Generate NC Code

task target This task shows you how to generate the NC code from the program.

Before doing this task:

  • double click the Part Operation entity in the tree and, in the dialog box that appears,
  • click the Machine icon to access the Machine Editor dialog box,
  • make sure that you have selected a 5-axis machine ,
  • make sure the desired NC data format is set to Axis (X, Y, Z, I, J, K).
scenario

  1. Use the right mouse key on the Manufacturing Program.1 entity in the tree
    to select Generate NC Code Interactively.
    The Generate NC Output Interactively dialog box appears.

  2. Select APT as the desired NC data type.

  3. Click the Output File [...] button to select the folder where you want the file to be saved.
    Specify the name of the file.

  4. Click Execute to generate the APT file.
  An extract from a typical APT source file is given below.

$$ -----------------------------------------------------------------
$$ Generated on Friday, January 19, 2001 03:49:48 PM
$$ -----------------------------------------------------------------
$$ Manufacturing Program.1
$$ Part Operation.1
$$*CATIA0
$$ Manufacturing Program.1
$$ 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
$$ 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000
$$ 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000
PARTNO PART TO BE MACHINED
COOLNT/ON
CUTCOM/OFF
PPRINT OPERATION NAME : Tool Change.1
$$ Start generation of : Tool Change.1
MULTAX
$$ TOOLCHANGEBEGINNING
RAPID
GOTO / 0.00000, 0.00000, 100.00000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
CUTTER/ 10.000000, 2.000000, 3.000000, 2.000000, 0.000000$
, 0.000000, 100.000000
TOOLNO/1, 10.000000
TPRINT/T1 End Mill D 10
LOADTL/1
$$ End of generation of : Tool Change.1
PPRINT OPERATION NAME : Multi-Axis Sweeping.1
$$ Start generation of : Multi-Axis Sweeping.1
FEDRAT/ 1000.0000,MMPM
SPINDL/ 70.0000,RPM,CLW
GOTO / -401.86111, -831.36410, 233.69785,-0.224699,-0.974162, 0.022760
GOTO / -365.04139, -841.83161, 233.65336,-0.240252,-0.967467, 0.079289

etc etc

SPINDL/OFF
REWIND/0
END

end of task