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NC Menu: NC Utilities Menu
Access: Open this group of functions from the following location:
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Select NC Utilities from the menu bar. Select the required function.
The NC Utilities menu functions enable you to set templates, edit motions and perform other utility operations.
The following functions are available in the NC Utilities menu:
The table can be sorted; it has clickable headers that sort the table by the clicked column. The table is initially sorted by Function name.
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Load and apply one or more NC templates to create toolpath(s)/procedure(s) in the NC Process Manager. |
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Load and apply one or more NC templates to create toolpath(s)/procedure(s) in the NC Process Manager, to machine one or more pockets. |
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Search for predefined matching Hole Sequences for unassigned groups. |
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Define/edit a Hole Sequence. |
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Cutter geometry location. Create the G-Code on the user contours and compensate with the entire cutter radius. |
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Group holes and drill points. |
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This application enables you to construct a machine definition for the Machine Simulator. It enables defining the kinematics tree structure, the axes, and the displayed components of the CNC machine. This enables you to simulate the G-Code motions on a virtual machine that imitates the real machine behavior. Important! This application is for use by qualified personnel only. Contact your Cimatron Provider or Reseller to get a machine definition for the Machine Simulator. |
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Set which actions can be performed for each Measurement Cycle. The measurement cycles available in Cimatron are the ones that are the most commonly used. Some machines support more cycle types and others do not support all the ones the procedure offers. In order to avoid creating measurement cycles and/or actions that are not supported on your machines, use the displayed dialog to define a partial list of cycles/actions that will be available for use. |
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The Motion Editor contains a set of tools that are used to manually handle toolpaths (edit cutter motions). |
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Replace the post parameters definition in the current NC file with the one from the PostParams.xml file. This file is located in the following folder: |
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Cancel all the operations that were done on the toolpath (editing the motions) and restore the original motions. |
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Save as NC template. To help save time in future toolpath / procedure creation, you can save a toolpath or procedure to a template. This template contains milling strategies, parameters, and geometry. |
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Simple mode settings. Use the displayed dialog to define a partial list of technology options that will be available for use. This defines which machining technology options are to be included in the Simple Mode. |
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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. |
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Create a toolpath list in an ASCII file detailing all procedures in the selected toolpath. The full path name of the ASCII file is displayed in the Output Pane. |
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Use simple mode. This is a toggle option that enables you to define how to display the Machining Technology options. If this option is selected (highlighted), the Simple Mode is activated and a partial list of the machining technology options is displayed, according to the selection in the Simple Mode Settings dialog. If this option is not selected, the full list of the machining technology options is displayed. |
The following menu sections are available under the Symbols menu:
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This group of functions is used for automated drill operations. |
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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. |
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This group of functions is used to define which functions (Main Selection and Subselection functions) are available for use. |
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This group of functions is used for Motion Editor operations. |
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This group of functions is used for saving and applying NC templates. |
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This group of functions is used for general NC utilities. |
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