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3-Axis Surface Machining

Detailed Steps
COPYRIGHT DASSAULT SYSTEMES
Version 5 Release 14
September 2004
EDU-CAT-E-SMG-FS-V5R14
Detailed Steps
Table of Contents
3-Axis Surface Machining...................................................................................................................... 1
Detailed Steps ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 2
Master Exercise: Renfort....................................................................................................................... 4
Step 1: Create a new Part Operation & A milling Feature...................................................................... 4
Step 2: Create Sweep Roughing operations ......................................................................................... 8
Step 3: Create a Roughing operation ................................................................................................. 12
Step 4: Create a Slope area and a Sweeping, Zlevel, Pencil Operations .......................................... 17
Step 5: Create a Rework area, and Zlevel and Contour driven Operations ....................................... 24
Exercise: Pocket Ordering................................................................................................................... 28
Exercise: Imposed Plane definition in Roughing .................................................................................. 32
Exercise: Create an Isoparametric Machining Operation...................................................................... 35
Exercise: Create a Spiral Milling Operation.......................................................................................... 38
Exercise : Create NC geometrical element, slope area and rework area .............................................. 39
A. Stock creation................................................................................................................................ 39
B. Geometrical zone creation ............................................................................................................. 39
C. Roughing operation creation .......................................................................................................... 40
D. Slope area creation........................................................................................................................ 41
E. Rework area definition : ................................................................................................................. 44
Exercise: Create a Contouring operation ............................................................................................. 46
A. Contouring the part ........................................................................................................................ 46
B. Contouring Pocket 1 ...................................................................................................................... 49
Exercise : Analyze and modify computed tool path .............................................................................. 52
A. Computing the minimum tool gage ................................................................................................. 52
B. Split on collision points................................................................................................................... 56
C. Create geometries ......................................................................................................................... 67
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Master Exercise: Renfort

Step 1: Create a new Part Operation & A milling Feature
A. Create a new Part operation
1. Reset all options : in Tool menu, select Option
a. Click on
b. Select Reset all options
c.
Click Yes
2. Deactivate Automatic Save in General folder.

3. Select NC folder in the Option window
d. Activate option Create a CATPart to store necessary geometry for Manufacturing

e. Click OK to close the dialog-box
B. Open the part to machine

4. Menu File, Open
5. Open the Renfort.CATPart located in the SMG\Student\Data\ex1-part operation folder
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C. Launch the Surface Manufacturing workbench

In the Start menu, select NC Manufacturing, then Surface Machining.
D. Define Part Operation parameters

6. in the PPR tree, double-click on Part Operation.1 :
The following (Part Operation or PO)window appears :
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7. To select the machine :

a. Click on the Machine icon :
b. In the machine editor, click on the 3-axis icon,
c.
Click OK to accept the 3-axis_Default_machine.
8. To select the part to machine :

a. Click on the No design part selected (for simulation only icon),
b. Double click on the Part in the 3D View to assign it.
c. Click OK to accept and close the PO window (we will come back to this later).
9. To define and create the stock :
a. Click on the Creates Rough Stock icon located on the SMG workbench
b. Click in the No Selection area of the Destination field
c. Then expand the Part in the PPR tree and select Part1
d. Click on Yes in the Warning that pops up.
e. Select the part in the screen, the stock to be created is previewed according to the contentment
box of the part.
f. Change the Z min coordinate from 88.00877 to 100.

g. Click OK in the dialog-box to accept and create the stock.
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h. In the PPR tree, double-click on Part Operation.1 to reopen the PO.

i.
Click on the No stock selected icon,
j.
Double click on the Stock in the 3D View to assign it.
10. Click OK to accept and close the Part Operation

11. Hide the stock by right clicking (Mouse Button 3 or MB3) on it in the view and selecting Hide/Show
E. Create a Milling Feature

12. Click Machining/Slope Area icon :
13. Next you will define a Machining Area comprised of the whole part
14. Type in Whole part in the name field.
15. In the Machining Area window, select the Part symbol.

