Use Cut Line Surface Milling to produce cuts shaped according to the surface topology. This option gives you more control over the actual shape of the cuts than the From Surface Isolines option.
In the top portion of the Cut Definition dialog box, select Cut Line.
The system displays two tabbed pages, Cut Lines and Options, in the lower portion of the Cut Definition dialog box.
Select a Cut Line Style option to define whether you are machining an open or closed loop of surfaces.
Add cut lines by clicking the Plus (+) icon in the Setup Cut Lines area of the Cut Lines tabbed page. You can define cut lines by selecting edges or datum curves, as well as by sketching the cut lines and projecting on the surfaces to be machined.
Once you define a cut line, its name and type are listed in the list box above the action buttons.
To delete a cut line, select it in the list box and click the Minus (-) icon.
To
redefine a cut line, select it in the list box and click .
To reorder cut lines:
Select a cut line name in the list box, then click the Up Arrow and Down Arrow icons to move it up or down in the list.
Click
to reorder the cut lines by selecting them on the screen.
All the cut lines are highlighted in cyan. Select the cut line to machine
first. You can proceed selecting the cut lines in the order you want them
to be machined, or click Done Sel. The rest of cut
lines will be machined in default order.
To
change the cutting direction, click . The system displays
a red arrow to indicate the current cutting direction. Use the Flip
and Okay options to specify the direction.
Click OK when satisfied with the cut line definitions.
See Also
Cut Line Definition Options in the Cut Definition Dialog Box