Prismatic Machining
New Functionalities
- Add PP Word in Machining Patterns and Axial Operations
- You can insert and display PP Word instructions before any hole in the
Machining Pattern and Axial Machining Operations.
Enhanced Functionalities
- Pocketing Machining Operations
- Three new strategies Concentric, Inward Spiral Morphing,
and Outward Spiral Morphing are added in the Tool Path Style.
These strategies are dedicated to the hard material milling and ensure:
1)
a constant amount of material removal and load on the tool for Concentric
strategy
2)
a continuous cutting motion without retract and maximum stepover to control
the load on the tool for Spiral Morphing.
- Profile Contouring
Operation
- The following enhancements increase automation and productivity:
1) Control of the side to machine:
instead of relying on the orientation of the first curve, you can select a
3D point to indicate the material side without ambiguity.
2) Improved Processing of Join in Profile Contouring: Chain curves
form a join in contiguous sets and process each set as a guide contour.
3) Control of the Tool Axis Motion in Profile Contouring: A parameter
Smoothing tool path along Tool Axis
(%) is added in the Stepover tab to smooth the tool path and avoid motions along the tool axis
direction.
4) Support of Multiple Contours: No need to split the
Profile Contouring operation into several operations.
- Improved Collision Check and Collision Avoidance
- Ability to include the Part from Part Operation in the collision check performed on macro for the
following Machining
Operations: Profile Contouring,
Groove Milling,
Pocketing,
Facing,
Curve
Following, 4x Pocketing
and Trochoid Milling Machining
Operations. The Part from Part Operation check box is added in the
Collision Checking dialog box and the Collision Checking button is added
where needed in the Geometry tab.
- Improved Intermediate Stock Management in Axial Machining Operations
-
- A Drill through stock upto bottom check box is added in the
Geometry tab. This helps to perform the axial operation start
from top of the stock up to bottom of the stock in case of Through
hole .
- A Spot drill to part check box is added in the
Geometry tab of the
Spot Drilling Machining Operation. It allows the drilling from the intermediate
stock up to the part (and ensures the spot-drilling depth/diameter on
the part).
- Prismatic Roughing
- When the tool is in contact with a revolution surface, you can
choose to generate an arc interpolation output.