16. Then select the part in the 3D viewer by single clicking on it.
17. Double-click in an empty part of the screen to stop and accept the selection.
18. Click OK to accept the definition of the current Machining Area
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Step 2: Create Sweep Roughing operations
A. Create a Sweep Roughing operation by using a ZPlane roughing

type
1. Expand the tree so it looks as shown below.
2. Click once on Manufacturing Program.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange as
shown above.
3. Select the Sweep Roughing icon
The Sweep Roughing menu opens up.
4. To recall the Machining Area you previously created as Whole Part:

Click the down arrow in the Feature field and select Whole Part from the list.
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5. Select the tool in the Tool tab page,
6. Turn off the Ball-end tool button

7. Change the tool name to T1 Ball nose D50 rc10. Hit the Enter key to accept the changed name
8. Double click on the tool diameter dimension D and change it from 10 to 50.
9. Double click on the corner radius definition Rc and change it from 2 to 10.
10. Double click on the body diameter dimension db and change it from 15 to 35.
11. Select the Strategy/Options tab page.
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12. Select the Machining tab and set the values as shown in the picture below:
13. Select the Radial tab and set the values as shown in the picture below:
14. -Select the Axial tab and set the values as shown in the picture below:
Continue to the next page.
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15. Click on the Replay icon to compute and reply.
1. Click on the Photo
2. Click OK to end and close Photo

window
3. Click on Replay again and

then click on the Video icon
16. Click OK to accept and close the Video.

17. Click OK to accept the creation of the Sweep Roughing operation.
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Step 3: Create a Roughing operation

A. Definition of the roughing operation
1. Select the last operation Sweep Roughing 1 and deactivate it by right clicking on it and selecting
Sweep roughing.1.object - Deactivate
2. Click on Roughing icon
3. To select the geometry
-Recall Whole part Machining Aea the same way you did in the previous operation
4. Click on Replay button in the dialog-box.
5. Check the result of the computation by using Photo simulation.
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You can see that material remains on one side of the part and that the pass overlaps are not good.
6. Click OK to close the Photo
7. Click on Strategy/Options tab,

8.
Select the Radial tab and set the Tool diameter ratio to 65.
9. Select the Axial tab and set the Maximum depth of cut to 4mm.
10. Replay the current operation

11. Click on Photo icon
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12. The result is no better than the previous one.

13. Click OK to close the Photo
14. Click on Strategy/Options tab,

15. In Machining tab, change the Tool path style from Spiral to One-way next.
16. Replay the operation.

17. Thank to ICU (Instant Cycle Update) capability, the result is instantaneously updated.
18. Re-compute the tool path with Helical mode and replay.
19. Click OK to close the replay.

20. Click OK again to accept and close the operation
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B. Definition of a roughing rework

1. To duplicate Roughing.1 operation :
Right click (MB3) on the Roughing.1 operation in the PPR tree and select Copy in the pop-up menu.
Right click (MB3) on the Roughing.1 operation again and select Paste in the pop-up menu.
2. Double-click on Roughing.2 operation to open it up.
3. Select Tools tab page and change the name to D25 Rc05 . Be sure to hit the Enter key after typing
the name. Set the D & db to 25. Set the Rc to 5 as shown below.
4. Select Geometry folder and change Offset on part from 1mm to 0.5mm.
5. Set Minimum thickness to machine to 3mm
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6. Click on Replay button to compute and replay.
Run a Photo simulation
7. Click OK once to end Photo and then click OK again to accept and end the Roughing operation.
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Step 4: Create a Slope area and a Sweeping, Zlevel,

Pencil
Operations
First you will create a new tool change after the Roughing.2 operation.
Click once on Roughing.2 (Computed) in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange as shown
above.
Click on the Endmill Tool Change icon.

In the Tool Change window and change the name to D10 Rc5 . Be sure to hit the Enter key after typing
the name. Set the D & db to 10. Select the Ballnose button as shown below.
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Select OK to accept and create the tool change
A. Select Machining/Slope area icon

1. In the Name field change the name to Slope Area 1
2. Check the Slope Area box

3. Select the Part symbol and select the part in the view by single clicking on it then double clicking in
an empty area of the screen to accept and the end selection.
Continue to the next page
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4. Select the Slope Area tab.

