TOOL CHANGE

[mikhael gutman]

Hi!

Stupid question.

You need to edit old program. You used drill 0.201 dia and now you have to use drill 0.257 dia. for same bunch of holes

What is the best way to change drill (not delete and load new)?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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Ummm, edit the comment with a text editor and put the different tool in the tool magazine? ?

James Meyette

[Luther Heggs]

Drilling cycles do not use cutter compensation so the diameter of the drill has no effect on the XY coordinates in the toolpath. You may need to adjust your depth to compensate for the longer tip length.

Use a text editor to edit the depth fields (4th) in the G81 and G100 lines if needed. The tool diameter is the 2nd field in the G1013 line, the tool radius is the 3rd.

[Kenneth Potter]

I assume you want to redefine the drill from .201 to .257 & regen to update then post

"You said"

What is the best way to change drill (not delete and load new)?

In the tool manager.---> mainmenu/deftools /current

The tool manager box appears.

Right click the drill you want to change & select EDit tool. "Define tool box appears"

There you can change your tool definitions.

Do a regen & a re- post

Hope this is what you want

Kenny

[This message has been edited by Kenneth Potter (edited 01-25-2001).]

[gary dunn]

pick parameters for that operation, right click the window and get the new tool from the library that you want. regen the path.

if you want to, the pick ncutils, then define tols. then current and uncheck the

filter if active, which will list all of the tools in your current program. the ones that are being used will have a green check

on them. the unused will be slightly indented. you can delete the unchecked ones

without doing any damage.

[mikhael gutman]

Hi!

I am sorry,of couse I asked not correctly,(not clear ). Thank You to everybody

mike