Data To Steel 5X Production

Step 3 - Collision Control

Gouge Check

1. Display the Box set.
   

2. Edit the procedure and set the Tool Axis to the original position by selecting the Not to Be Tilted and Stays Normal to Surface option.
   

3. Click the Gouge Check tab.

4. Mark the Status check box on the left side of the 1st set.

5. Set the Strategy to Retracting Tool / Along Tool Axis.

6. Unmark the Drive Surfaces checkbox in the Geometry column.
   

   You have now activated the 1st set of the available gouge check sets. The gouge will be checked only for the Flute and Shaft of the tool (in Cimatron terminology that means the whole cut length).

   This setting is defined by a check box under each of the tool components. Notice that there is a different clearance that can be set for each.

   Arbor means Shank in Cimatron terminology.

   There are different strategies to choose from; each will cause a different behavior if a gouge is detected. In this case, the tool will retract along its axis to a position where it will not gouge anymore.

   Unmarking the Drive Surfaces (in the Geometry section of the dialog) instructs the system to check only against the Check Surfaces. Notice that in this case, a different stock to leave (offset) as well as tolerance can be set. Otherwise, the system uses the procedure tolerance and offset that are defined in the Cimatron parameter grid.      

   

7. Click the Browse button (…) near Check Surfaces (#1).
   

8. Select all the RED box faces and Exit.
   

9. Click the Advanced button in the lower part of the dialog .
   

10. Unmark the Check gouge between positions check box.
    

11. Click OK and Save and Calculate the procedure.

    Notice the look of the Geometry dialog. It includes all the geometry components needed, according to the settings you have previously defined.

    

12. Enter the Navigator to simulate the procedure and view the results.
    

Notice that check faces were machined as well! The tool orientation is kept normal to the drive face (cylinder) at all times.

Unlike in other procedures, the check faces in 5X Aerospace can be machined as well. This behavior is defined in the strategy setting.

The drive surface in 5X Aerospace behaves similar to Aiming Face in other procedures.

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