Surface Machining Section

The Surface Machining section of the action bar provides commands for creating Surface Machining operations.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Creating Geometrical Operations
Flyout for Creating Roughing Operations
Flyout for Creating Sweeping Operations
Flyout for Finishing Operations
Flyout for Contour-Driven Operations
Flyout for Creating Spiral Milling Operations
Flyout for Creating Contouring Operations


	Geometrical Zone See Flyout for Creating Geometrical Operations.
	Roughing See Flyout for Creating Roughing Operations.
	Sweeping See Flyout for Creating Sweeping Operations.


	Advanced Finishing See Flyout for Finishing Operations.


	Pencil Creates a pencil operation. See Creating a Pencil Operation.
	ZLevel Creates a ZLevel Machining Operation. See Creating a ZLevel Machining Operation.


	Rolling ZLevel Set ZLevel operation in Rolling modes.


	Contour-driven See Flyout for Contour-Driven Operations.


	Isoparametric Machining Creates an isoparametric machining operation See Creating an Isoparametric Operation with Lead and Tilt.


	Spiral Milling See Flyout for Creating Spiral Milling Operations.


	Multi-Pocket Flank Contouring See Flyout for Creating Contouring Operations.

Flyout for Creating Geometrical Operations


	Geometrical Zone You can define geometrical areas and use them in machining operations. See Using Geometrical Zones.
	Machining/Slope Area Creates a machining or a slope area. See Defining an Area To Machine.
	Offset Group You can define offset groups to be used in machining operation. See Creating Offset Groups.
	Rework Area Creates a 3-axis rework area. See Defining an Area to Rework.
	Rework Area from IS Creates a 3-axis rework area based on intermediate stock. Rework area computation is based on the last intermediate stock. Select from a geometry, stock, limit line, tool axis, set of strategy parameters, or a level of insertion. Intermediate stock needs to be updated before computing the rework areas. The result is a set of contours which are stored in subsets, such as Slope Area results. See Defining an Area to Rework.

Flyout for Creating Roughing Operations


	Roughing Creates a Roughing operation. See Creating a Roughing Operation.
	Sweep Roughing Creates a Sweep Roughing operation. See Creating a Sweep Roughing Operation.


	Power Machining Creates a roughing operation to machine the center cavities and the side of a multi-pockets part. See Creating Power Machining Operations.
	Cavities Roughing Creates a cavities roughing operation to machine the center cavity of a part. See Creating a Cavities Roughing Operation.

Flyout for Creating Sweeping Operations


	Sweeping Creates a sweeping operation See Creating a Sweeping Operation.
	4-Axis Curve Sweeping Creates a 4-Axis Curve Sweeping operation See Creating a 4-Axis Curve Sweeping Operation.


	Multi-Axis Sweeping Creates a Multi-Axis Sweeping operation. See Creating a Multi-Axis Sweeping Operation Normal to a Line.

Flyout for Finishing Operations


	Advanced Finishing Creates an operation dedicated to machining grooves in one shot. See Creating an Advanced Finishing Operation.


	Stiffener Creates a Stiffener machining operation. See Machining Stiffeners.


	Deburring Creates a Deburring operation. Deburring breaks or chamfers sharp edges and removes built-up burns from a finished surface. Sharp edges are automatically detected after selecting a part. Candidate edges are displayed, and you can apply different filters to adjust the selection. See Creating a Deburring Operation.

Flyout for Contour-Driven Operations


	Contour-driven Creates a contour-driven operation See Contour-Driven Machining Operations.
	Multi-Axis Contour Driven Creates a milling operation where the tool is driven along a contour while respecting user-defined geometric limitations and machining strategy parameters. See Creating Multi-Axis Contour-Driven Operations.

Flyout for Creating Spiral Milling Operations


	Spiral Milling Creates a spiral milling operation See Creating a Spiral Milling Operation.
	Multi-Axis Spiral Milling Creates a Multi-Axis Spiral Milling operation See Creating an Multi-Axis Spiral Milling Operation.
	Multi-Axis Surface Engraving Creates a Multi-Axis Surface Engraving operation See Creating a Multi-Axis Surface Engraving Operation.

Flyout for Creating Contouring Operations


	Multi-Pockets Flank Contouring Creates a multi-Pockets 5-Axis Flank contouring operation. See Creating a Multi-Pockets Flank Contouring Operation.
	Multi-Axis Flank Contouring Creates a Multi-Axis Flank Contouring operation See Creating Multi-Axis Flank Contouring Operations.
	Multi-Axis Curve Machining Creates a Multi-Axis Curve Machining operation See Creating Multi-Axis Curve Machining Operations.
	Multi-Axis Curve Engraving Creates a Multi-Axis Curve Engraving operation See Creating a Multi-Axis Curve Engraving Operation.
	Multi-Axis Tube Machining Creates a Multi-Axis Tube Machining operation. See Creating Multi-AxisTube Machining Operations.
	Multi-Axis Helix Machining Generates a single helix tool path to mill an entire turbo-machinery blade. See Creating Multi-Axis Helix Machining Operations.
	Impeller Hub Machining Creates an Impeller Hub Machining operation See Impeller Hub Machining.