TURNING PROCEDURE

PART 1
1. Click on Machine tab, select Lathe, then click Default.

2. Click View, and turn on Advanced Display, Planes, Solids, and Toolpaths.

3. Click on Planes on the LHS menu.

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 4. At the bo=om of the Planes list, you will find +D+Z, click on G, WCS, C, T. This will idenDfy
the origin and axes.

5. To turn on/off the coordinate axes, click on the View tab, then Show Axes, or click F9
bu=on

6. To show/hide the axes at the origin, under View tab, click on Shows Gnomons.
7. To start drawing, click on Wireframe tab to start drawing, click on MulL-line, then use the
keyboard to enter X and Z values starDng from the origin. X values represent the diameter
(D).
8. If you exit the above window and you want to open it again, click on View and turn the
Planes on again.

9. For X values, you need to enter the values for the full diameters using the keyboard, for
example, if the diameter is 30, you just type 30 on the keyboard. For Z, you need to type
Z-value.
10. To delete any part of the drawing, click on it (or click and hold the leZ-click and select the
part), then either click the Delete bu=on on the keyboard, or right-click and select Delete
EnLLes.
11. To remove any extra length, go to Wireframe, Divide, then click on the parts you want to
cut.

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 12. Use the scroll on the mouse to zoom in/out.
13. Now let’s consider the drawing below:

14. To draw the below, please follow these steps:

Origin, first point

Last point

Now type in order, you need to click Enter aZer each input:
30
z-20
40
z-30
60
z-50
50
z-70
0
Then connect the last and first points.
Now, we have 3 chamfers 2x45o as shown below:

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 To do this, click on Chamfer EnLLes

Select 1 Distance, then in Distance 1 type 2

Then click and hold the leZ click on the mouse and touch the 2 lines you want to draw the
chamfer in between; then accept.
Now, there is a fillet or radius 2 in two spots.

Click on Fillet EnLLes

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 Change the Radius to 2

Then click and hold the leZ click on the mouse and move the mouse to touch the 2 lines
you want to draw the fillet in between; then accept. Now, this is the final drawing.

15. AZer finishing your drawing, click Solids, Revolve,

Then click on any point on your drawing, this will automaDcally select the whole shape,

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 Then click Ok,

And select the Revolve axis,

And accept, this would be the final shape.

If the whole drawing is not highlighted, exit this step, go to the Home tab, and click
Duplicates,

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 Then repeat steps 15&16.

16. Now to proceed with Toolpaths, it is preferred to work on the lines instead of the solid to
avoid selecDng the wrong enDty, to do this click on the Solid you created and hit the Delete
bu=on on the keyboard, or right click then select Delete as shown below.

17. Now click on the Toolpaths tab, then click the + bu=on next to ProperLes, now click on
Stock Setup, aZer this click on the ProperLes bu=on shown on the new window (steps
1-4 shown below).

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3

Now set the Outer Diameter (OD) and Length, these should be bigger than the required
dimensions. For the current design, OD is 65mm and Length is 75mm. Also set the PosiLon
along Axis to 1mm (this will remove 1mm in the facing cycle).

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 Now, click on ProperLes bu=on inside Chuck Jaws,

Now click on Parameters, then turn on From stock and Grip on maximum diameter, then
click Ok.

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 Click Ok on the other menu, and you should see the jaws on the screen.

Then save your file to start the Toolpaths. We are going to use 2 tools, one tool for facing and
rough cut, then another tool for finishing. Also in this design, we will need to flip the
workpiece to machine the other side. The steps are:

18. Facing Cycle: Go on the LHS menu, click on Toolpaths at the bo=om, then right click inside
the white space, select Lathe Toolpaths, then Face.

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 2, right click
anywhere here

19. You will get the following message, click Yes

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 20. Then you will get a window that contains 2 tabs on the top, Toolpath parameters and
Face parameters.

The tools you should use must match the tools available and installed on the machine. For now,
this tool is the one shown below.

