Generating and Ordering Scan Paths on Skin Surfaces

You can generate a scan path on skin surfaces and order them in a sequence to specify which scan path generates first.

This task shows you how to:

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Basic Concepts

Generate a Scan Path on a Skin Surface

You can generate one or more scan paths on one or more skin surfaces such as core, down-skin, and up-skin.

Before you begin:
  1. From the Programming section of the action bar, click Scan Path Generation .
  2. From the menu, select an existing Build Process rule.

    Note: You can add a new rule if you click Create or Edit Rules and there is no rule currently selected.

  3. In the Define and generate slicing and scan path panel that appears, expand a parts using the arrow to define the rule for each part individually.
  4. From the menu, select an existing Scan Path rule for each region of the part.

    Note: You can add a new rule if you click Create or Edit Rules and if None is selected in the list.

  5. Optional: Click Propagate Rules to propagate all the scan path rules of a part to other parts that have a similar sequence of regions.

    The Propagate On dialog box displays all the valid, eligible instances for scan path propagation.

  6. Click Assign Optics to assign lasers manually or automatically to the parts.
  7. Click Generate then OK when done.
    The scan paths generate on the surfaces you selected.
  8. Click Display Path in Define and generate slicing and scan path to view the scan path information. See Slicing and Scan Path Parameters.
  9. Hide or show scan tracks using the check boxes and customize the color of the scan tracks.
    The views of the scan paths in the work area reflect the changes you made in the display panel.

  10. Select any trajectory other than linking in the work area to view the Scanning Parameters panel for the scanning rule.

    Note: You cannot edit the parameters in this view.

  11. Use the vertical slider to navigate through the different levels of the scan path.
  12. Use the horizontal slider to view the evolution within a layer.

    Note: When all the information is available (scan speed, multi laser assignment, and so on), you can use the horizontal slider to display trajectories in the layer at a given time. If a part required to visualize the time display is not selected or has missing information, then the system displays the point number in the current layer instead of the time.

Order the Scan Paths in a Sequence

You can order the scan paths in a sequence to specify which path generates first. You can only export the sequence in an MTT file.

  1. From the work area, click Rules Management .
  2. In the Rules Management dialog box that appears, select a scan path rule and click edit .
  3. In the Scan Path Order tab, use the arrows to arrange the sequence of the scan paths.
  4. Click OK to validate, then close the dialog box.