lathe-stock

[Rakesh]

Hi guys,

I have this problem from long time and I don't know what I am missing. When I put all the information in stock set up in lathe, by using "Use Margins" tab and it diplay the stock with no problem but when I have to go back this page for some reasons and open up the "use margin tab" the value which I used earlier in left right margin is not there and every thing for the stock display is like for the begining. So how can I make it to display my last values which I put in right margin and left margin box.

Thanks in advance

[chris m]

NEVER go back into the stock definition after its done; always reverts back to something you don't want

[mandolinkgn]

I wish it was usable that way. lets say you did a job and 3 months later the same job came back and you wanted to look at what size stock you used so you could order it again. It would be real handy to be able to look at what size you used last time but Chris is right it always reverts to the wrong size.

Keith N.

[chris m]

If you need stock info I suggest that you use a drafting note OR just draw a rectangle the size of your stock, chain it, and shut the level off; if you create your stock that way you'll never lose it.

 

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[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

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NEVER go back into the stock definition after its done; always reverts back to something you don't want

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Why? it should be avalible and stay put we have jobs we have to use different size material each run. More lathe issues we have to live with?

[chris m]

If you want to battle over every single Lathe issue there is you are in for a LONG uphill struggle that you will eventually lose anyway. I understand that you are frustrated, Don, but there are VERY simple workarounds to this particular issue so I would save your energy for more difficult items.

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

Workarounds that is what lathe is all about?

like the G70-G71 canned cycles- workaround- don't use them.

[Bryan Johnson]

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when I have to go back this page for some reasons and open up the "use margin tab" the value which I used earlier in left right margin is not there and every thing for the stock display is like for the begining

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Looks like this has been corrected in the most current SP.

 

What I am looking for is how can defaults be set for this page?

[4xxx4]

In my installation of x2 I don't have a "Use Margins" tab. I use the "stock set up" under the most recent machine definition I'm using and do it by "parameters". Stock stays put just like it ought to and can be refered to at a later date.

 

In the machine / control definition (default config) you can adjust some of the defaults for what you might most commonly run.