{"id":980,"date":"2023-11-07T19:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:44:49","slug":"kipwarem-conversational-cam-for-milling-new-feature-release-next-tool-look-ahead-t-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/kipwarem-conversational-cam-for-milling-new-feature-release-next-tool-look-ahead-t-call\/","title":{"rendered":"KipwareM\u00ae Conversational CAM for Milling &#8211; New Feature Release &#8211; Next Tool Look Ahead &#038; T Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kentech Inc. has released Version 22.1.0 of our KipwareM\u00ae &#8211; Conversational CNC Programming Software for Milling. This release contains a new feature to enable the output of the next T command &#8230; referred to some time as pre-loading the next tool &#8230; when outputting G code. Pre-loading allows the next tool to index and be ready for a tool change as the current tool is machining.<\/p>\n<p>This feature is user configuravble through the SETTINGS as outlined in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-981 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-Loading T Command for CNC Milling Machine\" width=\"963\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1.jpg 963w, https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-24x19.jpg 24w, https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-36x28.jpg 36w, https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image1-48x38.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KipwareM\u00ae has multiple user selectable options when it comes to tool change output &#8230; here is a brief explanation of each :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SINGLE LINE or DOUBLE LINE tool change commands can be configured.<\/li>\n<li>NEXT TOOL LOOK AHEAD can be set to ON or OFF through the check box. If OFF &#8230; none of the options outlined below will be output.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEXT TOOL LOOK AHEAD will cause the next T command to be auto-inserted into the program using Format A or Format B.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FORMAT A<\/strong> will cause the next tool T command to be inserted on the line following the current tool change command &#8230; an example :<\/p>\n<p>T01M06 ( current tool change command )<br \/>\nT02 ( next T command )<\/p>\n<p><strong>FORMAT B<\/strong> will cause the next T command to be inserted after the first Z move line &#8230; an example :<\/p>\n<p>T01M06 ( current tool change command )<br \/>\nG90S3000M03<br \/>\nG43Z1.00H01M08<br \/>\nT02 ( next T command )<\/p>\n<p>These settings now allow the user to configure the next T command call to be most compatible with their CNC control &amp; machine.<\/p>\n<p>Kenney Skonieczny &#8211; President<br \/>\nKentech Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentech Inc. has released Version 22.1.0 of our KipwareM\u00ae &#8211; Conversational CNC Programming Software for Milling. This release contains a new feature to enable the output of the next T command &#8230; referred to some time as pre-loading the next tool &#8230; when outputting G code. Pre-loading allows the next tool to index and be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29],"tags":[297,298],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kipware_programming_software","category-new-kipware-product-release-information","tag-t-code-pre-loading","tag-tool-change-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}