Manufacturing Infrastructure Site Map Preface What's New? Getting Started Basic Tasks Advanced Tasks Workbench Description Customizing Reference Glossary Index © Dassault Systèmes 1994-2001. All rights reserved. Site Map Preface What's New? Getting Started Manage Workbenches Manage Documents Basic Tasks Part Operations, Programs and Processes Part Operation Manufacturing Program Create a Machining Process Organize Machining Processes Apply a Machining Process Auxiliary Operations Tool Change Machine Rotation Machining Axis PP Instruction Copy Transformation Instruction Managing Manufacturing Entities Select Tool for Operation Edit Tool Edit Assembly Compensation Patterns Features Define Macros on a Milling Operation Define Macros on an Axial Machining Operation Status Management Verification, Simulation and Program Output Tool Path Replay Material Removal Simulation Interactive Generation of APT Source Code Batch Generation of APT Source Code Batch Generation of Clfile Code Batch Generation of NC Code Batch Generation of CGR File NC Documentation Generation APT Import VNC Access Machine Accessibility Advanced Tasks Design Changes Set Up and Part Positioning Workbench Description Menu Bar Toolbars Manufacturing Program Toolbar Auxiliary Operations Toolbar Tool Path Management Toolbar Machining Features Toolbar Manufacturing Auxiliary Views Toolbar Geometry Selection Toolbars Machining Process Toolbar Machine Management Toolbar Specification Tree Customizing NC Manufacturing Settings Build a Tool Catalog Access External Tool Catalogs PP Word Syntaxes NC Documentation Material Simulation Settings Reference Information Tools NC Macros PP Tables and PP Word Syntaxes APT Formats Clfile Formats Glossary Index Preface NC Manufacturing Solutions enable you to define and manage NC programs dedicated to machining parts designed in 3D wireframe or solids geometry using 2.5 to 5-axis machining techniques. It offers an easy-to-use and easy-to-learn graphic interface that makes it suitable for shop floor-oriented use. Moreover, its leading edge technologies together with a tight integration with Version 5 design methodologies and DELMIA's digital manufacturing environment, fully satisfy the requirements of office programming. NC Manufacturing is a unique solution that reconciliates office and shop floor activities. An integrated Post Processor engine allows the product to cover the whole manufacturing process from tool trajectory (APT source or Clfile) to NC data. NC Manufacturing Infrastructure offers the following main functions: Common platform for 2.5 to 5-axis axis machining capabilities, which include mill, drill and turn operations Management of tools and tool catalogs Flexible management of the manufacturing program with intuitive and easy-to-learn user interface based on graphic dialog boxes Tight interaction between tool path definition, verification and generation Knowledgeware customization facilities through f(x) formula and Edit search facilities Seamless NC data generation thanks to an integrated Post Processor Access solution Automatic shop floor documentation in HTML format High associative level of the manufacturing program ensures productive design change management thanks to the integration with CATIA V5 modeling capabilities Based on the Process Product Resources (PPR) model, the manufacturing applications are integrated with Digital Process for Manufacturing (DPM). Certain portions of this product contain elements subject to copyright owned by the following entities: © Copyright LightWork Design Ltd., all rights reserved. © Copyright Deneb Robotics Inc., all rights reserved. © Copyright Cenit, all rights reserved. © Copyright Intelligent Manufacturing Software, all rights reserved. © Copyright Walter Tool Data Management, all rights reserved. What's New? Tool Path Replay Enhanced: Possibility to replay trajectory of contact point and/or tool tip or center point. Enhanced: Possibility to pack and store tool paths. Enhanced: Possibility to display and replay transition paths. Lathe Machining New: Integration of Lathe Machining product. Please refer to the Lathe Machining User's Guide for more information. Tool Axis Enhanced: Improved tool axis considerations (angular definition, edition, and so on). Feeds and Speeds Enhanced: Possibility to specify cutting conditions on tools. DPM Power Train Integration New: Capability to associate an In Process Model to the part operation. NC Data Output New: Cutter Location file (Clfile) support. Axial Machining Process Enhanced: Extended rules definition capabilities. Machines Enhanced: Selection of VNC machines and take VNC machine algorithms into account. Tool Library Enhanced: Support of cutting conditions. Copy Operation with Transformation New: Support of Copy Transformation instruction. PP Instructions Enhanced: PP table support. Enhanced: Possibility to insert a PP word into an existing macro path. Getting Started Before getting into the detailed instructions for using NC Manufacturing products, this section deals with some important concepts about your working environment. Manage Workbenches Manage Documents Manage Workbenches This section explains what happens when you open a design part and enter an NC Manufacturing workbench (Prismatic Machining, for example), and how to switch to and from Manufacturing and Design Workbenches 1. Select File -> Open then select the desired CATPart document. 