NC Operation Manager Table

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

Select NC Operation Manager from the toolbar.
Select View > Pane > NC Operation Manager from the menu bar.

The NC Operation Manager holds a large amount of information, but you can customize the display to show the items that are more important and useful to the task at hand.

Table Columns

The NC Operation Manager holds a large amount of information, but you can customize the display to show the items that are more important and useful to the task at hand. Right-click the column header row of the NC Operation Manager window to display the Column Visibility popup menu. Use this menu to select which columns are displayed out of the many columns available, each offering different information about the NC procedures on the list.

Note: Text items that are dimmed cannot be changed from the Operation Manager.

The table below shows some of the column heading names appearing in the Operation Manager (the popup menu names are shown in parenthesis), and the column description with links to additional explanations.

Parameter	Description	Notes
Status		For information only - Not editable
Short procedure Name		For information only - Not editable
Cutter	The name of the cutter as recorded in the Cutter Library.
Cutter Diameter	The diameter of the cutter	For information only - Not editable
Tolerance	Maximum permitted milling deviation from the contour
Part Offset (group 1)	The offset from the Part Surface at which milling will be performed
Clearance height	The default clearance height of electrodes.
Down Step (= Vertical Step)	Vertical distance between cutting layers, used for machining and for splitting between horizontal and vertical areas
Side Step (= Horiz. Step)	The 2D size of the step between centers of the cutter in adjacent passes.
VC	Cutting Speed. The maximum rate that the work piece surface and cutting tool pass each other at the point of contact (Tangential velocity of the cutting edge).
FZ	Milling procedure only. The maximum thickness of chip material that each cutting edge of a tool can remove with one pass (also named Chip Load).
Feed	The rate that either the work piece or cutting tool changes in position during the length of the cut.
Spin	The number of revolutions that the cutting tool does during one minute.
Color	The color can be changed. Once changed they can be reset to their default colors.
Machining time	The calculated time the process will take	For information only - Not editable

Select the column name that you wish to be displayed in the Operation Manager.

Notes:

Right-click on the column header row of the Operation Manager to display the Column Visibility Popup menu.
Use the functionality in the popup submenu to set the visibility of columns in the table.