Mill Tool Page

 

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Introduction

This topic serves to describe the various tool pages available going through Mill and Mill Turn jobs. It is good practice to have all the tools for the job loaded into the Tool Crib at the start of the job. If you do, the tools for the job will already be in the Tool Crib, and the system will have pulled appropriate tools for each operation from the Tool Crib. From this tool page, you can either, choose a different tool from the Tool Crib, go into the Tool Crib to add tools from your Tool Library, or enter tool specific data manually into the Tool Data Section of the page.

 

This page will also assist in assigning Tool Numbers and Offsets, and Coolant options, as well as Speeds and Feeds.

 

Tool Crib - opens the Tool Crib for you to select a tool that you have already loaded for the job. Click to select a tool in the tools list, and click OK to assign the tool to the operation. (For Mill Turn jobs, view Mill Turn Tool Crib.)

 

Assign Tool Holder (Mill and Lathe Drilling) - opens the Milling Tool Holder Library to assign a tool holder to the tool. In the Tool Holder list on the right, select a tool holder/arbor, then click OK. The name of the selected tool holder appears in the Holder Label box. This holder is now the default tool holder for the tool, meaning that it is automatically assigned to the tool when you create an operation with this tool.

Tool Data

To select a tool for the feature, you can use the following option in one of two ways.

 

CheckBoxSelected.png Select this check box to allow the software to automatically select tools from the Tool Crib that match the machining operation. In the case of end mills, you may alter the diameter and corner radius allowing the software to find the appropriate tool from the Tool Crib. In the case the appropriate tool sizes are not found, the software searches for a matching tool in the Tool Library. If a matching tool is found, it is added to the Tool Crib. If a matching tool is not found, a new tool is automatically created and added to the Tool Crib.

CheckBoxCleared.png When this check box is cleared, you can edit all tool information directly in the dialog box. In this case, the defined tool is added to the Tool Crib.


NOTE:      Although the Machining Data group remains the same regardless of the tool selected, The available Tool Data, and the Speed and Feed parameters vary depending on the type of tool selected. Click on a tool to display the Tool Data for that particular tool. Once open, click on Machining Data and Feeds and Speeds to see the corresponding variables.


Drill

Center Drill

Drill

Spiral Tap

Point Tap

Hand Tap

Rolling Tap

Chamfer Tool

Counterbore

Reamer

Boring

Mill

Endmill Rough

Endmill Finish

Chamfer Mill

Corner-Round

Thread Mill

Single Point Thread

V-Tool

Tapered

T-Cutter

Dove Mill

Lollipop

 

Next Topic

Once the Tool variables have been set, clicking Wizard_NextButton.png will take you to the next page of the given operation. To move the appropriate next topic, click the type of feature that has been chosen below and then the link for the desired operation.

 

Hole Wizards

 

2 Axis Feature

 

3 Axis Feature

 

4 Axis Rotary

 

Mill Thread

 

3 Axis Wireframe

 

V-Carve