Creating Points and Lines with the Program Wizard

You can create explicit points for machining on the fly. These points are grouped in a polyline or a join, which are used as the limit line or engagement points in Machining Operations.

This task shows you how to:

Create Points

You can create points with points creation wizard.

  1. From any product:
    1. Select a machining app then the Programming section.
      An empty Manufacturing Cell is created with an Activities Process Tree.
    2. Create a generic machine or assign a machine from the database.
      As soon as a machine is assigned to the Manufacturing Cell, a Part Operation and a Manufacturing Program are created in the Activities Process Tree.
    3. Alternatively, open an existing Machining Process or PPR Context.

      By default, the Activities Process Tree is available.

  2. Click Points Creation Wizard . .
    The Point Creation Wizard dialog box is displayed.
  3. Select the New Part.
  4. Select the Creation mode.

    You can switch to another mode during the creation of the points. The new creation mode is taken into account at the next click.

  5. Select the Destination.
    This the mechanical part or the Geometrical set where you want to store the points.
  6. Select the Support.
    This is the surface or the plane on which you want to create the points. A red dot appears on the Support.

  7. Click to create the point at the required place and repeat that step as many times as necessary.
  8. Click OK.
    The points are created in the Destination. They could be edited.

Create Limit Lines by Projecting a Sketch or a Polyline

You can create limit lines with Limit Lines Projection Wizard.

  1. From any product:
    1. Select a machining app then the Programming section.
      An empty Manufacturing Cell is created with an Activities Process Tree.
    2. Create a generic machine or assign a machine from the database.
      As soon as a machine is assigned to the Manufacturing Cell, a Part Operation and a Manufacturing Program are created in the Activities Process Tree.
    3. Alternatively, open an existing Machining Process or PPR Context.

      By default, the Activities Process Tree is available.

  2. Click Limit Lines Projection Wizard .
    The Line Creation dialog box is displayed.
  3. Select the New Part.

    If a complementary geometry part exists, it is automatically proposed.

    If you select another body, a message asks you to confirm that selection.

    This is the mechanical part or the Geometrical set where you want to store the lines.
  4. Select the Part body on which you are going to project the sketch of the polyline.
  5. Select the Sketch or the polyline you want to project.
    It appears in Projected.
  6. If necessary, enter a Tolerance for the projection computation.
  7. Enter a projection direction:
    • By its coordinates,
    • Or click Select and select a line to take its orientation, or a plane to take its normal,
    • Or click Reverse to reverse a given direction.
    The direction is displayed as a red arrow.
  8. Optional: Select the Joins polylines check box to put the polylines in a join.
  9. Click Preview to preview the result, and OK to validate.


    The polylines are created in the selected Geometrical set. If a join has been created, the polylines are sent to the NoShow while the Join only is visible.

Create Limit Lines by Picking Points

You can create limit lines with Limit Lines Creation Wizard.

  1. From any product:
    1. Select a machining app then the Programming section.
      An empty Manufacturing Cell is created with an Activities Process Tree.
    2. Create a generic machine or assign a machine from the database.
      As soon as a machine is assigned to the Manufacturing Cell, a Part Operation and a Manufacturing Program are created in the Activities Process Tree.
    3. Alternatively, open an existing Machining Process or PPR Context.

      By default, the Activities Process Tree is available.

  2. Click Limit Lines Creation Wizard .
    The dialog box is displayed.
  3. Select the 3D Shape, that is the mechanical part or the Geometrical set where you want to store the points.

    If a complementary geometry part exists, it is automatically proposed.

    If you select another body, a message asks you to confirm that selection.

  4. Select the Part body on which you are going to create the line.

    The lines are created from the projection of the picking positions onto the support body along the normal to the screen. If you pick a point outside the support body, the projected polyline starts at the intersection between the support and the line between the first and the second pick:



  5. Pick the first position again to close the line and start another.
  6. Type a Tolerance for the projection computation.
  7. Optional: Select the Joins polylines check box to put the polylines in a join.
  8. Click OK to validate the creation.
    The polylines are created in the selected Geometrical set. If a join has been created, the polylines are sent to the NoShow while the Join only is visible.