Creating a Sweep Roughing Operation

You can create a Sweep Roughing operation, i.e. a machining operation that rough-machines parts by vertical planes.

See Also
Sweep Roughing
  1. From the Surface Machining section of the action bar, click Sweep Roughing .
    A Sweep roughing entity is added to the manufacturing program. The dialog box opens at the Geometry tab :
  2. Select the required geometry.

    The Part geometry is compulsory. All of the other parameters are optional.

    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 either Display or Simulateto 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.


    See Managing Activities

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