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Cutters and Holders Parameters Table
The Cutters and Holders parameters displayed in the Procedure Parameter Tables are for display purposes only and cannot be edited there. These parameters can only be edited from the Cutters and Holders dialog.
See below for the Cutters & Holders parameters for the Automated Drill procedure.
For a parameter description, click on a parameter in the dialog image below.
Depending on the procedure and your parameter settings, some parameters may not be available or other parameters may be displayed.
Additional parameters are displayed if multiple cutters are used in the procedure (if the Use Multiple Cutters checkbox is selected).
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Example Cutters & Holders table: |
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For additional information, see:
Note: The parameters displayed in the Cutters and Holders table are for display purposes only and cannot be edited there. These parameters can only be edited from the Cutters and Holders dialog. |
General Notes about Parameter Tables
Automated Drill Parameters
In the Automated Drill procedure, the Cutters and Holders Parameters Table is displayed as follows:
Press the Cutters List button to display the Automatic Drill Cutters List dialog:
The Cutter Type column is only displayed if the Drill Process Optimization parameter is set to By Cutters by User Order. This option is part of the process to enable user sorting of cutters in the Automated Drill procedure - see below.
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.
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