on the Datum Features
toolbar to create a plane at runtime and use the plane as the traverse
plane for the NC sequence.For Volume milling NC sequences, you can specify an intermediate retract plane, called the traverse plane.
On the SEQ SETUP menu of a Volume milling NC sequence, click Retract. The Retract Selection dialog box opens.
Click the Traverse tab.
Select the Surface option and click one of the following buttons:
Select—Select a datum plane, a planar surface feature, or a planar surface on the model.
Along Z Axis—Create a datum plane normal to the Z-axis of the NC sequence coordinate system by specifying an offset along this axis. Type the offset value in the Enter Z Depth box.
Note:
You can click on the Datum Features
toolbar to create a plane at runtime and use the plane as the traverse
plane for the NC sequence.
To use a traverse plane from a previously defined NC sequence, click Use Previous, and then select the name of the NC sequence in the Previous box. By default, only the NC sequences in the current operation are listed. Click All Operations to list the NC sequences in other operations.
To remove a traverse plane when redefining an NC sequence, click None on the Traverse tabbed page.
The Preview button lets you display the retract surface and the traverse plane prior to finalizing the setup. Click OK to create the traverse plane or Cancel to quit.
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