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Milling using Pro/ENGINEER Wildire 4.0

T2166-360-01

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Training Agenda
Introduction to Manufacturing

Module 02

Creating Manufacturing Models

Module 03

Coniguring Operations

Module 04

Using Reference Models

Module 05

Using Workpiece Models

Module 06

Creating and Using NC Model Assemblies

Module 07

Creating and Coniguring Workcells

Creating and Coniguring Tools

Module 09

Using Template Manufacturing Models

Module 10

Using Manufacturing Parameters

Module 11

Creating Face Milling Sequences

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Day 3

Creating Volume Milling Sequences

Module 13

Creating Proile Milling Sequences

Module 14

Creating Straight Cut Surface Milling Sequences

Module 15

Creating From Surface Isolines Surface Milling Sequences

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Module 12

Day 4
Module 17

Advanced Surface Milling Options

Creating Roughing and Re-roughing Sequences

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Creating Cut Line Surface Milling Sequences

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Module 16

Module 19

Creating Finishing Sequences

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Day 5

Module 20

Creating Trajectory Milling Sequences

Module 21

Creating Holemaking Sequences

Module 22

Using the Process Manager

Module 23

Creating and Post-Processing CL Data Files


Table of Contents
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Coniguring Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Coniguring a Milling Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

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Using Reference Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Different Methods for Assembling Reference Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

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Using Workpiece Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Creating a Workpiece with Inherited Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

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Creating and Coniguring Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Creating and Coniguring Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

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Creating Face Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Creating Face Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2

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Creating Volume Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating Volume Milling Sequences: Extrude and Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating Volume Milling Sequences with Mill Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Customize in Volume Milling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating Proile Milling Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Creating Proile Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

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Creating Straight Cut Surface Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Creating Straight Cut Surface Milling Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2

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Creating From Surface Isolines Surface Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Creating From Surface Isoline Surface Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2

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Creating Cut Line Surface Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
Creating Cut Line Surface Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2
Advanced Surface Milling Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
Using Advanced Surface Milling Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2

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Creating Roughing and Re-roughing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
Mold Core Roughing and Re-Roughing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-2

Creating Finishing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
Mold Core Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-2

Creating Trajectory Milling Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Slot Milling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2
Creating Holemaking Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
Creating Holemaking Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-2
Using the Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
Creating NC Sequences Using the Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-2


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Exercise 1: Coniguring a Milling Operation
Objectives

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After successfully completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Create manufacturing operations.
• Select existing workcells when coniguring machine tools.
• Assemble ixtures.
• Create coordinate systems when specify machine zero positions.
• Specify retract planes.

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You need to conigure an operation this involves specifying a machine tool by selecting a
pre-conigured fadal workcell. You also assemble a ixture that represents the fadal machine
tool. You conigure the machine zero coordinate system for the operation, this involves creating
a new coordinate system in the manufacturing model, this coordinate system references model
geometry from the ixture assembly. Finally you specify the retract plane relative to the machine
coordinate system.
FADAL_EXAMPLE.MFG

Operations

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Task 1: Create and operation and conigure a machine tool.
1. From the menu manager, click Mfg Setup

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• In the Operation Setup dialog box, click Machine Tool Dialog

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• In the Machine Tool Setup dialog box, click Open
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• Select the FADALVMC.GPH workcell, and click Open
You have retrieved an existing workcell for the fadal-vmc machine type, this workcell can
have pre-conigured options such as maximum spindle speed, and travel limits.

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2. Select the Travel tab, note the tool travel limits
in X, Y, and Z-directions.
• In the Machine Tool Setup dialog box, click
OK.

Task 2: Assemble a ixture
1. In the Operation Setup dialog box, click Fixture Setup
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• In the Fixture Setup dialog box, click Add Component .
• Select FADAL_VMC.ASM, and click Open.

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2. Select datum coordinate system
NC_ASM_DEF_CSYS on the manufacturing
model.
3. Select datum coordinate system FADAL_REF
on the ixture assembly.
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• Click Complete Component
dashboard.
in the Fixture setup
• Click Apply Changes
dialog box.

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from the datum feature toolbar.
• Zoom in to the model.
• Press and hold CTRL, and select the front and
left edges on X-AXIS-TABLE.PRT, as shown.
• Note the position of the coordinate system
and the direction of the axes.

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1. Create a new coordinate system by referencing
existing geometry.
• In the Operation Setup dialog box, click
Machine Zero .
• Start the Datum Coordinate System Tool

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Task 3: Specify a machine zero coordinate system in the manufacturing model.

You can select many alternative references to conigure coordinate systems. In this case
you could have selected three orthogonal surfaces to locate the coordinate system.

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2. Reorient the coordinate system axes.
• In the Coordinate system dialog box, click the
Orientation tab.
• Click Flip to change the X-axis direction.
• Observe the axes directions update, as
shown.
• Click OK from the Coordinate System dialog
box.

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Task 4: Specify a retract plane.
1. Click Retract Surface .
• In the Retract Setup dialog box, type 200 and
press ENTER.

