Defining Checks on Machining Steps

You can define checks on machining steps.

Before you begin: The Manufacturing Template View panel must be open and contain a manufacturing template structure. The following scenario lets you define a typical check for a Hole machining step.
See Also
Creating a Manufacturing Template
Defining Formula on Machining Steps
  1. Select a Hole machining step in the Manufacturing Template View panel.
  2. Click Machining Step Check Editor .
    The Check Editor panel appears.
  3. In the Check area of the panel, click Check+ to add expressions in a new check.
  4. In the Expression area of the panel, select expressions in the lists to define the new check.

    Expressions can be:

    • Attributes of features located in Knowledgeware packages.
    • Operators such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
    • Operators such as Greater Than, Less Than or Equal To.
    • Operators such as Contains, And, and Or.
    • Numerical values.
    • Units.

  5. In the Part Design Features Knowledgeware package, select the Hole type, and the Diameter attribute.
    The check starts as follows: Hole.Diameter.
  6. Select the Greater Than operator.
    The check is updated as follows: Hole.Diameter >.
  7. In the User Defined Value expression type, enter 32.
    The check is updated as follows: Hole.Diameter > 32.
  8. In the Unit expression type, select mm.

    If you select the Filter the Units check box, units are filtered according to the attributes already defined in the check. In this example, only length units are proposed.

    The check is updated as follows: Hole.Diameter > 32 mm.
  9. In the Check area of the panel, click Check/ to create the check.

The check for the Hole machining step states that the diameter of the design hole must be greater than 32mm. The check ignores design holes whose diameter is less than 32mm.

Note: You can add several checks on a machining step: one for diameter, one for depth, and so on.