Creating a turning profile group in PartMaker – grooves

This section describes how to program the two grooves on the turned diameter of the part:

Before programming this toolpath, you must create a new tool, as no suitable tool currently exists in the Tools database.

1. Click the Tools button to display the Tool Data dialog.

   

2. On the Tool Data dialog, click New, then complete the dialog as shown:

   

3. Select a colour for the toolpath from the Color Palette, then click the New Profile Group button to display the Profile Group Parameters, Turn dialog.

   

4. Complete the Profile Group Parameters, Turn dialog, as shown:

   

   Tip: Use the Select Tools button to select the new tool you created in Step 2.
5. Click the Define Profile button, then click the End of an Element Snap Mode button:

   

6. You can now define the profile using snap points. Follow the order shown below, including clicking the Selection button (see 5) when you have finished the first profile, to ‘break’ the profiles into two distinct pieces:

   

7. To verify the toolpath, click the Verify Work Group Toolpath button, then click OK on the Face Window Verification Options dialog.

   

   You can now visualize the toolpath:

   

8. Click the Hide Every Toolpath button to remove the verification details from the display.