Creating a Wire EDM Pocketing Operation

You can create a wire EDM pocketing operation to destroy material inside of a contour. Available for 2x operations only.

Before you begin: Create a wire EDM machine and select a wired EDM tool.
See Also
Creating and Recognizing a Wire EDM Feature
  1. From the Wire EDM section of the action bar, click Wire Pocketing .

    The Wire Pocketing workflow appears in the work area.

  2. In the Tool Search dialog box that appears:
    1. Select the tool type.
    2. Select the required tool or tool assembly and click one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Select in Session Select an existing tool or tool assembly from the Resource Configuration View.
    Search in Database Select a tool or a tool assembly from the database.
    Look Into Catalog Browse for a tool or a tool assembly in the catalog.
  3. Optional: Close the Tool Search dialog box by pressing Esc. Then, click Search Tool to research a tool in the database.
  4. Follow the workflow instructions to create a wire pocketing operation.

    A Wire EDM Pocketing entity is added to the Manufacturing Program.

    The Wire EDM Pocketing dialog box appears directly in the Geometry tab .

  5. Click in the title bar of the dialog box to edit the name of the machining operationoperation, such as WirePocketing.x.
  6. Optional: Click New Feature to apply a machining area feature, then click to display additional feature information.
  7. In the Mandatory section, verify the mandatory input parameters.

    Note: The following icons are used to describe the status of a parameter:
    Icon Description
    Parameter defined.
    Mandatory parameter not defined.
    Optional parameter not defined.
    Parameter not up to date.
    Broken link.

  8. Optional: Do any of the following:
    1. Click to remove the input parameter.
    2. Click to display additional information on the parameter in the work area.
    3. Click to display the context menu.
  9. In the Optional section, verify the optional input parameters.
  10. Select the Resource tab and verify the tool parameters.
  11. Select the Strategy tab and verify the parameters in the sub-tabs: Main and Axis Strategy .

    Note: Parameters may be different if you set the Automatic mode during machine creation

  12. Select the Macros tab and verify the macro parameters.
  13. Click Compute to compute the tool path with the specified parameters.
  14. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box.
  15. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box without saving.

The wire pocketing operation is created as WirePocketing.x. It is visible in the Manufacturing View.