Bug? - Import Operations - Tool's Len & Dia Offsets Wrong

[John Hill @ Poplar Hill Machine]

Hey Gang,

 

Anyone else see this...

 

Importing ops, tools *already* loaded in the parts tool library:

 

With "Assign tool numbers sequentially" CHECKED, the tool#, len & dia offsets all match the existing tools...PERFECT!

 

With it UNCHECKED, only the tool# matches existing tool, the len & dia offsets match the tool on the imported op...BAD!

 

Didn't have this issue until X4MU3. Problem is that our Okuma MA-400HA has 100+ tools loaded on the machine and I use the existing tool numbers on all its programs...so obviously I have "Assign tool numbers sequentially" UNCHECKED for this machine. Now, every time I import an op, I have to manually change the len & dia values.

 

Is this a bug? In what circumstance would you want the tool# to match existing tools but not the len & dia offsets?

 

Either *all* or *none* of the fields should match...don't you think?

 

TGIF!

 

John

[frostfritt]

No, I dont think so.

 

The big point of importing ops is to get it in exactly the the way it orginally was. Tools and ops. I dont want MC to autochange things during import.

You need to have your ops updated with the tools you are using right now.

 

A "use existing tools during import" option will make you hapy I think. Its ok to me if that will be just an option I can unchek and not hardcoded.

 

/Frostfritt

[Guest SAIPEM]

I works exactly as designed.

 

You already know what you need to do to use it correctly.