Setting Up the Manufacturing Process
Set up your manufacturing process using the following commands:
• Manufacturing > Work Center—Define and activates the work centers.
• Manufacturing >
Setup >
Tool Manager—Define and activates tool libraries.
• Tools >
Parameters—Sets up manufacturing parameters.
• Manufacturing > Setup > Site—Set up the site used by the current operation.
• Mach DB—Set up machinability database files.
• Set up manufacturing geometry using the following commands:
◦ Manufacturing >
Mill Volume—Create a volume to be removed during an NC sequence.
◦ Manufacturing >
Mill Surface—Create a user-defined surface quilt that can be referenced by Surface milling NC sequences or by Mill Volumes.
◦ Manufacturing >
Mill Window—Create a window for mill NC sequence.
◦ Manufacturing >
Turn Profile—Create a profile for turning NC sequence.
◦ Manufacturing >
Drill Group—Group axes for drilling NC sequence.