• Click OK from the Retract Setup dialog box.
from the main toolbar.

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2. Preview the machine zero coordinate system
and the retract plane.
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• Click Hilite Program Zero
• Click Hilite Retract Surface
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• Notice the machine zero coordinate system
and retract plane highlight on the model.

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3. Click OK from the Operation Setup dialog box.
• Click Done/Return.

to disable their display.

• Click Csys Display

to disable their display.

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• Click Plane Display

4. Save the manufacturing model and erase all objects from memory.
from the main toolbar.
Save
OK from the Save Object dialog box.
Window > Close.
File > Erase > Not Displayed.
OK to erase all objects from memory.

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Exercise 1: Different Methods for Assembling Reference
Models
Objectives

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After successfully completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Assemble reference models using the Merge by Reference option.
• Assemble reference models using the Inherited option.

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You need to assemble reference models to two different manufacturing models. You start by
opening the mold cavity manufacturing model and assemble the mold cavity part using the Merge
by Reference option. This option copies all the mold cavity geometry into one merge feature in
the reference model.

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You then open the cover manufacturing model and assemble the cover part using the Inherited
option. The Inherited option gives you the lexibility to modify geometry and features on the inherited
reference part without changing the original cover part if required.

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Task 1: Assemble the mold cavity reference model.

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1. From the menu manager, click Mfg Model > Assemble > Ref Model
• Select MOLD_CAVITY.PRT, and click Open.

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2. Create the irst assembly constraint.
• Select the front surface on
MOLD_CAVITY.PRT.
• Select the front surface on

X-AXIS-TABLE.PRT, as shown.

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3. Create the second assembly constraint.
• Select the hidden underside surface on
MOLD_CAVITY.PRT.
• Select the top surface on X-AXIS-TABLE.PRT,
as shown.
• Edit the offset value to 0.
• Notice a mate constraint is created with an
offset value of 0.

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4. Create the third assembly constraint.
• Select the right surface on
MOLD_CAVITY.PRT.
• Select the right surface on
X-AXIS-TABLE.PRT, as shown.
• Edit the offset value to -300.
• Note an align constraint is created with an
offset value of 300.

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5. Click Complete Component
from the dashboard.
6. In the Create Reference Model dialog box select the Merge by Reference option.
• Accept the default name of MOLD_CAVITY_REF.PRT for the new reference model.
• Click OK
• In the model tree, expand MOLD_CAVITY_REF.PRT.
• Select the EXTERNAL MERGE feature in the model tree.
• Notice the feature highlights in the MOLD_CAVITY_REF.PRT model.

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An external merge feature has been created in the new reference model, note the
geometry of the merge feature cannot be edited directly, however additional features can
be added to the new reference model as required. In addition the merge feature can be
updated to show any changes from the original reference part.
Click
Click
Click
Click
Click

Save
from the main toolbar.
OK from the Save Object dialog box.
Window > Close.
File > Erase > Not Displayed.
OK to erase all objects from memory.

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Task 2: Open the cover manufacturing model.
1. From the main toolbar click Open
• Select COVER_OP010.MFG and click Open.
• Ensure that Csys Display

are enabled in the main toolbar.

Task 3: Assemble the cover reference model.

1. From the menu manager, click Mfg Model > Assemble > Ref Model
• Select COVER.PRT, and click Open.

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3. Click Complete Component
from the dashboard.
4. In the Create Reference Model dialog box select the Inherited option.
• Note the default name COVER_OP010_REF in the Name text box.
• Click OK to create a new reference model.
• From the menu manager, click Done/Return.
• Expand COVER_OP010_REF.PRT in the model tree.
• Expand the EXTERNAL INHERITANCE feature in the model tree.

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• Select datum coordinate system OP010 on

the cover model.
• Select datum coordinate system MACH_0 on
the manufacturing model, as shown.

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can edit inherited features without changing the original reference part.

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5. Suppress a number of reference model features that are not required for machining in the
irst operation.
• In the model tree select feature HOLE 1.
• Press CTRL and select features EXTRUDE 4 and EXTRUDE 6 in the model tree.
• Release CTRL.
• Right-click and select Suppress.
• Click OK to suppress the related round features.

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6. In the model tree click Settings > Tree Filters
• Select the Suppressed Objects check box,
and click OK
• Notice the updated listing showing suppressed
features in the model tree, as shown.

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7. Save the manufacturing model and erase all objects from memory.
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Click
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from the main toolbar.
Save
OK from the Save Object dialog box.
Window > Close.
File > Erase > Not Displayed.
OK to erase all objects from memory.

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Using Workpiece Models

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Module 5

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Exercise 1: Creating a Workpiece with Inherited Features
Objectives
After successfully completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Create workpiece models using the Inherited Feature option.
• Suppress features in workpiece models with inherited features.
• Add features to workpiece models with inherited features.

