Picking Aiming Surfaces

Aiming surfaces define the area where the milling is to be performed.

The following aiming surface options are available:

2 Contours

Surface

Contour & Point

See the NC-Lite Note in Picking Part Surfaces.

Note: In a Flow Line Aiming Surface procedure, the aiming surface can only be picked manually!

Pick surfaces one by one. Place the cursor on the desired surface, and the cursor will have the following appearance: . The cursor automatically selects surfaces "closest" to you. To pick surfaces behind or underneath the surface indicated by the cursor, do the following: hold the cursor in place on the closer surface until the cursor changes from to . Keeping the left mouse button pressed, move the cursor until the desired surface is picked.

2 Contours

Pick two contours. Make sure the direction arrows of both contours are pointing the same way, otherwise a twisted surface may be created. The area between the contours is milled.

Warning: When defining the dummy surface, do not use any geometric options (planes, UCS, Sketcher) as this may cause database problems.

Surface

Pick an aiming surface to define the milling area on the target surface.

Contour & Point

Pick a contour and a point. The area between the contour and point is milled.

Warning: When defining the dummy surface, do not use any geometric options (planes, UCS, Sketcher) as this may cause database problems.