«Surface operations» (in the app — the «Plane treatments» window) are finishing treatments of the part's plane (painting, patination, varnishing, grinding) applied to the front or back side of several parts at once, after all the machining operations. The treatments come from the firm's list; each has a picture, an external code and compatibility rules.
In the window you first choose a treatment from the list, then the material, then in the parts table you mark the sides (front/back). This way one treatment can be set on a batch of parts at once. Details in the articles below.
The «Plane treatments» window lets you apply a surface treatment to a part's side (front or back) for several parts at once. What these treatments are These are finishing operations on the part's plane — painting, patina…
ReadA surface treatment can have compatibility rules — they limit how many treatments and where can be applied on one part. The rules are set by the firm for each treatment and trigger when marking a side in the table. Three…
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