Getting Planning Data

You can import the planning data into the Machining Cell.Those data define the part to be machined, the stock, and the fasteners and allow the definition of drilling operation on fasteners. They are the output of a Manufacturing Planning session.

Before you begin: Prepare the planning data with Manufacturing Planning.

  1. From any Manufacturing Planning session:

    1. Select Start > Machining > Machine Programming.

      A PPR context with an empty Machining Cell is created. An empty Activities Process Tree opens automatically.

    2. Create a generic machine or assign a machine from the database.

      As soon as a machine is assigned to the Machining Cell, a Part Operation and a Manufacturing Program are created in the Activities Process Tree.

    3. Alternatively, open an existing Machining Process or PPR context .

      By default, the Activities Process Tree opens automatically.


    • The planning data (ElementaryEndItem and GeneralSystem in our example) are present under the PPR Context but need to be imported in the machining process.

  2. Right-click the Part Operation and select Get planning data in the contextual menu.

    The Get Planning Data dialog box is displayed.

    The data listed in the dialog box are respectively:


    • the part to machine,
    • the stock (in our example, there is none),
    • the part/STL attached to the planning operation, supporting the holes,
    • the part containing the geometrical definition of the holes to be machined. The holes are defined as a set of points, with the origin coordinates, the axis, the diameter, the depth and the drilling type (pre-drilling, drilling, not to be machined). This definition is used as is, with no coherence check, nor adjustment (e.g. the depth of the hole is not adjusted to the part height, ...)

  3. Select each element listed in the dialog box:

    1. Select an action from the list, either None or Transfer.


      • Transfer: creates an instance of the imported data (part to machine, stock or part/STL supporting the holes) or a new part containing geometrical data for the holes data under the Setup Assembly associated to the Part Operation.
      • None: no transfer is performed.

    2. If a part to machine, stock or part/STL supporting the holes already exist in the Setup Assembly and must be replaced by the data you are importing, specify it.

      Note: This functionality is not available for holes.

    3. Click OK to validate and exit the dialog box.

    A Setup Assembly is created. It contains the following elements defined from the planning data:

    • the part to machine,
    • the part supporting the holes,
    • the part containing the geometrical definition of the holes to be machined. A Machinable Axial Feature is created for each hole imported. You can use it to create patterns.

    Note: Our example contained no stock, so it has not been created.



    Note: Any modification of the planning data is not propagated to the data imported in the Setup Assembly. If need be, it must be re-imported.