Prismatic Machining

Overview

Conventions

What's New?

Getting Started

Enter the Workbench

Create a Pocketing Operation

Replay the Tool path

Create a Profile Contouring Operation

Create a Drilling Operation

Assign a Macro

Assign a Tool

Generate NC Code

User Tasks

Milling Operations

Create a Pocketing Operation for Machining Closed Pockets

Create a Pocketing Operation for Machining Open Pockets

Create a 4-Axis Pocketing Operation

Create a Facing Operation

Create a Profile Contouring Operation between Two Planes

Profile Contouring: Between Two Curves

Create a Profile Contouring Operation between a Curve and Surfaces

Create a Profile Contouring Operation for Flank Contouring

Create a Curve Following Operation

Create a Groove Milling Operation

Create a Trochoid Milling Operation

Create a Point to Point Operation

Plunge Milling with Points

Create a Prismatic Roughing Operation

2.5 to 5-Axis Drilling Operations

Create a Spot Drilling Operation

Create a Drilling Operation

Create a Drilling Dwell Delay Operation

Create a Drilling Deep Hole Operation

Create a Drilling Break Chips Operation

Create a Reaming Operation

Create a Counterboring Operation

Create a Boring Operation

Boring Spindle Stop

Create a Boring and Chamfering Operation

Create a Back Boring Operation

Create a Tapping Operation

Create a Reverse Threading Operation

Create a Thread without Tap Head Operation

Thread Milling

Create a Countersinking Operation

Create a Chamfering Two Sides Operation

Create a T-Slotting Operation

Create a Circular Milling Operation

Create a Sequential Axial Machining Operation

Create a Sequential Groove Machining Operation

Auxiliary Operations

Intermediate Stock

Machining Features

Create and Use a Prismatic Machining Area

Create a Prismatic Rework Area for Reworking Corners and Channels

Part Operations, Manufacturing Programs, and Machining Processes

Create a Machining Process for Prismatic Features

Editing PP Words

Machining Entities

Verification, Simulation and Program Output

3D Viewer of Prismatic Machining, Machinable Axial Feature and Machining Pattern

Workbench Description

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Insert - Machining Operations

Insert - Multi-Pockets Operations

Insert - Machining Features

Insert - Probing Operations

Toolbars

Specification Tree

Customizing

General

Resources

Operation

Output

Program

Photo/Video

Reference Information

Pocketing Operations

Facing Operations

Profile Contouring Operations

Curve Following Operations

Groove Milling Operations

Trochoid Milling Operations

Point to Point Operations

Plunge Milling Parameters

Prismatic Roughing Operations

4-Axis Pocketing Operations

2.5 to 5-Axis Drilling Operations

Sequential Axial and Sequential Groove Operations

Machining Patterns

Bottom Plane Definition Using a Point

Intermediate Stock

Methodology

How to Generate CUTCOM Syntaxes

Find Hole Design Features for Machining

Use Tolerances on Hole Design Features for Machining Processes

Glossary

Index