Creating a Groove feature

To create a Groove feature:

1. Click the Features step in the Steps panel.
2. Click Groove, then click Next to open the New Feature - Curves page.
3. Click Next to open the New Feature - Location page.
4. Click Next to open the New Feature - Dimensions page.

   If a dimension field has a blue label, you can click it and 'pick' the dimension from objects in the graphics window.

5. Select whether your groove is a Face, or Inside/Outside groove.

   Face — This sets the groove to cut on the XY plane of the current Setup.

   Inside/Outside — This sets the groove to run on the inside or outside of a closed curve.

6. If you are creating a Face groove:
   1. If your groove is a simple groove, select Simple. Simple designates the groove to be cut with a single pass along the curve with a tool diameter equal to the Width of the groove.

      Width — Enter the width of the Groove feature.

   2. Optionally select Through to change the modeling of the groove if it helps you display your part better. Through controls the graphical representation of the part. If Through is set, the Curve Groove is modelled with a bottom.
   3. Optionally enter a Bottom Radius.
   4. For a non-simple groove, optionally enter a Chamfer, which sets the depth of a 45 chamfer cut at the top edge of the feature.
7. If you are creating an Inside/Outside groove:
   1. If the curve is at the bottom of the groove, select the Curve at bottom option.

      Depth — Enter the depth of the Groove feature.

      Width — Enter the width of the Groove feature.

   2. Click Next to open the New Feature - Machining Side and preview the groove in the Graphics window.
   3. An outside groove uses the curve as the outside of the groove. An inside groove uses the curve as the inside of the groove. Click the Switch machining side button to toggle between the two types of grooves.
8. Click Next to open the New Feature - Strategies page.
9. Click Next to open the New Feature - Operations page.
10. Click Next to open the New Feature - Default Tool page.
11. Click Next to open the New Feature - Feed/Speed page.
12. Click Next to open the New Feature - Summary page.
13. Click Finish to create the feature and exit the wizard or click Back to return to previous pages.

You can edit the feature later.