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Category archives: Features
Ignore facing roughing
Most profiles have built in, by default a facing finish, that forces the facing tool to always make two facing passes, similar to the below patern: This repeated movement is often not needed for straight tool paths or with a low depth. For this reason the option, located on the machining tab, under the path …
Lower limit of front groove
Several profiles, especially on small cross sections, have by default a radius between 0.2 and 0.5mm on the front groove. Those grooves require then a tool with R0.2mm. If you do not have such a tool, you can force the software to generate the profile with a larger radius (0.4mm). This option should be used …
Edit work item
Work items, after created can be edited. This is done though the following window: Each option is explained in detail below: Profile details Information about the profile used are shown. The options that can be changed are: Quantity: When the window is present to the user, the original quantity produced is present on the dialog. …
Add edit material
To add or edit materials, the following window is used: Each option is explained in detail below: Designation group Brand: Brand of the product to be added. It must be one of the brands already on the system Product: Selection of the product to be added. It must be one of the products already added …
Machine settings – Operation costs
The operation costs on the machine settings menu plays a important role for the cost calculation of the FastQuote and on the standard costing system. All settings on this section are independent of the currency in use. If you use dollars, set them as dollars, if euros, set all in euros. This is, you are …
Approximation movement
The standard, first movement, for each tool is in the form of a fast X and Z movement, similar to: This movement normally does not cause any issue if the tool change is made far away from the material on the Z++ direction. However there are configurations that require a different approach, more exactly machines …
Import DXF – navigation
Feature availability: version >= 5.4.0.0 User with access level >= 2 for some features For the imported profiles feature a new item was introduced on the root of the seals menu. The DXF imported: Base content Inside this main folder a similar structure to the next image is present: As the text is self explanatory, …
Hide / show profiles and folders
Feature availability: version >= 5.4.0.0 User with access level >= 2 It is possible to hide profiles or a complete folder from the navigation menu. To hide, simply right click over the profile and select hide. To unhide, please turn on the option on the configuration: And navigate back to the profile navigation where all …
Removing and adding cycles in GCode
When the GCode is generated on the GCode tab, for each cycle several options are available. One of the built in option is the ability to remove (and re-add) GCode cycles. This is described on the following video: