multi-slide lathe machine or a Mill-Turn machine must be selected.
  If this check box is selected, tool tip points are computed based on the spindle that is set on the machining operation.
  If this check box is not selected, the main spindle axis is used. This is determined by the default reference machining axis system set on the Part Operation.
• Tool path points based on the turret involved in the Manufacturing Program
  A Multi-slide lathe machine or a Mill-Turn machine must be selected.
  If this check box is selected, the computed tool path points are based on the turret axis system for turning operations.
  If this check box is not selected, the computed tool path points are based on the Part Operation axis system in the spindle plane.

Collision Checking tab

The options on this tab are available for Milling operations only.

1. Select the Activate Collision Checking check box if you want to have quick feedback about collisions during the tool path replay.
   In this case the other options become available for selection.
2. Select the On design part check box to detect collisions between the tool/tool holder and the design part specified on the Part Operation's Geometry tab.
3. Select the On fixtures check box to detect collisions between the tool/tool holder and the fixtures specified on the Part Operation's Geometry tab.
4. If needed, you can set offsets on the tool or tool assembly, which are used as "safety" distances.

For more information, see:

• Replay a Tool Path
• Process Table.

Note that barrel tools, boring bars, and user-representation tools are not supported.