5. In the Tool Reference field select D10 Rc5 tool as the reference tool and change the Upper and
Lower angles to 20.
Continue to next page
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6. Switch to Operations tab page

7. Click in the Insertion Level field and select the last Tool Change in the PPR tree.
8. Select Horizontal in the Area filed and change the associated operation from Spiral to Sweeping
9. Click OK to accept. The Zlevel and Sweeping operations are automatically added in the PPR tree
10. Expand the Tool Change by clicling the + next to it to see the operations that were added.
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11. Right click on Manufacturing Program.1 and in the pop-up menu

select Manufacturing Program.1 .object Compute Tool path
12. Select OK in the pop up window to compute.

13. Open both operations and replay and simulate. Close when done.
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B. Select the last operation in the PPR (Sweeping.1) and then select the Pencil icon
1. In the Pencil dialog box assign the Whole Part Machining Area the same way as you did in the
Roughing operations..
2. Click on Tool tab
. Create a 8 ball-nose tool.
3. Replay the operation and do a Photo or Video.
4. You can see that the tool paths sometimes up mill and sometimes down mill. Next we will recomputed
this operation but with other parameters. We will change to always up mill and to respect to a Climb
cutting mode.
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5. Click on Strategy tab
6. Change the Axial direction from Either to Up.

7. Replay the operation and do a Photo or Video, you can see that the tool path has been modified to
take into account the modification of Axial strategy parameter.
8. Click OK twice to end the Replay and close the current operation
9. Copy/Paste Pencil.1 after Pencil.1 the same way you copied and pasted the Roughing.
10. Double-click on Pencil.2 operation; create now a D05 ball-nose tool.
11. Replay the tool path and check the result.
12. Click OK twice to end the Replay and close the current operation.
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Step 5: Create a Rework area, and Zlevel and Contour

driven Operations
Create a new tool change operation after the Pencil.2 operation in the PPR tree. Use the same
methods used previously to create a 2mm Diameter Ball-nose tool. Name it: D2 Rc1.
A. Select Rework area icon
1. Change the Name to Rework Area 1.

2. In the dialog box use Load from button and then select in Pencil.2 operation. All of the parameters
are automatically copied from in Pencil.2 ( tool definition, machining tolerance, part to machine
definition)
3. Click on the Other tab and change the Tolerance to 0.05mm
4. Click on Compute button.
5. The Cutting Areas are computed and displayed..
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B. Rework area edition

1. Select Edit tab in the Rework area dialog box
2. Right click on Vertical and select Add / Remove
3. Click on the three lines shown above (pointed to with green arrows) (to change them from Horizontal
(blue) to Vertical
4. Double-click in an empty area to stop the selection. The selected lines turn Vertical (red)
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C. Operations association
1. Switch to Operation tab in the dialog-box,
2. Select in the Insertion Level field and then select the last created Tool Change in the PPR.
3. Select the D2 Rc1 tool from the Tool Reference list.
4. Select OK to accept and create the operations. All of the rework operations are automatically added
inside the PPR tree. You just need to compute the tool path.
5. Click the + next to the last tool change in the PPR to expand show the operations.
6. Right click on Manufacturing Program.1 and in the pop-up menu

select Manufacturing Program.1 .object Compute Tool path
7. Select OK in the pop up window to compute.
8. Replay both operations. The results will appear as shown on the next page.
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Exercise: Pocket Ordering

1. Close all open files.
2. Open the Initial_Pocket_ordering.CATProcess located in the SMG\Student\Data\ex3roughing\pocket ordering folder
3. Click once on Manufacturing Program.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange.
4. Click on Roughing icon
5. In Geometry tab select the Part symbol and then select the part in the viewer. Double click on an
empty area to end selection and accept.
6. Set Offset on part to 0.

7. Select the Strategy/Options tab and choose Pocket only for the machining mode
8. Compute the tool path by using Replay button in the dialog-box.

