Select the Resources tab, which is divided up into areas.
Parameters in this area... Allow you to customize... Catalogs and Files the path name for resource files Tool Selection the selection of tools Automatic Compute from Tool Feeds and Speeds the update of feeds and speeds according to tooling data Tool Query Mode in Machining Processes Instantiation tool queries in machining processes
Catalogs and Files
Enter the path of the folder containing tool catalogs, PP tables, macros, and machining processes. You can choose a folder by clicking the [...] button.
You can concatenate paths using:
- a semi colon (;) character for Windows platforms
- a colon (:) character for UNIX platforms.
For example, if the concatenated folders E:\DownloadOfCXR12rel\intel_a\startup
and e:\users\jmn\NC in the figure above contain PP tables,
then those PP tables will be available for selection in the Part
Operation's Machine Editor dialog box.
Please note that:
- PP tables must be contained in folders named Manufacturing\PPTables
- tools must be contained in folders named Manufacturing\Tools.
Tool Selection
Automatic query after modification
Select this check box if you want to to activate an automatic query after each modification of a tool parameter. Performance is improved when this check box is not selected.
Tool preview after selection
Select this check box if you want to preview the tool after selection.
By default, these check boxes are selected.
Automatic Compute from Tool Feeds and Speeds
Feedrate attributes of the operation
Select this check box if you want the Automatic Update of Feedrates
option to be set by default in the Feeds and Speeds tab page of machining
operations.
This option allows feedrates of operations to be automatically updated
whenever feedrate information on the tool is modified.
Spindle attributes of the operation
Select this check box if you want the Automatic Update of Speeds option
to be set by default in the Feeds and Speeds tab page of machining
operations.
This option allows spindle speeds of operations to be automatically updated
whenever speed information on the tool is modified.
By default, these check boxes are selected.
Tool Query mode in Machining Processes Instantiation
Select the type of Tool Query to be executed when a Machining Process is instantiated:
- automatically computed Tool Query
- interactively defined Tool Selection in case of multiple results
- interactively defined Tool Selection if no tool is found.
Depending on the selected option, the Advanced tab page of the Search Tool dialog box shows the solved Tool Query for each operation in the Machining Process.
By default, the Automatic Tool Query option is selected.
