Copy/Paste of NC Manufacturing Data

This document deals with copying Machining data between CATProcess documents. You can Copy/Paste part operations, manufacturing programs, machining operations, and machining processes from one CATProcess document to another.

All the NC data is duplicated in the target document through the Copy/Paste mechanism.

Copy/Paste Between CATProcesses

You can Copy/Paste the following Machining activities:

• Part Operation pasted on a Part Operation or the Process
• Manufacturing Program pasted on a Part Operation or a Manufacturing Program
• Machining Operation pasted on a Part Operation, a Manufacturing Program, a Machining Operation, a Machining Process
• Machining process pasted on a Machining Process View or a Machining Process.

Note that Tool paths are not copied.

NC features

The Duplicate Geometry Links option in the Tools> Options > Machining > Operation tab page must be set to take into account the copy of NC Geometrical data.

All the NC features are copied with the activities which reference them. Machining Patterns, Machinable Area Features, Machining Features are copied. Features are copied only if they are used by operations.

If the option is not set, only NC activities and resources data are copied.

Product and Part documents data

If Machining Activities to be copied are included in a Part Operation, then:

• For a Part Operation, the Product reference is included in the target document
• For any other activity, the user has to check that the target Part Operation references the correct Product documents. In this case, each geometrical link will be maintained only if the Product associated to the link is included in the Product associated to the original Part Operation.

NC resources

The resource is in the original Process document:

• If the resource does not exist in the target document, it is copied in the resource list.
• If the resource exists in the target document (same attributes), no copy is done and the existing resource is used.