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 21. Double click on the tool, then check that the Corner Radius for facing and roughing is
0.8; then click Ok.

22. Now, change the Tool number and StaLon number to 1, then Offest number will
automaDcally change to 1. Now, change the Feed rate to 0.15, Spindle speed to 200, and
Max. spindle speed to 1500. These values change as per the tool descripDon given in the
tool manual.

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 23. Click on Face parameters, then turn on Rough stepover and set it to 0.3, then click Ok.

24. To check the facing cycle, while on the Toolpaths menu, click on Backplot selected
operaLons, and you can play the video to check the facing operaDon

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Then click Ok to exit.

25. Rough Cycle: using the same tool, right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe
Toolpaths, Rough

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 Select ParLal Chain from the pop-up window,

Make sure to start from the point where the rough cycle starts (Green arrow), and end
where the cycle ends on the geometry (Red arrow). If the arrow is poinDng to the wrong
direcDon, click on the R bu=on on the keyboard to change the direcDon.

End point

Start point

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Then click Ok.

A window will pop-up, click Yes

Now select the same tool we used for facing, but we need to change the Toolpath parameters to
the below (same values we used for facing):

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Now click on Rough parameters, change the Depth of cut to 0.3. Stock to leave in X and in Z are
0.2 and 0.1, respecDvely. This is what the finishing cycle will be removing. Also, for Stock
RecogniLon, change it to Remaining stock; then click Ok.

2
3

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And now you will see the following on the screen:

You may now click Backplot selected operaLons or Verify selected operaLons to play a video
showing the turning operaDons so far.

26. Facing Cycle: to start facing, right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe
Toolpaths, Finish.

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 27. You will get the below window, you need to select the same start and end points you chose
in the Rough cycle, or simply click on Last under the SelecLon secDon.

And this will automaDcally do the job for you, and you will see this on the screen.

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 Now click Ok, and you will get the below message, just click Yes.

We need to select a new tool for finishing. In the Toolpath parameters, by default the needed
tool may not be on the displayed list, hence you need to right-click inside the tools secDon and
select Create tool.

2
1. Right click
anywhere here

Click on General Turning from the new window.

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 Now change the Corner Radius to 04 from the dropdown menu, then click Ok.

Now the tool you created will be highlighted, then you need to change the Tool number and
StaLon number to 2, keep the Offset number as 1. Change the Feed rate to 0.05, Spindle speed
to 250 and Max. spindle speed to 1800 (steps 1-6 shown below).

1, 2 & 3

4, 5 & 6

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 For this Dme, we don’t need to change anything on Finish parameters, since it is all a flat
geometry. We may need to change this for other sophisDcated geometries. So click Ok.

Then hold down the Ctrl key, and click on both Lathe Rough and Lathe Finish, then click on
Backplot selected operaLons to check the simulaDon and play it.

If you select Verify selected operaLons, you may run the simulaDon with the opDon of
changing the viewing orientaDon.

Next step will be to Flip the workpiece to machine the other side. Stay tuned for Part 2 😊

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 PART 2
Now it is the Dme to flip the workpiece to machine the other side.
28. Click on Turning tab, Stock Flip

And you will get this message, click Yes

Now click on Geometry,

And select all the geometry on the screen, then click on End SelecLon

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 Now under Original PosiLon, click on Select,

And select the start point on your stock

And for the Transferred PosiLon, click on Select

Then select the last point on the LHS of the stock,

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 Now, the Z value will change as shown below, and click Ok.

Then the stock will be flipped as shown below,

Now we need to machine the area highlighted in Yellow.

To do this, right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe Toolpaths, Face.

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 Click Yes here,

Under Toolpath parameters, use the same tool we used on the other side of the stock, and
change the Feed rate, Spindle speed and Max. spindle speed to the values shown below:

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 Now, click on Face parameters, and make sure of the highlighted below; and click Ok:

You may now check the simulaDon by clicking Backplot selected operaLons or Verify selected
operaLons,

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 29. Roughing Cycle: right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe Toolpaths, Rough

You will get this window on the screen

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 Select the start and end points for the rough cycle, as shown below; and click Ok:

End point
Start point

Click Yes here,

Under Toolpath parameters, change the Feed rate, Spindle speed and Max. spindle speed to
the values shown below:

In the Rough parameters, under Stock RecogniLon, make sure to select Remaining stock,
then click Ok.

