Creating a Pencil Operation

You can create a Pencil operation, i.e. a machining operation where the tool remains tangent in two places to the surface to be machined during the cycle. It is often used to remove crests along the intersection of two surfaces that were left behind by a previous machining operation.

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Pencil
  1. From the Surface Machining section of the action bar, click Pencil .
    A Pencil entity is added to the manufacturing program. The Pencil dialog box opens at the Geometry tab .
  2. Still in the Geometry tab:
    1. Click the red area in the sensitive icon and select the part in the work area.
    2. Double-click anywhere in the work area to confirm your selection and redisplay the dialog box.
  3. Select the Tool tab to choose a tool.
  4. Click Display or Simulate to check the validity of the machining operation.
    • The tool path is computed.
    • A progress indicator is displayed.
    • You can cancel the tool path computation at any moment before 100% completion.


  5. Click OK in the Display or Simulate dialog box, and again in the main dialog box to create the machining operation.
    The tool path is created.