Toolpath Organisation

[Hoverflyer.mk2]

Hi there,

I've got a job that's starting to get quite confusing with which toolpath does what area, is it possible to rename a toolpath?

Thanks,
B.

Edit: I use MX4 by the way.

[jjacoby]

I create new tool path groups and give them appropriate names when I have many machining ops. I find this makes a program much easier to manage. I also use descriptive comments that I can read in teh op manager for every tool path I create

[TheBigJW]

Originally Posted by Hoverflyer.mk2 Hi there, I've got a job that's starting to get quite confusing with which toolpath does what area, is it possible to rename a toolpath? Thanks, B. Edit: I use MX4 by the way.

I think it's like any windows file manager. A slow double click on the operation name will open up a text dialogue box. Or I think you can right click and select rename.

John

[TXFred]

You can also go to the Parameters for the Toolpath, then to Tool, and to Comments. Whatever is typed there will be the name of the toolpath, and will also appear in the G-Code as a comment.

I create subgroups for each fixturing operation.
For example, "Front Operation, Fixture O08026"
or,"Top Operation, Held in Vise"

(As a sidenote, the Fixture number is also the number of the program that creates the fixture. In the case of a manually machined fixture, the number is a placeholder. The notes in each program specifies the numbers of the necessary fixture. Each fixture has its number stamped or engraved on it.)

Then each operation has a name that describes what it is about to do.

My goal is to make each program easy to understand even if I'm not around to explain it. (Which, I suppose, makes it easier for me to fired without consequences. )

Frederic