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Partial areas : a profile
Menu: Wire operation | Partial areas | A profile
Links :
How to use - Case 1 : With duplication
How to use - Case 2 : Without duplication
Cut following a profile is a straight cut. This cut allows to manufacture several areas of the same profile, in a single operation with different power settings. This cut is made with movements following two axes.
This cut will be consisted of two kinds of area:
the main areas
the partial areas
It's of course possible to have more than one main area (X main areas for example) and also more than one partial area (Y partial areas for example).
A partial area is
bounded with two points of the profile (extremity of an element or point
of the profile) called
commutation points. These
commutation
points can be deleted with the 
icon
Every type of area (main and partial areas) have their own power settings which are different of course (to be able to apply for example more finishing cuts in one area!) . In this case, it's possible to define a specific power setting called quick settings to be able to link a power setting of the partial area with another one between the commutation point. For example :
Main areas: Roughing and finishing
Partial areas: Roughing , finishing A and finishing B in the same direction
So when the finishing A is done, the wire is on the second commutation point. To start the finishing B, TopSolid/Wire must go back to the first commutation point of the partial area. This movement will be done with the power setting of the quick areas (To NOT cut the wire !!)
It's so necessary to define :
The power settings for the main area
The power settings for the partial area
The power settings for the quick area
How to use
Select the menu ‘Wire operation | Partial areas | A profile’.
Click on the DUPLICATION icon.
Select the master partial area operation to use on the graphic area. In this case, the two cuts are linked together. If the user change one parameter of one cut, the two cuts are updated..
Click the profile to use.
Define the material side direction.
Define the height of cut by inputting a Z value or by clicking a face.
Select the commutations points for the partial areas two by two (start and end) and click on the STOP button when all the partial areas are defined.
Select the parameters for the cut operations (Roughing, finishing). By default the master parameters are shown in the dialog box.
Select the menu ‘Wire operation | Partial areas | A profile’.
Click the profile to use.
Define the material side direction.
Define the height of cut by inputting a Z value or by clicking a face.
Select the commutations points for the partial areas two by two (start and end) and click on the STOP button when all the partial areas are defined.
Select on the tec file the required power settings (operations) to use for the
Main areas
Partial areas
Quick areas
Select the parameters for the cut operations (Roughing, finishing).
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