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


	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 Creates a contour-driven operation


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


	Spiral Milling Creates a spiral milling operation

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.

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.

Flyout for Finishing Operations


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


	Stiffener Creates a Stiffener machining operation.


	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.