Exporting And Importing Toolpath Group Name

[NeilJ]

No problem exporting and saving operations and then importing them with one exception... I can't seem to find a way to export and import the toolpath group name.

[Murray Mold]

Where the dropdown munu is that says "2D-Toolpaths", I click in that box and type in my own name. That way I dont have to purge the ops because they keep building up and it gets hard to find.

I name them something relevant to the job I am working on, like "Head insert stationary" or "Head insert ejector"

Then when importing hit yes to add op groups also

 

HTH

[Colin Gilchrist]

When you 'Export' the group with operations, it will show up as a group in the .operations library.

 

When you use 'Import', navigate to the .operations file you are using (or navigate to a .MCX file, thats right, you can import operations directly from a Mastercam file without first saving the operations to a library).

 

Now select the whole group by clicking on the "group name" and it should highlight the group and all operations in the group list.

 

When you press the "ok green check mark", Mastercam will launch a dialog box titled "Import toolpath operations" and the prompt will say "Import / add the operation groups also?"

 

This is asking if you want to import the group name. It will not let you import the group name if you do not select the entire group by click on the group name to select it...

 

HTH,

[Murray Mold]

I meant to say, when exporting, you can name the op whatever you want to in the "Groups" dropdown menu, then select yes when importing to Add ops groups also

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Colin,

 

Thanks for the info about importing opperations directly out of a mastercam file without first saving to a library. I want to try that tommorrow.

[NeilJ]

Colin and Murray Mold and Die,

 

I think the problem was that I was not exporting the machining operations to a folder that I create and name the same name as the Toolpath Group I want to import. When I name the folder the name of the Toolpath Group this works with just one problem... machining operation number one is shoved under the Machine Group. The rest of the machining operations come in under the Toolpath Group name I saved. Not a big deal to drag machining operation 1 down to the named Toolpath Group but I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong to cause this problem.

[sharles]

I normally do what Colin said unless the operations are something that I do over and over because then I don't want to have to constantly navigate through the computer tree.