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 is a table displaying the values of any editable parameters currently applied to toolpath procedures.

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.

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Multiple Selection in the NC Operation Manager

Non-Consecutive Selection: To select non-consecutive entries, press the Shift key and the left mouse button.
Consecutive Selection: To select consecutive entries, click and hold the left mouse button while dragging; there is no need to use the Shift or Ctrl keys. If you keep dragging past the window, the procedure list will scroll. When several procedures are selected, you can right-click the mouse to access options such as Delete or Comment for the entire selection. If you click/hold/drag the left mouse button when directly over the Operation Manager light bulb icons, you can quickly hide or show many procedures on the screen at once.
Deselection: Click in the table without holding down a key to deselect your current selection.

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 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
Comment
Cutter	The name of the cutter as recorded in the Cutter Library.
Cutter Diameter		For information only - Not editable
Tolerance
Part Offset (group 1)
Check Offset (group 1)
Clearance height
Down Step (= Vertical Step)
Side Step (= Horiz. Step)
VC
FZ
Feed
Spin
Color
Machining time		For information only - Not editable
TBC	TBC	Items below this line may not be included
Consider Previous Stock
Update Stock
Color
Pen
Spark Gap
Holder & Shank in use
Coolant
DZ Feed Start
Z-Top
Z-Bottom
Safe Milling (used or not)
Boundaries Location (In, on, out)
Boundaries offset

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.