Cutter Libraries and Cutter Locations

Manage all your cutter libraries and their locations. Numerous cutter libraries can exist in various locations, on your local computer and also on local networked computers. This tool enables you to manage all of them from one dialog, listing the full path names of all files (libraries) that contain cutter definitions. For each file, all cutter definitions saved in that file are displayed.

The Cutter Library - Cutter Locations Manager dialog is displayed.

Upper Table Lower Table Operation Buttons

Upper Table

The upper table of this dialog contains the full path locations of the defined cutter libraries. This can either be to a specific cutter library location or to a folder (which may contain other libraries or NC files).

Each unique cutter library location is represented by a row in the table. If a folder is defined as a location, all files in the folder and in any sub-folders (according the sub-folders parameter setting) that the cutter library works with will be used. Each such folder is represented by one row. All the cutters in the library or folder path defined here are displayed in the lower table.

Click the HistoryHistory button  to display a list of the last twenty different locations used. Select a location to display its cutter definitions in the lower table.

Click the BrowseBrowse button  to display the Cimatron Explorer to select multiple files (pre-filtered to the relevant file types) and also multiple folders. If multiple files/folders were selected in the Cimatron Explorer, multiple rows (representing the multiple locations) are displayed in the upper table of the Cutter Library - Cutter Locations Manager dialog.

If the connection to a path in a row cannot be established (due to deletion of the location or the connection through the local network is broken), the text in the row is dimmed and the row cannot be deleted.

Lower Table

The lower table of this dialog shows all the cutters in the selected library path (or if a folder was selected, the cutters from all the NC files in the selected folder) and displays their parameter values—This is similar to the Cutter Table in the Cutters and Holders Dialog and uses the same filtering mechanism.

Operation buttons

The Cutter Library dialog contains the following operation buttons.

	Create a New Cutter Library Multiple cutter libraries can be created. The New Library dialog is displayed, prompting the name of the new library. Click the OK button to open an empty Cutter Library - Cutter Locations Manager dialog. Enter data as required to create the new cutter library.
	Delete the Current Cutter Library A message is displayed requiring confirmation of the deletion.
	Delete Selected Rows
	Create a New CHL File The Create new CHL file dialogCreate new CHL file dialog is displayed (in Save As mode) in the path of the (first) selected row (or in the last active path if no row is selected). When the new file is saved, a new row is then added in the upper table of the Cutter Library - Cutter Locations Manager dialog with the newly created CHL file.
Library	Select a Cutter Library from the dropdown list of libraries The full path names of the relevant library file locations are displayed in the upper table and the cutter data from the selected library is displayed in the lower table of the Cutter Library - Cutter Locations Manager dialog.
	Edit the Library Name Click the OK button . The new library name is displayed in the top row of the dialog.

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