NX NX CAM - Fixed Contour/Area Mill Operation Boundary Creation

How to create boundaries from a high number of curves ?

Use an automation script to help creating boundaries from selected curves in an Area Mill or Fixed Contour Boundary operation. 

This script creates boundaries from selected curves in a selected “AREA MILL” or “FIXED CONTOUR / Boundary Drive Method” operation.

You can place the script file anywhere on your machine.

For easy location and execution, you can place the file inside the following folder in your NX installation:

                 …\NXPARTS\Reuse Library\Journal File Example Library

1. 'Menu->Tools->Automation->Journal->Play'

• Start NX.
• Open fixed_contour_curve_boundary.prt file.
• Enter Manufacturing Application.
• From “Operation Navigator” panel select an “AREA MILL” or a “FIXED CONTOUR/Boundary” strategy.
• 'Menu->Tools->Automation->Journal->Play'.
• At “Journal Manager” window press “Browse” button to navigate and select fixed_contour_curve_boundary.vb file.
• With the script file selected from the list in “Journal Manager” window press “Run” button to execute the script.

·         The script works in a continuous loop over a sequence of menus prompts:

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(This menu is for closed boundaries only)

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·         The first menus are for entering boundary configuration.

·         The last is for selecting the curves.

·         To exit the loop you can hit “Cancel” in any menu or “OK” with no curves selected in the last one.