The various menus and menu commands that are common to NC Manufacturing products are described below.
Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the Version 5 Infrastructure User's Guide.
Please note that most of the commands in the Edit menu are common facilities offered by the Version 5 Infrastructure. The NC Manufacturing edit commands available depend on the type of object being edited: Manufacturing Program or other entity.
Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.
Command... | Description... | |
Definition | Opens the Manufacturing Program dialog box for consultation, edition, replay or simulation. | |
Deactivate/Activate | Deactivates the program for replay or NC output. It can be made active again with Activate. | |
Hide/Show Children | Hides the child nodes of the program. They can be visualized again with Show. | |
Start Video Simulation using NC Code | Allows direct access to Video material removal simulation using NC code. | |
Simulate Machine using NC Code | If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can simulate the machine using NC code. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information. | |
Replay Tool Path | See Replay the Tool Path. | |
Start Video Simulation using Tool Path | Allows direct access to Video material removal simulation using tool path data. | |
Simulate Machine using Tool Path | If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can simulate the machine using tool path data. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information. | |
Compute Tool Path | Allows you to choose a tool path computation
mode for the program: either compute if not already done or force computation even when tool path exists. |
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Remove Tool Path | Removes computed tool paths from the program. | |
Lock/Unlock Children | Locks all the machining operations of a program. Locked operations can be unlocked with Unlock Children. | |
Lock/Unlock Tool Path | Locks all the tool paths of a program. Locked tool paths can be unlocked with Unlock Tool Path. | |
Remove Video Result | Removes all saved material simulation Videos from the program. | |
Generate NC Code Interactively | See Generate NC Code for the Program. | |
Display NC File | If an NC file is associated to the program, allows the display of that file. See Display NC File. | |
Generate Tool Changes | See Tool Change. | |
Delete Generated Tool Changes | See Tool Change. | |
Generate Machine Rotations | See Machine Rotation. | |
Delete Generated Machine Rotations | See Machine Rotation. | |
Import APT, Clfile or NC Code File | See Import an APT file. | |
Delete Unused Indices | Deletes indices not used by a Copy operator. | |
Process Table | See Process Table. | |
Expand tree to machining operations | Expands the PPR tree down to MO level. |
Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.
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Command... | Description... |
Definition | Opens the Part Operation dialog box for consultation or edition. | |
Activate/Deactivate | Deactivates the Part Operation. It can be made active again. | |
Show/Hide Children | Hides the child nodes of the part operation. They can be shown again. | |
Assign Machine from File | Allows assigning a generic machine (CATProduct) to the Part Operation. | |
Assign Machine from PPR | Allows assigning a machine from the Resource List to the Part Operation. | |
Process Table | See Process Table. | |
Expand tree to tool changes | Expands the PPR tree down to tool change level. |
Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.
Command... | Description... | |
Definition | Accesses the operation's definition dialog box. | |
Deactivate/Activate | Deactivates the operation for replay or NC output. It can be made active again. | |
Hide/Show Children | Hides the child nodes of the operation. They can be shown again. | |
Replace Tool | Allows replacing a tool on an operation. | |
Replay Tool Path | See Replay the Tool Path. | |
Compute Tool Path | Allows you to choose a tool path computation mode for the operation: either compute if not already done or force computation even when tool path exists. |
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Remove Tool Path | Removes computed tool paths from the operation. | |
Pack/Unpack Tool Path | Allows compressing an operation's tool path information in an external
tpl-suffixed file. Unpacking is also possible.
Several operations can be selected for packing. In this case, one tpl file is created for each operation. In the PPR tree, a symbol on the operation indicates that it is packed. |
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Lock/Unlock | Locks the computed machining operation. It can be unlocked using Unlock. | |
Lock/Unlock Tool Path | Locks the tool path of a computed machining operation. It can be unlocked using Unlock Tool Path. | |
Remove Video Result | Removes a saved material simulation Video from the operation. | |
Starts Machine Simulation | If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can switch from the Machining workbench to the NC Machine Tool Simulation workbench by clicking this command. | |
Import APT, Clfile or NC Code File | See Import an APT file. | |
Start Video Simulation | Run full Video from last Video result. |
Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the Manufacturing View.
Command... | Description... | |
Sort by Features | Sorts the view by features. | |
Sort by Patterns | Sorts the view by patterns. | |
Sort by Operations | Sorts the view by operations. | |
Sort by Tooling | Sorts the view by tooling criteria. | |
Sort by Machining Features | Sorts the view by machining features. | |
Delete Unused | Deletes unused machining features. You can delete either all unused machining features or all unused machining features of a given type. |
Command... | Description... | |
Process Table | See Process Table. | |
Manufacturing View | See Manufacturing View. | |
Machining Process View | See Machining Process View. | |
Machining Gantt Chart | The Machining Gantt Chart can be used to review machining operations on multi-turret machines. Please refer to the Multi-Slide Lathe Machining User's Guide for more information. |
Command... | Description... | |
Machining Operations | Creates Machining Operations in the program. This is described in the User's Guides of the various NC products. | |
Auxiliary Operations | See Insert > Auxiliary Operations, below. | |
Machining Features | See Insert > Machining Features, below. |
Command... | Description... | |
Tool Change | Creates a Tool Change. | |
Machine Rotation | Creates a Machine Rotation. | |
Machine Instruction | Available if NC Machine Tool Simulation is installed. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information. |
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Machining Axis Change | Creates a Machining Axis Change. | |
Post-Processor Instruction | Creates a PP Instruction. | |
COPY Operator | Creates a COPY Operator. | |
TRACUT Operator | Creates a TRACUT Operator. | |
Copy Transformation Instruction | Creates a Copy Transformation Instruction. | |
Command... | Description... | |
Milling Features | Creates Milling type Machining Features in the program. This is described in the User's Guides of the relevant NC products. | |
Machining Pattern | See Machining Pattern. | |
Machining Axis System | Creates a Machining Axis System feature, which is referenced in the Machining Axis Change auxiliary operation. |
Please note that most of the commands available in the Tools menu are common facilities offered by the Version 5 Infrastructure. Specific Machining commands are described in the present document.
Command... | Description... | |
Formula | Allows editing parameters and formula. | |
Image | Allows capturing images. | |
Macro | Allows recording, running and editing macros. | |
Utility | Allows access to batch utilities. | |
Customize | Allows customizing the workbench. | |
Visualization Filters | Allows management of visualization filters. | |
Options | See Customizing Settings for Machining. | |
Standards | Allows access to standards (general, drafting, and so on). | |
Conferencing | Allows access to the Conferencing capability. | |
Machining Tools > Isolate Process Data | Allows creating a Process Template. |