Creating Machining Patterns Automatically

You can create axial machinable features automatically and a machining pattern in a single step.

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About Machining Patterns
Creating a Machining Pattern on Machinable Features
Axial Machinable Features

  1. Click Global Feature Recognition in the Axial Machining Operations toolbar.

    The Global Feature Recognition dialog box appears.

  2. Go to the Basic tab.

    1. Select the Hole check box to create axial machinable features only.



    2. Select the top face of the part in the authoring window.

  3. Go to the Pattern tab and set the parameters for pattern creation.

    See Creating a Machining Pattern on Machinable Features



    A pattern is created on threaded holes whose diameter is included in a specified range of diameters (that is, between 17 and 20mm).

  4. Click Manufacturing View and display the view sorted by patterns.



    The created machining pattern is displayed.

  5. Double-click the machining pattern node in the Manufacturing View to display the Machining Pattern dialog box to obtain more information about the pattern.



  6. Click Manufacturing View and display the view sorted by machining features.



    The created machinable axial feature is displayed.

  7. Double-click the machinable axial feature node in the Manufacturing View to obtain more information about the feature.



    1. Click More Parameters....

      The More Parameters dialog box appears.

      This dialog box shows all the additional parameters. User parameters can also be found in this dialog box. If there is no additional parameter found then More Parameters... button remains disabled.