To Define the Stock Boundary
For 4–axis Area Turning, you can also define the stock boundary by clicking Select, Sketch, or Stock Envelope on the ADD BOUND menu.
1. Click > 
Stock Boundary or you can also click > Stock Boundary. The Stock Boundary tab opens.
Stock Boundary or you can also click > Stock Boundary. The Stock Boundary tab opens.To create a stock boundary from the process manager, perform the following steps:
a. Click > 
Process Manager. The Manufacturing Process Table dialog box opens.
Process Manager. The Manufacturing Process Table dialog box opens.b. Click > > . Select Create or Edit to create or edit the stock boundary. The Stock Boundary tab opens.
2. Click the Placement panel and specify the reference coordinate system in the Placement Csys collector.
3. If there are multiple workpieces, click in the Workpiece collector to select a workpiece whose cross section will define the stock boundary. If only one workpiece is present in the manufacturing model, it is selected automatically.
4. If there is no workpiece, perform the following steps:
◦ Click 
to sketch the stock boundary. Creo NC reorients the model so that the XZ plane of the NC Sequence coordinate system is parallel to the screen and displays the Sketcher side bar. Select the Sketcher references, sketch the outward boundaries of the cut, dimension as necessary.
to sketch the stock boundary. Creo NC reorients the model so that the XZ plane of the NC Sequence coordinate system is parallel to the screen and displays the Sketcher side bar. Select the Sketcher references, sketch the outward boundaries of the cut, dimension as necessary.◦ Click 
on the Sketcher side bar.
on the Sketcher side bar.5. Click 
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