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Process Manager
: Cutters 
Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:
For each of the following options, the Cutters & Holders Dialog is displayed (or the minimized version - the Select Only Mode), enabling you to select a different cutter (if more than one cutter has been defined).
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In an active procedure (editing or creating a procedure) use one of the following methods:
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In the Advanced Mode, press the cutter name in the Cutters & Holders branch of the parameters table.
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In the Wizard Mode, press the Cutter button.
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Invoke the Process Manager, select the required row(s) and then use one of the following methods:
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To change a single cutter: Click a cutter to change it.
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To change single or multiple cutters:
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Select NC Edit > Change Parameters > Change Cutter from the menu bar. Change the required cutter(s) in the Process Manager.
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Right-click the selected rows and select Change > Cutter from the popup menu. Change the required cutter(s).
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Right-click in the Graphics Area and select Change > Cutter from the popup menu. Change the required cutter(s).
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Change the cutter for selected procedure(s).
Changing a cutter for cutter motions can be easily done within the Process Manager. For each procedure a cutter name is displayed.
A cutter can be changed for single or multiple procedures.
Changing a single cutter
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Select the appropriate procedure in the Process Manager.
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InvokeInvoke the Change Cutter mode.
The Cutters and Holders dialog is displayed in the Select Only Mode. Change the cutter as required.
Note: If you edit or change the cutter of an executed procedure (a procedure with a 
status flag in the Process Manager), an appropriate warning message is displayed prompting you to either continue or cancel the operation. If you continue, the procedure(s) using the edited/changed cutter will be considered suspended and receive a 
status flag. In this case, you must execute the procedure again.
The new cutter is displayed.
Note that the previously executed procedure now has a suspended status flag and needs to be re-executed to receive a flag.
Changing multiple cutters
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Select the appropriate procedures in the Process Manager.
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InvokeInvoke the Change Cutter mode.
The Cutters and Holders dialog is displayed in the Select Only Mode. Change the cutter as required.
Note: If you edit or change the cutter of an executed procedure (a procedure with a status flag in the Process Manager), an appropriate warning message is displayed prompting you to either continue or cancel the operation. If you continue, the procedure(s) using the edited/changed cutter will be considered suspended and receive a status flag. In this case, you must execute the procedure again.
The new cutters are displayed. Note that the previously executed procedures now have a suspended status flag and need to be re-executed to receive a flag.
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