Activate the Manufacturing Program and click Holes or Pins Probing
in the Prismatic Machining Operations toolbar.
A Hole Probing entity is added to
the Manufacturing Program.
The Holes Probing dialog box opens at the Geometry tab page
.
This tab includes a sensitive icon to
help you specify the
geometry.
Areas of the icon are colored red indicating that this
geometry is required.
![](../PmgUserImages/dbProbingHole02NLS.gif)
Still in the Geometry tab:
See Selecting Geometry
-
Select the Probing Side.
![](../PmgUserImages/dbProbingHole10NLS.gif)
- Click the red area in the sensitive icon and select the part in the authoring window.
- Double-click anywhere in the authoring window to confirm your selection and redisplay the dialog box.
- Similarly, click Points in the sensitive icon and select the edge of the hole in the authoring window.
![](../PmgUserImages/wnProbingHole03.gif)
- Click Top and select the plane around the hole.
![](../PmgUserImages/wnProbingHole04.gif)
Select the Strategy
tab
to specify the strategy and user parameters.
Go to the Tool tab
to select a tool.
See Specifying a Tool Element in a Machining Operation
Select the Feeds and Speeds
tab
to specify the feedrates
and spindle speeds for the operation.
Select the
Macros tab
to specify the desired
transition paths.
Click Tool Path Replay
to check the validity of the operation.
See Replaying the Tool Path
- The probing tool path is computed.
- A progress indicator is displayed.
- You can cancel the tool path computation at any moment before 100%
completion.
Click OK in the Tool Path Replay dialog box,
and again in the main dialog box.
The probing tool path is created.
![](../PmgUserImages/wnProbingHole05NLS.gif)
![](../PmgUserImages/wnProbingHole06NLS.gif)