Probing Ribs

You can create a Probing operation on ribs, add your own probing parameters and create your own tool bars with the Probing operations you have defined.

Related Topics
Probing Operations
Dealing with Invalid Faces

  1. Activate the Manufacturing Program and click Slots or Ribs Probing in the Prismatic Machining Operation toolbar.

    A Slots Probing entity is added to the Manufacturing Program. The Slots Probing dialog box opens directly at the Geometry tab . 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.

  2. Still in the Geometry tab:

    See Selecting Geometry

    1. Select the Probing Side.



    2. Click the red area in the sensitive icon and select the part in the authoring window.
    3. Double-click anywhere in the authoring window to confirm your selection and redisplay the dialog box.
    4. Similarly, click Face in the sensitive icon and select the faces that limit the rib in the authoring window.



    5. Click Plane and select two planes to limit the probing tool path.

      A contextual menu is available to set an offset on the planes selected.

    6. Click Top and select the top plane.

  3. Select the Strategy tab and specify the strategy and user parameters.

  4. Go to the Tool tab to select a tool.

    See Specifying a Tool Element in a Machining Operation

  5. Select the Feeds and Speeds tab to specify the feedrates and spindle speeds for the operation.

  6. Select the Macros tab to specify the desired transition paths.

  7. 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.

  8. Click OK in the Tool Path Replay dialog box, and again in the main dialog box.