Cut & Paste Geometry Between NC Procedures

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

When no procedure is active, select the required row(s) from the Process Manager and then use one of the following methods:
- Select NC Edit > Copy, Move & Delete from the menu bar. Select the required function.
- Right-click the selected row(s) and select the required function from the Copy & Paste Geometry list of options in the popup menu.
- Right-click in the Graphics Area and select the required function from the Copy & Paste Geometry list of options in the popup menu.
- Use the appropriate keyboard keys for the required function.

Perform a range of Geometry operations on NC Procedures. A Procedure is a set of cutter movements that conform to a specific machining technology. One or several Procedures can comprise a toolpath.

Copy the geometric data from one procedure to a single or multiple procedures. The following Cut and Paste Geometry functions are available:

Copy Geometry

Copy the geometric data of a selected procedure. The geometric data copied are the parameters included the procedure's Geometry Parameters Table.

All data related to the geometry is copied, including:

All geometric entities IDs.
Criteria used for selection.
Contours by groups (boundaries, internal sharp edges, etc.) and their attributes (Offset, In / On / Out / As Touch…).
Surfaces by groups (Part Surfaces, Check Surfaces, Overlap Surfaces).
Points.
Parts Safe Milling status.
Pockets and Remachine Segments.

The entities are kept by Groups, for the Paste Geometry Special operation, as detailed below.

Paste Geometry

Paste the copied geometry to one or more selected procedures.

Paste the contents of the buffer into one or more selected procedures. Paste works as if all the copied groups in the buffer are selected (see Paste Geometry Special below).

Paste Geometry Special

Paste selected geometry items to one or more selected procedures.

Paste Geometry Special is used to control what type of geometry will be pasted and in what way. It opens the following dialog:

Use the topmost buttons to select All groups or Selected groups.

The following Selected groups are available:

Contours—Everything that defined in the Contour Manager, including numeric data (such as Z-TOP) and attributes (Such as In / On / Out).
Part Surfaces—Part Surfaces as associated with groups (including Overlap surfaces).
Check Surfaces—Check Surfaces as associated with groups.
Points—Drill Points, as well as any other points.
Parts Safe Milling—contains the status of the Parts Safe Milling parameter.
Transformation procedures do not have 'Geometry' for this purpose.
Pockets—From the Pocket Manager.
Remachine Segments—As defined in Remachine Segments.

Notes:

In the Paste Special dialog, groups that have no data in the Paste Buffer are grayed out and unchecked OFF .
In the Paste Special dialog, the default of the check boxes is all (valid boxes) are checked ON .
If no copy operation was done, the Paste Geometry and Paste Geometry Special commands are dimmed.
If a Paste Geometry or a Paste Geometry Special operation did not paste any geometry (for example, there is no suitable geometric fit between the selected procedures), the system issues a warning message.
Part and Stock procedures can be used to copy and paste their surfaces.
The following procedures are not included in copy and past geometry operations:
- AutoDrill - The points of AutoDrill are not included.
- Connection
- Convert to 5X
- Transformation
- Utility

The following buttons are in the dialog

	OK: Accept the changes, perform the operation, and close the current dialog/task.
	Cancel: Cancel all changes and close the dialog/task without saving the settings.