- [Kip] One other convenient feature of the operations tree
is that I can use various operations
to define not only areas to machine,
but I can use them to define areas to avoid
during the machining process.
Let's take a look at how to do that.
If I look at my mill parts setup bottom,
this slot might be used to hold my part down
instead of being a part that's going to be machined.
If I want to define this as an area to avoid,
I can right click it, say new avoid area,
and I can select adjacent faces here.
And then I'm going to go and select the faces of this slot.
And I'm going to go ahead and click Yes.
And now this is an avoid area instead of a machine area.
Now by defining this as an area to avoid,
when I click to expand,
you'll see that this is an avoid area
in the process of machining this face.
I can use that to define my fixturing
that will be used to hold the part in the machining process.