V8.1.1 - Associating Offset Numbers with Tool Numbers

[Mick]

Though the answer is porbably staring me in the face, where do I set the default, so that when defining tools, that the tool number is automatically used as the length and diameter offset number. That way, I first define the Tool number, length, diamter etc, and then when I click on the Parameter page, the length and diamter offset numbers are already set.

I was working, but we had to re-install Mastercam, and now it doesn't (And I can't remember how I did it)

 

Thanks

 

Mick

[Kenneth Potter]

Bring up the job setup box & set your tool to offset there.

 

Also you can renumber your tool & offsets thru the ops manager --right click renumber--- just follow the instructions-

 

Also in the ops manager you can sort you operations by

 

sort by tool plane

sort by tool number

sort by work offset

sort by creation order

 

Kennet Potter

[mold100]

If you want it to be a permanet default go to NC utils-def ops-defaults-Window pops up o.k. to save it-operations manager comes up,job setup on right of box,put in your new default numbers and save it.I hope this is some help.

[Mick]

Well, it was automatically inputting the length offset and diameter offset on the tool parameter tab under tool definition. For example, on the tool definition page, if I typed in tool number 47, when I clicked the parameter tab, the length and diamter offsets were automatically set to 47.

 

Now, they just stay at zero. If, for some reason, I miss that tab, when I post, it outputs H0/D0, which certainly isn't what I want.

 

I cant find anywhere where it forces the Length and Diamter Offset to match the Tool number, yet it was doing it :/

[Reece L Gibson]

You might try making your own tool Library with the TLO # and Tool # you want and defalt speeds and feeds, or Modify the Library that came with Mastercam. When you generate a tool path and right click in the Open white section of the tooling page and "Get tool from Library" ,pick a tool from the list, Modify it to your taste and save it to your own library, or just" Save to Library" and it will be there the next time you need it. One thing you must do is in the Job Set-up click on "Assign tool numbers from Library", Not "Assign tool seq"

[Mick]

Hmm...Well, I still can't work out why it was doing it previously, and now its not....

 

Some weird voodoo going down.....

[cadcam]

Mick see if your setting in the job setup are like this. sample of mine.

 

If not try setting like this.

 

What are you geting now?

 

Example:

Tool=1

Offset=2

Dia=2

 

[ 02-16-2002, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: cadcam ]

[Kenneth Potter]

On the job setup diolog box look For "Tool offset register" There you have the option of

 

"Add"

Calculates the tool's length offset and diameter offset by adding values to the tool number.

 

"Tool"

Uses the length offset and diameter offset numbers directly from the tool definition.

 

Along with two input fields

 

"Length"

Adds this value to the tool number to determine the tool's length offset.

 

"Diameter"

Adds this value to the tool number to determine the tool's diameter offset.

 

This is really straight forward & simple for me & when ever I move operations around in the operation manager I just renumber my tools as stated in my last post.

 

Kenneth Potter