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Scenario

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You need to create a workpiece in a manufacturing model using the Inherited Features option. The
workpiece represents a casting, so you need to suppress a number of features in the workpiece,
and add material to the workpiece to ensure the workpiece accurately represents the ’as-cast’

version of the casting.

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Task 1: Assemble the gearbox casting as the workpiece model.

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1. From the menu manager, click Mfg Model > Assemble > Workpiece
• Select GEARBOX.PRT, and click Open.

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2. Create the assembly constraint.
• Select datum coordinate system REF on the
gearbox casting model.
• Select datum coordinate system REF on the
manufacturing model, as shown.

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3. Click Complete Component
from the dashboard.
4. In the Create Stock-workpiece dialog box select the Inherited option.

• Note the default name GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK in the Name text box.
• Click OK to create a new workpiece model.
• From the menu manager, click Done/Return.
• Expand the GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK.PRT in the model tree.
• Expand the EXTERNAL INHERITANCE feature in the model tree.

An external inheritance feature has been created in the new workpiece part. You can edit
inherited features in the workpiece part without changing the original part. This is useful if
you want to edit the workpiece to represent the as-cast version of the model.

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Task 2: Edit the workpiece to represent the as-cast version of the casting.

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3. Add material to the top of the casting.
• Click Insert > Extrude
• Right-click and select Deine Internal Sketch.
• Cursor over the workpiece model,
right-click and select the hidden surface on

GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK.PRT, as shown.
• Click Sketch.
• In the model tree select the VERTICAL datum
feature then select the HORIZONTAL datum
feature as sketching references.
• From the References dialog box, click Close.

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• Select GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK.PRT in the model tree.
• Right-click and select Activate.

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features.
• In the model tree select feature SLOT_1.
• Press CTRL and select group HOLES.
• Release CTRL.
• Right-click and select Suppress.
• Click OK to suppress the related round
feature.

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4. Select the irst loop of edges for the sketch
• From the Sketcher toolbar click Use Edge
• Select the Loop option.
• Cursor over the workpiece model, right-click until the top surface on the
GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK.PRT highlights, as shown.
• Select the highlighted surface.
• Click Accept to select the outer loop of edges, as shown.

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6. Complete the extrusion.
from the Sketcher
• Click Done Section
toolbar.
• Press CTRL + D to return to the standard
orientation.

• In the dashboard edit the depth to 2.
• Click Complete Feature .
• In the menu manager, click Done.
• Observe the material added to the top of the
casting, as shown.

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5. Select the second loop of edges for the sketch
• Cursor over the workpiece model, right-click until the surface on the
GEARBOX_CASTING_WRK.PRT highlights, as shown.
• Select the highlighted surface.
• Click Next > Accept to select the inner loop of edges, as shown.

You could also vary the dimensions of the external inheritance features in the gearbox
casting workpiece if required.
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OK from the Save Object dialog box.
Window > Close.
File > Erase > Not Displayed.
OK to erase all objects from memory.

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This completes the exercise.

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Creating and Coniguring Tools

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Exercise 1: Creating and Coniguring Tools
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After successfully completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Create tools by coniguring tool parameters.

• Use cutting data during the coniguration of tools.
• Retrieve tools from a tool library.
• Conigure a solid tool.

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You need to conigure a number of tools for an existing fadal-vmc workcell. You create a number of
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add it to the workcell coniguration.
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• Click Tools > Options.
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• Select the CONFIG.PRO ile, and click Open.
• Click Apply > Close to close the Options dialog box.

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2. From the menu manager, click Mfg Setup > Tooling > FADAL_VMC, to open the Tool
Setup dialog box.
• Observe the tools currently associated with the FADAL_VMC workcell, as shown.

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3. Review a center drill tool.
• Ensure that the CTRDRILL_04 tool is selected
in the tool table.
• Notice that the tool parameters and tool
geometry appear in the General tab, as
shown.
• Select the Settings tab.
• Notice the tool number and offset number are
already conigured, as shown.

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5. Review the Cut Data tab.
• Select the Cut Data tab.
• Select aluminum from the Stock Material
drop-down list.
• Notice that values for feed and speed have
been set, as shown.

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4. Display the tool geometry.
• Select the General tab.
• Click Hide Details. Notice that the tool
geometry no longer appears.
• Click Show Details to display the tool
geometry again.
• From the Tool Setup dialog box click Display
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Tool

• Notice that the tool geometry appears in
a separate window, as shown. The tool
geometry updates as parameter values are
changed.
• Click Close to close the tool display window.

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You can store cutting data for speciic stock materials with tools. You can then use this
cutting data when creating NC sequences.

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6. Review an end mill tool.
• Select the FEM_06_0 tool in the tool table.
• Select the General tab.
• Notice that the tool parameters and tool
geometry appear in the General tab, as
shown.
• Select the Settings tab.
• Notice that the tool number and offset number
are already conigured, as shown.

You can use the Material and Number of Flutes parameters with a machinability database
to determine cut feed and spindle speed.

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