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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating Feature Milling Operations</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Operation Navigator click UG_OPEN_POCKET -&rarr; MB3 -&rarr; Insert -&rarr; Operation</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The Create Operation dialog displays two operation types to choose from.</p>
            <p class="para_item">Select</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">FACE_MILLING_AREA as the Subtype.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Program as the Program Parent.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">UG_OPEN_POCKET as the Geometry.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">NONE for Tool.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">NONE for Method.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Enter ROUGH_UG_OPEN_POCKET in the Name field.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Click OK.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The Face Mill dialog displays. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog verify the Cut Area and the Wall Geometry.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set the Cut Method to Follow Part</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Leave the other operation parameters as they are and click OK.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can view the ROUGH_UG_OPEN_POCKET in the Operation Navigator.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">MB3 on the operation &rarr; Object &rarr; Template Setting &rarr; Load with Parent (uncheck Template if it is checked).</p>
            <ul>
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                  <p class="para_item">This loads the operation whenever this template is applied on NX pocket features.</p>
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            </ul>
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            <p class="para_item">To create a method for this operation switch to Method View.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Create Method icon from the Toolbar.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Select FBM_MILL_METHOD for the Subtype.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Select METHOD for the Parent Group.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Enter ROUGH_OPEN_POCKET_METHOD in the Name field.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Click OK twice.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Drag and drop the new operation under the new method in the Operation Navigator. &nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To create the second operation (for finishing the wall) repeat steps 1-11 again. </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">In step 2 name the operation WALL_UG_OPEN_POCKET.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">In step 11 name the Method FINISH_OPEN_POCKET_METHOD.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create the third operation by copying and pasting WALL_UG_OPEN_POCKET in the Geometry View of the Operation Navigator. This allows you to skip steps 1-8. </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Rename the operation to FLOOR_UG_OPEN_POCKET.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">In the Method View pull the two finishing operations under FINISH_OPEN_POCKET_METHOD.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select operations, MB3 -&rarr; Object-&rarr; Adopt. This adopts the operation into Knowledge Fusion to access the operation parameters. This needs to be manually done because this operation was created through copy and paste. When an operation is created through copy and paste, it is not automatically adopted into Knowledge Fusion. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">The result must look like this: </p>
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