Inserting a Copy-Transformation Instruction

You can use the Copy-Transformation Instruction icon in the Copy/Tracut Operations sub-toolbar of the Utilities toolbar.

1. In a product like this one,
   
   

   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.

2. Create Pocketing operation:

   1. Click Prismatic Machining Operations.
   2. Click Pocketing and create a first Pocketing operation on the first square cut-out.
   3. Create a second Pocketing operation using the same tool on the first triangular cut-out.

      When creating these pockets, make sure that the Island Detection contextual command is not active before you select the pocket bottom.

3. Right-click the Manufacturing Program and select Compute Tool Path.

   1. Select the Compute if necessary option in the pop-up that appears.

   
   
   
   
   

4. Select the second Pocketing operation in the Manufacturing Program.

   1. Click Utilities.
   2. Click Copy-Transformation Instruction in the Copy/Tracut Operations sub-toolbar.

   A Copy-Transformation is inserted in the Manufacturing Program after Pocketing.2 and the Copy-Transformation dialog box appears.

   
   
   
   
   

5. In the dialog box, click Add Operations :

   1. Using Ctrl, select the two Pocketing operations in the Activities Process Tree.
   2. Double-click in the authoring window to end the selection and revert to the dialog box.

   Note: The selected Machining Operations must have the same tooling.

   The Copy-Transformation Instruction is applied to these two Machining Operations.

   
   
   The dialog box is updated:
   
   
   

   • Move Up and Move Down allow you to move the selected Machining Operation up or down in the list.
   • Delete allows you to delete selected Machining Operations.

6. Define the Copy-Transformation Instruction, for example:

   1. Set the Number of copies (N) to 3,
   2. Set Ordering to Each operation N times.
   3. Set the Transformation type to Translation.
   4. Set the Translation type to Absolute Coordinates.
   5. Set the Distance along X to -100mm.

   
   
   

7. Click Tool Path Replay to visualize the tool path resulting from the defined Copy-Transformation Instruction.

   With the Each operation N times Ordering setting, the transformation is applied to the 3 square cut-outs first then to the 3 triangular cut-outs.

   
   
   

   With the All operations N times Ordering setting, the transformation is applied to the first set of square and triangular cut-outs, then the second set, and finally the third set.

   
   
   

8. Click OK to create the Copy-Transformation Instruction in the Manufacturing Program.

You can insert a Copy-Transformation Instruction while editing the tool path.