Restrictions on the Tooling conversion system
The tooling conversion system appears as a grid at the left of the screen for Machining Centre transfer parameters.#
It is used to convert one set of tooling instructions to a different format when data is transferred to a machining centre. The following notes describe the rules for using the Tooling conversion system.
Limits
- Maximum lines in the replacement grid: 800
- Maximum characters for instruction: 50
- Maximum characters for replacement: 50
- Maximum characters for Tooling field: 255
Examples of allowed sequences
T1=1 T1=1 (copy instruction exactly)
T1=5 T1=12
T1=12 T1=14 (a loop net effect is T1=5 >> T1=14)
- Any string is allowed in the Replacement column
Separator characters for the Replacement column
- The instruction does not have to contain and '=' symbol:-
Instruction Replacement
DOWEL D=8:T=21
ROUT12 T=101:RK=1:ABC
- Characters @ $ & : are NOT allowed
- each field is separated by a comma
- a field containing a comma is enclosed in quotes
- a field with quotes the quote is enclosed in quotes
MCH_TRANSINFO,0,Homag,8,c:\test\v12\Demo\Mch\,0,,,T=12,T=17,"T,=33","A=15:T""=14"
T=12 T=17
T,=33 A=15:T"=14
- Only one instruction can be entered in the Instruction column
- The tooling replacement is applied just before transfer
Material
The 'Material' column is used to specify that the Instruction/Replacement combination only applies for that specific material. If the material column is left blank this means that the Instruction/Replacement combination applies to all remaining materials.
(If there are specific material settings these must be entered first)
The above example indicates that whenever a machining instruction contains T=100 replace it with T=201 for BLUE-LAM-1MM
Notes
- Tool sequence parameters are applied after tool replacement rules.