2. Select NC Manufacturing > Prismatic Machining from the Start menu. The Prismatic Machining workbench appears. The part is displayed in the Set Up Editor window along with the manufacturing specification tree. The CATPart is automatically associated to the Part Operation and an instance of the part is created in the Product List. 3. Select Manufacturing Program.1 in the tree to make it the current entity. To insert program entities such as machining operations, tools and auxiliary commands you can either: make the program current before clicking the insert program entity command click the insert program entity command then make the program current. 4. Double click the Part entity in the tree to switch to a Mechanical Design workbench (such as Part Design or Wireframe and Surface Design depending on your configuration). 5. Double click a Manufacturing entity in the tree to switch back to the Manufacturing workbench. [...]... entity Manufacturing Program This task shows you how you can edit a manufacturing program A number of capabilities are available for managing manufacturing programs: Create Insert entities Reorder using Copy / Paste or Drag / Drop Delete When you open an NC Manufacturing workbench on a CATPart document, the manufacturing document is initialized with a manufacturing program When you select the Manufacturing. .. geometry Part Operation This task shows you how to create a part operation in the manufacturing process When you open an NC Manufacturing workbench on a CATPart or CATProduct document, the manufacturing document is initialized with a part operation 1 Select the Part Operation icon A new part operation is initialized in the manufacturing process and a Part Operation entity is added to the tree To access... with the TEAM PDM product Basic Tasks The basic tasks you will perform using CATIA NC Manufacturing products involve creating, editing and managing part operations, manufacturing programs and other entities of the CATIA manufacturing process Part Operations, Programs and Processes Auxiliary Operations Managing Manufacturing Entities Verification, Simulation and Program Output Part Operations, Programs... checkbox in the Tools > Options > NC Manufacturing page 2 Open your design part and start the Manufacturing workbench as described in the previous section Two CATPart documents are present in the Product list: the design part and a CATPart for storing Complementary Geometry in your Part Operation This enables you to create geometry which may be necessary for your Manufacturing model without modifying... creating and managing the following major entities of the NC Manufacturing environment Create and Edit a Part Operation: Select the Part Operation icon then specify the entities to be referenced by the part operation: machine tool, machining axis system, tool change point, part set up, and so on Create and Edit a Manufacturing Program: Select the Manufacturing Program icon to add a program to the current... program When you select the Manufacturing Program icon , a new program is initialized in the part operation and a new Manufacturing Program entity is added to the tree Open the HoleMakingOperations.CATPart document, then select NC Manufacturing > Prismatic Machining from the Start menu Make the Manufacturing Program current in the specification tree 1 Create a drilling operation on a pattern of two holes... only way to interactively apply a machining process Select the Infrastructure > Catalog Editor workbench from the Start menu All the CATProcess documents containing machining processes to be used in the catalog should be open 1 In order to store the Machining Process as a Catalog component, select the Catalog Editor workbench from the Start > Infrastructure menu 2 Click the Add Family icon to create a... current part operation 1 To generate tool changes automatically: Right click the Manufacturing Program entity in the specification tree and select Generate Tool Changes from the contextual menu The program is updated with all necessary tool changes 2 To delete tool changes that were automatically generated : Right click the Manufacturing Program entity in the specification tree and select Delete Generated... program 1 To generate machine rotations automatically: Right click the Manufacturing Program entity in the specification tree and select Generate Machine Rotations from the contextual menu The program is updated with all necessary machine rotations 2 To delete machine rotations that were automatically generated: Right click the Manufacturing Program entity in the specification tree and select Delete... type: translation or rotation, then set the corresponding parameters 4 Click OK to create the Copy Transformation instruction in the program Managing Manufacturing Entities This section deals with creating and managing the specific entities of the NC Manufacturing environment (other than machining operations and auxiliary commands) Edit the Tool of a Machining Operation: Double click the machining . an NC Manufacturing workbench on a CATPart document, the manufacturing document is initialized with a manufacturing program. When you select the Manufacturing. CATIA NC Manufacturing products involve creating, editing and managing part operations, manufacturing programs and other entities of the CATIA manufacturing