5-sided machining in Pro/E

[GeorgiosLaboura]

Dear Pro/Gurus,



Recently I faced a problem that I haven't considered it as an issue in the
past.

On a 5-axis c.n.c machine I wanted to machine the 3 sides of a block with
the same coordinate system.

In X-Y plane I would remove the open pocket, and in Y-Z plane (B- , B+) the
two slots.



Apart from surface machining - profile and swarf mill that can be used for
finishing,
none of the rest Pro/e sequences can provide a rough milling in 5 axis.

Not even a face milling.

How can I rough the two opposite slots when Pro/e dos not support volume
milling or surface window in 5 axes?

One would think that I should create and select a different coordinate
system for each side;

But this is a waste of time and more over, risky to do it.

I know NX Unigraphics supports 5-sided machining. (roughing - reroughing
etc. )



Any idea of how can I overcome this?




















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[ptc-141857]

You create a CYS on each side or face of the part. You then select that CYS for the given NC sequence. The CYS you select is only for tool orientation. The Z direction of the CYS you create must be parallel with the axis of the tool. In your parameters for the given sequence you will see the option for output_coordinate. The default is machine_cys. You want to leave that set to machine_cys. The other option is sequence_cys which would output from the CYS that you just created and not your machine CYS which I assume is you rotational point.

Regards,

Dean

[GeorgiosLaboura]

Thanks Dean for your immediate response.

I selected the option machine sys in the parameters file and it actually worked.

Best regards,


Dean Dancer <ddancer@hutchinsoninc.com> wrote:
> You create a CYS on each side or face of the part. You then select that CYS for the given NC sequence. The CYS you select is only for tool orientation. The Z direction of the CYS you create must be parallel with the axis of the tool. In your parameters for the given sequence you will see the option for output_coordinate. The default is machine_cys. You want to leave that set to machine_cys. The other option is sequence_cys which would output from the CYS that you just created and not your machine CYS which I assume is you rotational point.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean
>