Remachine > Pencil

Machine one pass along all internal sharp corners in the part, as well as areas with radius of curvature smaller than the cutter radius. The results of this procedure are clean and smooth internal corners.

Pencil is a type of finish milling that smoothes the corners of the geometry. Pencil supports cutters of type ball / bull nose and flat.

Illustrations of PencilIllustrations of Pencil

Create this procedure

See Creating a Procedure for a general explanation.

1. For Technology, choose Remachine as the main selection, and Pencil as the subselection.

2. Choose the appropriate cutter.

   Note: The Minimum Clear Length calculation is available for this function.

3. Define the part surfaces, check surfaces and, only if necessary, define the boundary area.

   Notes:

   • If the boundary area is the same as the stock area, we recommended you do not define a boundary area.

   • Define a boundary if the area to be milled meets one of the following criteria:

   • • The boundary is completely within the stock area.

     • The boundary extends beyond the stock by a distance of, at least, the tool diameter.

4. Define the following Motion Parameters:

   • Clearance & UCS

   • Entry & End Points

   • Boundary Settings

   • Tolerance & Surf. Offset

   • Electrode Machining

   • Tool Trajectory

   • Z Limits

   • High Speed Machining

   • Holder

   • Stock

   • Cutter Tilt Control

   • Create Auxiliary Contours

   • User Parameters

Note: Within the Stock & Holder Tracking parameters, you can define whether remaining stock should be considered. Remaining stock is used to control the approach and retract motions and the air motion height. Considering the remaining stock will cause the procedure to be suspended if there are changes in one of the previous procedures.

5. Define the Machine Parameters.

6. When finished, you can choose from the following Work Mode Dialog buttons:

   • Save & Close to suspend

   • Save & Calculate to execute

   • Save Original

   • Cancel

(These options are also available on the Procedure popup submenu.)

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.