Initialise speeds and feeds

[stuflo]

updated to X7 with the latest release pack.

 

with a new program, say you do a drilling toolpath with a series of holes and use a spot drill the speeds and feeds are correct when you select the tool.

next op which is to drill the holes to size so you select the correct size drill, it still uses the speeds and feeds from the spot drill. so you have to right click the drill and re-initialise the speeds and feeds to get the correct speeds for the new drill.

next op is to ream the holes so you select the correct reamer, and it puts the correct speeds and feeds in.

next op is to rough the block out with a slot drill, so you select the correct slot drill and those speeds and feeds are correct.

next op is go in with a smaller cutter to finish, so you select that slot drill or end mill and it uses the speeds and feeds from the roughing tool previously selected,

and so on.

 

it seems that when you select tools within the same group or type of tools it won't automatically use the tools speeds and feeds, yet when you switch to a different tool type it will with that first tool selected (unless it already been selected and is in your tool tab )

 

Is this a bug or how it is going to be.

 

It wasn't like this in X6, it always selected the correct speeds and feeds.

[Guest]

Sounds like you are copying your op, selecting a different tool and getting this result

 

If that is correct, go into your config >> Toolpaths and uncheck Lock Feedrates

 

You likely or someone else did this in a previous version and have forgotten about that change

[stuflo]

Thanks for that.

it must've changed it automaically on the new install, because i manually updated the folders when going from x6 to x7

[Guest]

Yes, it is a default setting upon installation, in X5 I believe, it defaulted to off, in X6 it was changed to default to on, it led to a great many tech support calls