Creating a Pocketing Operation on a Prismatic Machining Area

You can create a Pocketing operation on a Prismatic Machining Area using a Complex Step feature.

  1. Click Manufacturing View in the Machining Features action bar. Use the Sort by Machining Features context menu to display the desired view.
  2. Select the Complex Step feature in the view.
  3. Click Pocketing in the Prismatic Machining action bar.

    The Pocketing dialog box appears.

    The operation is initialized with the feature geometry as well as default parameters for machining strategy, feeds and speeds, and tool.



  4. Optional: Edit any of these values, if desired.
  5. Click Display or Simulate check the validity of the operation.

    See Simulating the Tool Path.

    • The tool path is computed.
    • A progress indicator is displayed.
    • You can cancel the tool path computation at any moment before 100% completion.


  6. Click OK to create the Pocketing operation. The operation is added to the Manufacturing View and to the program in the Activities tree.


    See Prismatic Machining Area Features, Creating a Prismatic Machinable Feature Locally.