9. Check the pocket order by using Video simulation.
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10. Return to Geometry tab,

11. Click on Zone order item
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12. Select a new pocket ordering by selecting the pockets in the desired order (your choice as to the
order but not sequentially) one by one.
13. Double-click in an empty are of the 3D viewer to stop the current selection
14. Replay to compute a new tool path and check the pocket ordering by using Video
15. Click OK to end the Video,
16. Next you will add now a limit contour in your operation.
17. Click on the Limit Contour symbol and then expand the NC_Geometry part in the Product branch
of the PPR and select Sketch.2 in the Open body.1 of the NC_Geometry part.
18. Double-click in an empty are of the 3D viewer to stop the current selection
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19. Click Replay in the dialog-box to start the tool path computation.
20. Check that your limit contour has been taken into account.
21. Close the CATProcess file without saving.
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Exercise: Imposed Plane definition in Roughing

1. Open the initial_imposedplane_in_roughing.catprocess located in the SMG\Student\Data\ ex3roughing\imposed plane in roughing folder.
2. Click once on Manufacturing Program.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange
3. Create a new roughing operation
4. In Geometry tab select the Part symbol (same as before) and then select the part in the viewer.
Double click on an empty area to end selection and accept.
5. Right click on Imposed plane item and select Search/View option
6. In the new dialog box click on Reachable planes,
7. Select each plane listed in the Not selected field by holding the Ctrl key and selecting them one by
one as shown above left.
8. Select the
to move them to the Selected field as shown above right.
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9. Select OK to accept..
10. Right click on one of the Imposed plane item and select the Offset option as shown below.
11. Set the offset to 1mm and hit OK to accept offset.

12. Switch to Strategy/Options tab and set the Axial strategy to 1mm
13. Compute the tool path
14. Use Photo simulation to check your result
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15. Click with the mouse in a planar area to check that the offset on the imposed planes has been taken
into account.
16. Close the CATProcess without saving.
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Exercise: Create an Isoparametric Machining

Operation
1. Open the initialprocess-isoparam.catprocess located in the SMG\Student\Data\ ex6isoparametric machining folder.
2. Click once on Roughing.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange
3. Create a new Isoparametric Machining operation. Click on the icon as shown below.
4. Select the Geometry tab and then select the two surfaces shown below starting with the long surface
to the right. Make sure the arrow points inward as shown. If it doesnt, click the arrow to reverse it.
5. Click on the Navigates on belt of faces icon to select the rest of the surfaces.
6. Select OK to accept
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7. Click on Add corners symbol to define the operation direction
9. Two yellow dots are displayed.
Select the top dot as shown
Select the bottom dot as shown
10. Double click in empty space to accept and end selection.

11. Select the Check symbol and select the bottom of the pocket as a check surface as shown below.
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12. Double click in empty space to accept and end selection

13. Switch to the Tool tab
14. Define a T-Slotter tool corresponding to the image above.
15. Switch to the Strategy/Options tab.

16. Change the strategy from Zig-zag to One-way
17. Select the Tool Axis tab and set the Variation type to Fixed axis as shown below.
18. Replay and simulate the result by using VIDEO

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Exercise: Create a Spiral Milling Operation

1. Open the initial_spiral_milling.catprocess located in the SMG\Student\Data\
Training\SMG\Student\Data\ex7-spiral milling folder.
2. Click once on Zlevel.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange
3. Create a new spiral milling operation. Click on
icon.
4. In Geometry tab select the Part symbol (same as before) and then select the part in the viewer.
Double click on an empty area to end selection and accept.
5. Select the Tool tab
6. Create a new End Mill tool diameter 6mm radius 0mm.
7. Click on Replay button to start the tool path computation.
8. Use Photo simulation only on the last operation to check the quality of the computed tool path
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Exercise : Create NC geometrical element, slope area

and rework area
A. Stock creation
1. Open the DemoRASA.CATPart located in the SMG\Student\Data\ Training\SMG\Student\Data\ex8ncgeom-slope-ra editor
2. Activate SMG workbench
3. Click on stock creation icon
and set the Zmax. Coordinate to 53.
4. Validate the stock creation
B. Geometrical zone creation

5. Click on geometrical zone icon
6. In the dialog-box select the whole body
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C. Roughing operation creation

7. Click on
icon to create a Roughing operation
8. In the geometry tabpage use MB3 to recall the geometriacal element created previously
9. Use a bull-nose tool diameter 25 radius 5

10. Switch to strategy tabpage
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11. Activate in the dialog-box the HSM option
12. In Bottom tab page, activate automatic horizontal areas detection

13. Unset Same offset as bottom as on part option
14. Define an offset on areas as 0 mm
15. Compute the tool path and validate the dialog-box
16. Click on
icon to insert a tool change instruction
17. Create a new ball nose diameter 16 tool
D. Slope area creation

