Profile

Presentation

This method is a special case: we create a pocket from edges of the solid, not from a face like other cases. This method has been thought to treat 2 cases, a shape with no bottom face, or with a non-flat bottom face.

Characteristics

The profile shown must be closed, you can not create an open 'profile' pocket.
Warning: the undercut shapes are not managed. You should check the profile created before programming the cycle.

Advises

This type of profile is dedicated to shapes where you can not select a flat face.

The 2 main cases are:

a pocket through material
a pocket with the bottom face which is not flat.

Methodology

Right-click to select Profile
Click a flat face.
Click one edge of the area to machine.
Give the Bottom Z of the pocket

Examples

Pocket through material

First we click the flat face containing the edge.

Then we show one edge of the pocket we need.

We are asked for the Z of the bottom: we show the bottom of the wall which is Z-9.3. The profile is created at that altitude, but you can change it if you want in the dialogue zone.

In this case, we can imagine this pocket is machined in the 2 opposite sides, but we could change the bottom altitude to go through at once.

Pocket with a non-flat bottom face

First we click the flat face containing the edge. (here this is the top face)

Then we show one edge of the pocket we need.

Bottom Z: here we show the altitude where starts the slope.

With this result, we can make a roughing pass of the pocket without taking the slope face into account.