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This task shows how to insert a 'Spine Contour'
Multi-Axis Contour Driven operation in the
program.
To create the operation you must define:
More information can be found in
Selecting Geometry. |
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Open the
MultiAxisMilling01.CATPart document, then select Machining > Advanced Machining from the Start menu.
Make the Manufacturing Program current in the specification tree.
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Select the Multi-Axis Contour Driven icon
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A Multi-Axis Contour Driven entity along with a default tool is
added to the program.
The Multi-Axis Contour Driven dialog box appears directly at
the Geometry tab page
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This tab page includes a sensitive icon to help you specify the geometry
to be machined.
The part surface of the icon is colored red indicating that this geometry
is required.
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Click the red area in the icon then select the desired
part surface in the 3D window.
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Select the Strategy tab page
. Make sure that
the Guiding Strategy is set to Spine Contour
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then specify the parameters for:
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Click the red Guide 1 in the icon then select
the desired guide curve in the model.
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Click the View Direction arrow (V) and select
the part surface. The surface normal is used as the view direction.
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A tool is proposed by default when you want to create a machining
operation.
If the proposed tool is not suitable, just select the
Tool tab page
to specify the tool you want to use.
This is described in
Edit the Tool of
an Operation. |
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Select the Feeds and Speeds
tab page to
specify the
feedrates and spindle speeds for the operation.
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Select the Macros tab page
to specify the
operation's transition paths (approach and retract motion, for example).
See Define
Macros of an Operation for an example of specifying transition paths on
a machining operation.
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Before accepting the operation, you should check its validity by
replaying the
tool path.
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Click OK to create the operation.
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