3-axis Milling Operations

Cavities Roughing

Cavities Roughing proposes a process-focused solution to machine Cavity Parts dedicated to Mechanical and Aerospace industries:

  • Rough to finish pockets of machined part with only one tool and one tool path
  • Roughing with over-thickness, finishing sides and bottom with waterline machining
  • Rough to finish with several tools using rework technology
  • Dedicated operation to finish top of stiffeners.
Create a Cavities Roughing operation: Select the Cavities Roughing icon, choose the area to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.

The tasks for creating the following 3-axis milling operations are documented in the 3-Axis Surface Machining User's Guide.

Rough Machining the Part
Create a Sweep Roughing operation: Select the Sweep Roughing icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a Roughing operation: Select the Roughing icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a Plunge Milling Operation: Select the Plunge Milling icon then select the geometry to be machined and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters and feeds and speeds as needed.

Semi-Finish the Part
Create a Sweeping operation: Select the Sweeping icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a ZLevel machining operation: Select the Z-Level icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a Contour-driven machining operation: Select the Contour Driven icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a Spiral Milling operation: Select the Spiral Milling icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.
Create a Isoparametric machining operation: Select the Isoparametric Machining icon, choose the part to machine and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.

Rework Areas of the Part

You can use the following operation to rework an area on a part where there is residual material. Before using this operation, compute the areas that you want to rework.
Create a Pencil operation: Select the Pencil icon, choose the area to rework and specify the tool to be used. You can also specify machining parameters, feedrates and spindle speeds.