Turning Operations

The tasks in this section show you how to create turning operations in your manufacturing program.

Create a Rough Turning operation:
Select the Rough Turning icon and choose the desired roughing mode. You can then select the part and stock geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.

Basic tasks illustrate the following roughing modes:

Create a Recess Turning operation:
Select the Recess Turning icon and choose the desired recessing mode. You can then select the part and stock geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Groove Turning operation:
Select the Groove Turning icon then select the part and stock geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Profile Finish Turning operation:
Select the Profile Finish Turning icon then select the part profile and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Groove Finish Turning operation:
Select the Groove Finish Turning icon then select the part geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Ramp Rough Turning operation.
Select the Ramp Rough Turning icon then select the part and stock geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Ramp Recess Turning operation.
Select the Ramp Recess Turning icon then select the part and stock geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Thread Turning operation:
Select the Thread Turning icon and choose the desired thread type. You can then select the part geometry and specify the tool to be used. Specify machining parameters, feeds and speeds, and NC macros as needed.
Create a Sequential Turning operation:
Create and manage a sequence of basic Go Standard, Go-Go, Go InDirv, Go Delta, and Follow tool motions in a single operation.
  Turning on a Milling Center:
Create turning operations to machine large diameter holes on a milling center machine equipped with a facing head and rotary table.
Manage Local Information:
Assign local feedrates and local offsets to Lathe Profile Finishing and Groove Finishing operations.
Update Input Stock: choose to either update the stock automatically by setting an option on the Part Operation or update the stock manually for each lathe operation or axial machining operation along the spindle axis.