18. Click on machining area icon
19. Use select Zone capability in the geometry tab page to recall the geometrical element previously
created
20. Activate Slope area button
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21. Switch to Slope area tab page

22. Select Ball nose diameter 16 as reference tool for the slope area computation
23. Click on Compute button (The areas are displayed by color on part)
24. Use the filter visualization to have a better understanding of the computed areas.
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25. Select operation tab page

26. Select insertion level in the dialog-box and select toolchange.2 in the PPR tree
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27. Select Horizontal in the list and change the associated operation from Spiral milling to Sweeping
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28. Click on OK button in the dialog-box (the operations are automatically instantiated under the tool
change instruction
29. Select Manufacturing program.1 and in the associated pop-up menu select Compute tool path option.
30. Click on
icon to insert a tool change instruction
31. Create a new ball nose diameter 3 tool
E. Rework area definition :

32. Click on
icon to define a rework area
33. Select Load From button in the dialog-box
34. Select in the tree Sweeping.1 operation

35. Click on Compute button in the dialog-box to launch the rework area computation
36. Switch to Edit tab page
37. Set the angle value to 30 and the Length value to 15mm
38. Click on
icon to create the different subsets (horizontal, Vertical,..)
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39. Select Operations tabpage

40. Select insertion level and click in the PPR tree on tool change.3
41. Select the tool witch will be used by the rework operations
42. Validate the creation by clicking on the OK button inside the dialog-box
43. Select Manufacturing program.1 and in the associated pop-up menu select Compute tool path option.
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Exercise: Create a Contouring operation

A. Contouring the part
1. Open the initial-process-contouring.catprocess located in the SMG\Student\Data\
Training\SMG\Student\Data\ ex9-contouring folder
2. Click once on Roughing.2 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange.
3. Click on contouring icon
4. To select the geometry:
-Click on the Bottom : Hard text to change it to Bottom : Soft as shown below.
-Right click on the Bottom symbol and make sure that Contour detection is turned off as shown
below left. If it is on as shown below right, click it to turn it off. Right click on the Bottom symbol
again to confirm it is off.
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-Select the Bottom symbol and then select the bottom of the part as shown.
-Set the Offset on bottom to 10mm

-Select the Contour symbol and then by selecting one by one the 5 edges as shown below, starting
with the 45 degree wall edge on the left working your way right:
Click OK to finish the selection

Make sure the orange arrow is pointing outwards as shown above. If not, click on it to reverse it.
5. Next we will assign a Check area to avoid :
Right click on the Check symbol and select By Bodies from the contextual menu. Then select the
block as shown below.
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Double click in empty space to accept and end selection.

6. Next you will set the options:
-Switch to the Strategy/Options tab page.

-Under the Stepover tab set the Number of levels to 1
-Also set Number of paths to 1
7. Click on Tool tab

. Select T3 End Mill D10 RC0 tool by selecting the Select a tool in
document button and then selecting the tool from the list as shown below.
8. Replay the operation
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Click OK to end replay, and click OK to accept and close the operation
B. Contouring Pocket 1
Select the last operation Profile contouring.1 in the PPR tree to make it active. It will turn orange
Click on contouring icon
In the Geometry tab page:
--Change the Offset on bottom to 0mm
Right click on the Bottom symbol and turn Contour Detection back on as shown above.
Select the Bottom symbol and then select the bottom of the pocket as shown above. The bottom and
the contour are selected and displayed.
Make sure the orange arrow is pointing inward as shown.
In the Strategy/Options tab page:
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--Activate Close tool path as shown below
-Set Percentage overlap to 80% as shown above.
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Replay the operation
8. Click OK to end replay

9. Click OK to accept part operation
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Exercise : Analyze and modify computed tool path

A. Computing the minimum tool gage
1. Open the initial_Tool_path_editor.catprocess located in the SMG\Student\Data\
Training\SMG\Student\Data\ ex10-Toolpath Editor folder
2. Select Compute tool gage on assembly icon
3. In the dialog-box activate Select All button
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4. Click on Compute All button to compute the minimum Tool gage
We can see that the current tool length is not enough for operations Zlevel.1 and Sweeping.1
5. Close the dialog-box using OK button
6. Unlock Zlevel.1 and Sweeping.1
7. Select T3 Ball Nose D10 tool and modify the cutting length in order to avoid the collisions.
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8. Now recomputed both operations (Zlevel.1 and sweeping.1)
9. Select Compute tool gage on assembly icon
and click-on Select all button
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10. Select Zlevel.1 and Sweeping.1

