NC Utilities Menu: Cutter Compensation Tools

This group of functions is used to set the cutter compensation options.

Cutter Compensation allows CNC operators to use a different cutter than the one used during the programming of a procedure. It enables the CNC machine controller, at run time, to compensate for any difference between the cutter currently being used by the machine and the cutter defined in the NC operation, and/or part offset, in order to achieve accuracy. This means that the machine controller calculates the correct offset from the surface to be cut based on the available cutters.

The advantage of this approach is that changes to the offset value are done directly on the machine without editing the NC code. This is useful when making changes to compensate for cutter wear, handling machining tolerances, or switching to a cutter with a different diameter.

The following functions are available in this group:

	Geometry Location	Cutter geometry location. Create the G-Code on the user contours and compensate with the entire cutter radius.
	Tip Location	Cutter tip location. Create the G-Code with an offset (equal to the cutter radius) to the user contours and compensate with the difference between the actual cutter radius and the programmed radius.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.