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 30. Finishing Cycle: right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe toolpaths, Finish

Click on Last selecLon, and Ok

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 Click Yes on the pop-up message,

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 Under Toolpath parameters, adjust the highlighted below; then click Ok:

Now you may run the simulaDon for any of the listed operaDons here.

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 If you want to run the simulaDon for more than one operaDon, simply click and hold the Ctrl
bu=on, and click on all the operaDons you want, then start the simulaDon from either the
Backplot selected operaLons or Verify selected operaLons.

If you wish to run the simulaDon for all the operaDons, you may simply click on Machine Group
1, then start the simulaDon Verify selected operaLons.
2

And these are samples of what you will see in the simulaDon.

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 Stay tuned for Part 3 😊

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 Part 3
Consider the below task, the CAD part will be leZ for you, we shall now start preparing the
toolpaths.

The dimensions of the stock have to be larger than the shown geometry, therefore the diameter
must be bigger than the Max. given diameter (100mm), and the length must be bigger than the
shown full length (100mm), hence let’s consider the stock dimensions to be 105mm diameter
X 105m m length.
Steps:
1. Under Toolpaths, click on Stock Setup, you will get the window below, click on ProperLes
under Stock:

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 And adjust the sekngs as shown below, and click Ok:

Now click on ProperLes under Chuck Jaws,

Then click on Parameters, and turn on From stock and Grip on maximum diameter, and click
Ok,

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2. Facing Cycle: Right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe toolpaths, Face,

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 You will get the below message, click Yes,

Under Toolpath parameters, select the tool shown below, and adjust the sekngs as
shown below:

Then click on Face parameters, turn on Rough stepover and change it to 0.3, then click Ok,

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 Now you may play the simulaDon for the Facing cycle by selecDng one of these 2 opDons,

3. Rough Cycle: Right click in the white space under Toolpaths, Lathe toolpaths, Rough,

Under SelecLon Method, make sure to select ParLal,

And select the shown start and end points, if the arrows are poinDng to the wrong direcDon,
click R on keyboard to reverse, and click Ok,

End point

Start point

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 Click Yes on the message below,

Now select the same tool we used for Facing. Under Toolpath parameters, adjust the
sekngs as below:

Then click on Rough parameters, adjust the sekngs highlighted below, then click on Plunge
Parameters (to get the tool to cut the circular secDon),
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 Now select the below shown opDon, and click Ok:

Now click on Lead In/Out:

Then click AutomaLcally calculate entry vector under Lead in, and select AutomaLcally
calculate exit vector under Lead out, and click Ok,

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 And this is what you will see on the screen, this shows there is a bit of a gap between the
toolpath and the workpiece.

This needs to be removed, which is done as follows:

4. Under Toolpaths, right click, Lathe toolpaths, Groove,

You will get this window, click Ok,

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 Now you will this window, make sure you are on ParLal,

Then click anywhere on the circular secDon as shown below, then click Ok,

Click Yes on the below message,

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 Another window will appear, double click on the highlighted tool,

Then change the thickness from 1.85mm to 2mm, and click Ok,

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 Now under Toolpath parameters, change the highlighted parameters to the below,
Make sure to select CSS next to Finish spindle speed,

Now click on Groove shape parameters, and Dck Use stock for outer boundary, then click
OK,

Now you may run the simulaDon to check your work so far.

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 5. Finishing Cycle: there is no need to finish the circular part, as the Groove tool did the job
for you; we only need to run the Finishing cycle for the straight part. Under Toolpaths,
right click in the white space, Lathe toolpaths, Finish.

