Previewing Spindle Way of Rotation during Replay and Simulation

You can get information on spindle associated with a Machining Operation by activating the column named Spindle Direction in the Activities Process tree in the Machining Operation node in the Activities Process tree. The information includes spindle number, spindle name, and its direction of rotation. You can also enable or disable display of spindle way of rotation for each spindle. You can control the arrow display to represent the spindle rotation for each spindle by a click. By default ths column is not visible, so display this column in the Activities Process tree.

  1. Select Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation > Machining > NC Machining Apps Common Services > Resources and select the display color of the Spindle Rotation Arrow and of the Spindle Rotation Arrow Head from the lists.
    The spindle way of rotation is not available by hovering the mouse but is available in the context menu Activate Spindle Direction Display.
  2. Insert a Rough Turning operation in the Activities Process tree and compute the tool path.

    See Creating a Rough Turning Operation

  3. Place the pointer over the Rough Turning operation in the Activities Process tree.
    Information about spindle number, spindle name and its direction of rotation is displayed as a tooltip.
  4. Start the synchronization.

    See Creating and Editing Synchronization

  5. Right-click the spindle in PPR Context and select NC Resources > Activate Spindle Direction Display.
    By default,

    The spindle direction is displayed as a 3D arrow in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.



    • The arrow is positioned on the plane perpendicular to the spindle axis.
    • The diameter of the arrow is determined by the maximum size of the product to machine.

  6. Use the mouse to manipulate the spindle arrow diameter and position.
    1. Use left mouse button to change the radial position of the arrow.
    2. Use the left and middle mouse buttons to change the axial position of the arrow.
    3. Double-click in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, to store the diameter and position of the arrow for the spindle.
      The stored diameter and position is used for simulation.
  7. Select Rough Turning operation and Drilling operation having fixed tool and click Simulate or Display.
    Spindle rotation is shown for Turning operation and Axial operation with fixed tool. The below image shows spindle way of rotation during Simulate or Display.

    If a spindle is involved simultaneously in more than one activity with different ways of rotations, the spindle arrow is displayed in red color with two arrow heads indicating both clockwise and counter clock wise directions as shown in the image below.