CATIA - PRISMATIC MACHINING 2 Product (PMG)

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Drilling through Stock upto bottom in Axial Operations The Drill through stock upto bottom checkbox is disabled if:
  • Compensation application mode is set to Guiding point.
  • Depth mode is set to By tip in Strategy tab.

The Drill through stock upto bottom checkbox is enabled if:

  • Depth mode is set to By shoulder in Strategy tab.
Pocketing Strategy Parameters Percentage of machining feedrate
Specifies the feedrate at start of spiral. This is available only with "Concentric" Tool path style.
By default, the value is 70%, with a range of values from 20% to 100%.
Pocketing Strategy Parameters Management of islands for Inward and Outward spiral morphing:
If an island is selected, the tool path starts (or finishes depending of inward/outward direction) around the island.
If more than one island is selected or if a reachable start point is given, the tool path contains retract and linking motions.
In the case of an Outward spiral morphing with a start point, the spiral starts at the start point and progresses toward the external contour. Then it comes back to the start point (after a linking motion) and progresses toward the island (the cutting mode is respected).
Prismatic Machining Area You can pre-highlight Prismatic Machining Areas in the 3D viewer by moving the cursor on the feature in the Manufacturing View:
  • Highlight when the guiding contour is selected as faces:
  • Highlight when the guiding contour is selected as Edges:

You can request a permanent representation of Prismatic Machining Areas and Machinable Axial Features:

  • At recognition of the features, the permanent representation is not visible.
  • Select one or several features in the Manufacting View, and select Hide/Show in their contextual menu to show or hide their permanent representation.
  • Alternatively, right-click a feature in the 3D viewer and select Hide/Show in the contextual menu.
  • Permanent representations of Machinable Axial features:
  • Permanent representations of Prismatic Machining Area features
  • Click its permanent representation directly in the 3D viewer to select a Prismatic Machining Area or a Machinable Axial feature .
  • In axial machining operations, click No point in the Geometry tab to select a Machinable Axial feature  from its permanent representation in the 3D viewer:
  • In Pocketing and Profile Contouring operations, click the arrow on the right of the Feature to select a Prismatic Machining Area from its permanent representation in the 3D viewer:
  • When creating a Prismatic Machining Area manually, you must select a guiding element and a bottom to enable the pre-highlight and the permanent representation of the feature.