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KipwareM® SETTINGS Outlined

 

 

 

The KipwareM® SETTINGS give the user multiple options to customize the  KipwareM® output to suite their particular CNC control / machine.

In this chapter we will explain each of the user configurable settings ... below is a screenshot of the current SETTINGS form.

 

 

UNITS :

KipwareM® can be user configured for either INCH or METRIC programming here.

 

TOOL CHANGE :

Here the user can define outputs as they pertain to the T or tool change command.

SINGLE LINE or DOUBLE LINE tool change commands can be configured.

NEXT TOOL LOOK AHEAD can be set to ON or OFF through the check box. If OFF ... none of the options outlined below will be output.

NEXT TOOL LOOK AHEAD will cause the next T command to be auto-inserted into the program using Format A or Format B

FORMAT A will cause the next tool T command to be inserted on the lne following the current tool change command ... an example :

T01M06 ( current tool change command )

T02 ( next T command )

FORMAT B will cause the next T command to be inserted after the first Z move line ... an example :

T01M06 ( current tool change command )

G90S3000M03

G43Z1.00H01M08

T02 ( next T command )

 

FORMAT :

FANUC and "fanuc compatible" or OKUMA G code output can be set using the FORMAT options.

 

RIGID TAPPING :

Set the CNC controls rigid tapping pre-command that is to be output on the line prior to the canned cycle command line ... and whether or not to include the spindle S command in that output.

 

DEFAULT POST FILE :

Users can set a desired post file to be used as the DEFAULT when generating G code during the MAIN PROGRAM CREATION.

 

NC / G Code File Settings :

Users can set a DEFAULT file extension to be used when saving G code files as well as the DEFAULT location / folder where the files will be saved.

 

MACHINE SETTINGS :

Users can configure the following settings to further customize the G code output :

Height Offset Activation Code ... leaving this setting blank will result in no height offset command code being output.

Set the default Z AXIS RETURN LINE to be output at the end of each tool sequence.

Set the letter address to be used for the 4th axis when 4th axis programming is employed.

Set the decimal point precision to be used in 4th axis coordinates.

 

Always remember to SAVE the SETTINGS once completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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