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Within Turning, the system has a predefined CPL called Axial that looks down along the rotary axis. You must select CPL Axial before creating any geometry, which otherwise works in the same way as CPL Top in planar milling.
Within the Milling environment, you can create your own CPLs with any desired orientation. See the Creating CPLs section for details.
In this example, a PCD (pitch circle diameter) has been created on the back shoulder and a hexagonal nut head has been produced on the front diameter.
The PCD was created by selecting CPL Axial and specifying the depth by digitising the line representing the shoulder.
You could now create a point at the correct diameter by using the Co-ordinate Input dialog and typing:
X40Y0Z-45
You could now repeat that point around the diameter by using the Transform Rotate (Edit menu) command to produce your PCD.
The hexagonal nut can be produced in a similar fashion or by using the Polygon (Geometry menu) command.
To create geometry in the axial CPL