Inserting a TRACUT Operator Instruction

You can apply a TRACUT Operator Instruction to a delimited sequence of Machining Operations in the Manufacturing Program to machine symmetrical parts. The sequence is delimited by TRACUT-TRACUT/NOMORE type instructions.

Before you begin: If there is more than one TRACUT Operator Instruction in a Manufacturing Program, only the last TRACUT Operator Instruction defined is taken into account.
Related Topics
About TRACUT Operator Instruction, COPY Operator Instruction and Copy-Transformation Instructions
Working with Generic Machine Editor

  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 a different 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 Tool Change.1 in the Manufacturing Program.

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

    A TRACUT Operator Instruction is inserted in the Manufacturing Program before Tool Change.1 and the TRACUT Operator dialog box appears.





  5. Create a TRACUT/NOMORE Instruction:

    1. In the dialog box, click Create a TRACUT/NOMORE instruction.
    2. Select an activity in the Manufacturing Program to specify the insertion level.

      We have selected Pocketing.2 to insert the TRACUT/NOMORE instruction after that operation.

    The TRACUT Operator Instruction is applied to the two Tool Changes and the two Pocketing operations.

  6. Still in the TRACUT Operator dialog box, define the transformation. For example:

    1. Set the Transformation type to Translation.
    2. Set the Translation type to Absolute Coordinates.
    3. Set the Distance along X to 100mm.



  7. If needed, go to the Syntax tab to consult the PP instruction that can be applied for the TRACUT Operator Instruction.



  8. Click OK to create the TRACUT Operator Instruction in the Manufacturing Program.

  9. To visualize the tool path resulting from the defined TRACUT Operator Instruction:

    1. Select the first Tool Change in the Manufacturing Program and click Tool Path Replay
    2. Click in

      to take the TRACUT Operator Instructions into account to display the tool path. See Replaying the Tool Path.
    3. Replay the tool changes and Pocketing operations.



    4. Close the dialog box at the end of the replay.