11. Use MB3 to display the associated pop-up menu
12. In this menu select Compute
13. The Minimum tool gage is automatically computed
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B. Split on collision points

1. Create a new Manufacturing program. Click on
icon
2. Define a new sweeping operation using a ball-nose diameter 10 tool with a cutting length of 10mm
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3. Compute this sweeping operation on the whole part, using 0.03mm for the machining tolerance and
1.5mm for the radial constant stepover.
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4. Use MB3 and lock the current sweeping.2 operation
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5. Select Tool path item under sweeping.2 operation

6. Click on MB3 and in the associated pop-up menu select Split on collision points item.
7. In the dialog-box, select T3 tool which has a cutting length of 60mm
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8. Click on apply button to start the computation of the collision points These points are displayed in
RED in the current tool path
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9. Validate the creation by using OK button. You will see in the PPR tree that CATIA has automatically
created a copy transformation item witch is linked to the tool T3. The two tool path are now open the
next step is to close them
10. Select the tool path under sweeping.1 and in the associated pop-up menu, select Change approach
and retract
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11. Unset all the deletion options

12. In the new dialog-box select selection by polygonal trap icon
13. Define the trap as described in the picture below:
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14. Validate the creation by double-clicking on the last point

15. Then click on Apply button in the dialog-box to modify the approach/retract motions.
16. Validate the creation by clicking on OK button.

17. Select copy transformation item. Use MB3 and select lock in the associated pop-up menu
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18. Select tool path item under copy transformation and in the associated pop-up menu, select
connection item
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19. In the new dialog-box select selection by polygonal trap icon

20. Define the trap as described in the picture below:
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21. Validate the creation by double-clicking on the last point
22. Change the distance value from 10mm to 20mm

23. Validate the tool path modification. Note that now all the tool path are connected and closed.
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C. Create geometries
1. Select Copy-transformation.1, in the associated pop-up menu select Create geometries option
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2. Select Tools for the type of element that you would like to create
3. Click on First pont option to display yhe tool on the first point of your tool path
4. Play/try the other capabilities (Last point,)
5. Now select Destination item and click on NCGeometry_part1 item in the PPR tree
The dialog-box is now updated like this :
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6. Re-select first point creation and click on Apply button in the dialog-box.
The tool position is now created in the PPR tree. You can use it for example to check the collision
with the part.
7. Close the dialog box.

8. Use measure between
capability to check the distance between the tool and the surfaces.
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Master Exercise: Renfort

2. Deactivate Automatic Save in General folder.

d. Activate option Create a CATPart to store necessary geometry for Manufacturing

B. Open the part to machine

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C. Launch the Surface Manufacturing workbench

D. Define Part Operation parameters

The following (Part Operation or PO)window appears :

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7. To select the machine :

Click OK to accept the 3-axis_Default_machine.

8. To select the part to machine :

b. Click in the No Selection area of the Destination field

f. Change the Z min coordinate from 88.00877 to 100.

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h. In the PPR tree, double-click on Part Operation.1 to reopen the PO.

Click on the No stock selected icon,

Double click on the Stock in the 3D View to assign it.

10. Click OK to accept and close the Part Operation

E. Create a Milling Feature

15. In the Machining Area window, select the Part symbol.

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Step 2: Create Sweep Roughing operations

A. Create a Sweep Roughing operation by using a ZPlane roughing

3. Select the Sweep Roughing icon

The Sweep Roughing menu opens up.

4. To recall the Machining Area you previously created as Whole Part:

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5. Select the tool in the Tool tab page,

6. Turn off the Ball-end tool button

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Continue to the next page.

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15. Click on the Replay icon to compute and reply.

1. Click on the Photo

2. Click OK to end and close Photo

3. Click on Replay again and

16. Click OK to accept and close the Video.

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Step 3: Create a Roughing operation

4. Click on Replay button in the dialog-box.

5. Check the result of the computation by using Photo simulation.

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7. Click on Strategy/Options tab,

10. Replay the current operation

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