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NC Preferences > Drill > Special Automated Drill Sort
Access: Invoke this function from one of the following locations:
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Select the Preferences button
from the Quick Access Toolbar, or -
Select Tools > Main Tools > Preferences from the menu bar.
Navigate to NC > Drill > Special Automated Drill Sort.
Set the sort order of the cutter types (cutter families) that were defined in Preferences > General > General NC.
The Special Automated Drill Sort dialog is displayed.
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Interaction
Set the sort order of the cutter types. When the Use Special Sort checkbox is ON (
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Click the "+" button on the table to add one of the predefined cutter types to the order list. In the Order column, set the sort order within the cutter type.
Use the arrow buttons to move the cutter type up or down the list. Use the delete button to remove the selected cutter type from the table.
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Automated Drill User-Defined Cutter Sorting The process to enable the automatic sorting of cutters inside an NC Automated Drill procedure, is as follows: Define the cutter types (cutter families). In the General NC preferences, set the Special Sort for AutoDrill checkbox to ON and define the various cutter types. Define the sort order of the cutter types. In Special Automated Drill Sort preferences, set the Use Special Sort checkbox to ON, add the cutter type (defined in #1) and define the sort order within the cutter type. For each cutter in the cutter table, define to which cutter type it belongs. In the Motion Param. tab and the Cycle Param. tab of the Cutters & Holders dialog, select the cutter type from the Automated Drill Sort Cutter Type dropdown list. This dropdown list is only displayed if the Use Special Sort checkbox (#2) is set to ON. In the Automated Drill procedure Drill Parameters table, set the Process Optimization parameter to the By Cutters by User Order option. This option is only available if the Use Special Sort checkbox (#2) is set to ON In the Automatic Drill Cutter List dialog, the value in the column Cutter Type column is as defined for each cutter in the Cutters & Holders dialog (#3). The Cutter Type column is only displayed if the Process Optimization parameter is set to the By Cutters by User Order option (#4). Note: Cutters used by the Automated Drill procedure that have not been defined a cutter type (#3), or have a value that does not appear in the Special Sort for AutoDrill list (#1), will assume the lowest priority in the sort order. |
Press the appropriate approval option.
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