Click
next to the Surface text box in
Retract group box, located on the General
tabbed page of the Operation Setup dialog box, or
select Retract from the SEQ SETUP
menu.
Click
next to the Surface text box in
Retract group box, located on the General
tabbed page of the Operation Setup dialog box, or
select Retract from the SEQ SETUP
menu.
The Retract Selection dialog box opens.
Select the Cylinder option in the Retract Selection dialog box.
By default, the cylinder axis is one of the axes of either the Machine or the NC Sequence coordinate system (depending on whether you define retract at the operation or the NC sequence level). To specify a different reference, use one of the following options in the drop-down list at the top of the Set Cylinder Axis group box:
Default—Use the default reference, that is, the Machine coordinate system if you define retract at the operation level, or the NC Sequence coordinate system if you define retract at the NC sequence level.
Select Axis—Select a datum axis.
Create Axis—Create a datum axis.
Select Csys—Select a coordinate system.
Create Csys—Create a coordinate system.
The system displays the name of the reference (coordinate system or datum axis) in the middle portion of the Set Cylinder Axis group box. It also shows, in parentheses, the name of the model that the coordinate system or datum axis belongs to. If the reference is a coordinate system, you can select which axis to use as the cylinder axis using the drop-down list at the bottom of the Set Cylinder Axis group box.
There are two ways to specify the cylinder radius:
Select the Cylinder Radius option and type the radius value in the text box below.
Select the Offset From Datum Point option. This activates the Set Offset Reference group box with the following options in the drop-down list:
Default—Use the sphere center as the offset reference.
Select Point—Select a datum point to be used as the offset reference.
Create Point—Create a datum point to be used as the offset reference.
The system displays the name of the reference datum point, with the model name in parentheses, at the bottom of the Set Offset Reference group box. Type the offset value with respect to this datum point in the text box below the Offset From Datum Point option.
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