Welcome to the Multi-Slide Lathe
Machining User's Guide. This guide is intended for users who need
to become quickly familiar with the Multi-Slide Lathe Machining Version 5
product.
This overview provides the following information: |
|
Multi-Slide Lathe Machining in a Nutshell |
|
Multi-Slide Lathe Machining provides functionalities for
programming Multi-slide lathe machines or Lathe centers by offering:
Supported operations are as follows:
Limitations for this version of the product:
Multi-Slide Lathe Machining is an add-on product for the Version 5 Lathe Machining. |
|
Before Reading this Guide |
|
Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with
basic Version 5 concepts such as document windows, standard and view
toolbars. Therefore, we recommend that you read the Infrastructure
User's Guide that describes generic capabilities common to all
Version 5 products. It also describes the general layout of V5 and the
interoperability between workbenches. You may also like to read the following complementary product guides, for which the appropriate license is required:
|
|
Getting the Most Out of this Guide |
|
To get the most out of this guide, we suggest that you
start reading and performing the step-by-step
Getting Started tutorials. These tutorials will show you how to
produce NC programs for multi-turret and multi-spindle turning. Then you should move on to the User Tasks section, which gives more complete information about the product's functionalities. The Reference section provides useful complementary information. The Workbench Description section, which describes the commands that are specific to Multi-Slide Lathe Machining, and the Customizing section, which explains how to customize settings, and the Methodology section, which provides useful information about recommended work methods, will also certainly prove useful. |
|
Accessing Sample Documents |
|
To perform the scenarios, you will be using sample
documents contained in the doc/online/mlgug_C2/samples
folder. For more information about this, refer to
Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide. |