Click on ParLal under SelecLon Method,

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 Then select the start and end points of the straight secDons as shown below, then click OK,

Click Yes to the below message,

Now, we need to create a new tool for finishing, under Toolpath parameters, right click,
and select Create Tool, then click Ok, then a new tool is created,

Double click on the new tool,

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 Then change the Corner Radius to 0.4, then click Ok,

And change the parameters to the following, then click Ok:

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 Now you may run some simulaDons to check your work.
6. Flipping the Workpiece: make sure you are on the Turning tab, then click Stock Flip,

Click Yes to on the below message,

Under Geometry, click on Select,

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Click and hold the leZ bu=on on the mouse and select all the geometry, then click on End
SelecLon,

Original PosiLon: click on Select then click on the first point you drew on the RHS of the
workpiece
Transferred PosiLon: click on Select then click on any point on the LHS of the workpiece, and
click OK,

Transferred
PosiDon

Original
PosiDon

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And the stock will be flipped,

Now we will Face, rough cut for the exterior, center drill to work on the interior, rough cut for
the interior, then finish the interior.
7. Facing: Under Toolpaths, right click in the white space, Lathe toolpaths, Face,

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 Click Yes,

We will use the same facing tool we used on the first side, just change the parameters as
shown below, then click Ok,

Run the simulaDon for facing to check on your work.

8. Rough Cycle: Under Toolpaths, right click, Lathe toolpaths, Rough,

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 Using ParLal Chain, select the following geometry by clicking on any point on the curved
secDon, then click Ok,

Click Yes to this message,

Then select the tool with R0.8, and adjust the parameters as shown below,

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 9. Finishing cycle for the exterior: Under Toolpaths, right click in the white space, Lathe
toolpaths, Finish, then under SelecLon, click on Last SelecLon, and click OK,

Click Yes here,

Select the tool with R0.4 and adjust the parameters as shown below, and click OK,

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 10. Center Drilling: to mark the center of the internal drilling, under Toolpaths, right click,
Lathe toolpaths, Drill

Click Yes here,

Select the tool with diameter 6mm, and change the parameters as shown below:

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 Now click on the Simple drill – no peck, and change the Depth to -5, and select Absolute in
all fields, and click Ok,

And now you can see the center drill on the drawing,

You may now run the simulaDon to check.

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Now we may start drilling the interior,
11. According to the dimensions od the holes shown below, we need drill of diameter 24mm
to drill to depth 49mm,

Under Toolpaths, right click in the white space, Lathe toolpaths, Drill,

Click Yes here,

Now we need to find a tool with diameter 24mm, then change the highlighted parameters,

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Now click on Simple drill – no peck, then adjust the Depth to -49,

Or you may click on Depth, and select the end of the drilling process, then click OK,

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And this is how it looks like,

To complete the interior drilling process, we are going to use one tool for roughing followed by
another tool for finishing as explained below:
12. Under Toolpaths, right click in the white space, Lathe toolpaths, Rough.
13. With ParLal Chain on, select the below path, then click Ok,

The remaining part is done by grooving tool.

Click Yes here,

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 Now we need to use a boring tool with a diameter less than 24mm, hence there are 2 rough
boring tools that would work, one with diameter 20mm and the other with 16mm diameter.
Let’s consider the 16mm diameter tool and adjust the parameters as shown below; then
click Ok.

Now click on Rough parameters, then click on Lead In/Out,

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Under Lead in, turn on AutomaLcally calculate entry vector,

Then do the same for the Lead out,

The you may run the simulaDon to check your work.

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 14. Finishing cycle: Under Toolpaths, right click in the white space, Lathe toolpaths, Finish.
15. Under SelecLon, click on Last, and click Ok,

Click Yes here,

Now select a finishing boring tool with a diameter less than 24mm, and adjust the parameters
as shown below:

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 Then click on Finish parameters, then click on Lead In/Out,

Under Lead in, turn on AutomaLcally calculate entry vector,

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And do the same for Lead out, then click OK.

Now you may run the simulaDon to check your work.

Job done, thanks 😊

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