Edit Toolpath - Move
Introduction
This topic explains the Parameters available when the Move Command Mode, which allows you to move entities of the toolpath and link to the newly located position, is used. As explained in the Edit Toolpath Dialog topic, most of the Edit Toolpath dialog remains the same, no matter which Command Mode is being used. It is the Parameters of the Move Command Mode this topic focuses on, although, the Command Mode group, Selected Toolpath Elements group and the Animation group can still be revisited in this topic by expanding the drop down hot spots of the same name.
To work through an example utilizing this function, see the Edit Toolpath Example - Move.
Actions
Command Mode
- Delete
- allows
you to delete toolpath entities and relink the toolpath.
- Trim and
Relink - allows
you to create a trimming boundary to trim portions of the toolpath away.
- Move -
allows you to alter the location of
the selected toolpath elements.
- Replace -
allows you to draw in your own toolpath
and replace entities of the toolpath with this CAD geometry.
- Break -
allows you to split toolpath entities into multiple segments.
- Modify Attributes -
allows you to modify the feedrate, or feed type.
- Extend Cut
Move - allows you to extend
the toolpath tangentially by a specified distance.
- Edit Tool Axis - Gives you the option to modify the tool orientation vector for the selected toolpath elements.
Note: The Edit Tool Axis option is only available with Mill 4 Axis Rotary and Mill Multiaxis feature operations.
- Preview
- Active by default, the
Preview option will show the change that will be attained when the Execute
button is selected.
- Clearing this check
box will remove the preview of the current settings from the graphics
area.
Selected Toolpath Elements
This list shows the currently selected toolpath entities.
-
Click or Drag Window Pick - This
selection method allows you to select toolpath entities in several ways:
- Use a single click to select individual toolpath entities.
- Use Shift+Click on an entity to select an entire chain of entities.
- Use a Window Selection method to drag a window around a
group of entities to select at once.
-
Polygon Pick - This selection
method will allow you to define an area of selection by using multiple
single clicks to define a polygon. An example of this can be seen in the
image below.
Note: Polygon picking is disabled for operations with 2500+ toolpath entities.
- Point Pick
- with this check box cleared toolpath points will not selectable. - with this check box enabled, toolpath points can be selected,
by clicking near the end of a toolpath entity. -
Convert Selected Toolpath
to CAD Geometry - This button will create CAD geometry on
Note: The Convert Selected Toolpath to CAD Geometry option is currently limited to 100 entities at a time.
Parameters
- Pick/Enter - The Pick/Enter method allows you to translate (move) toolpath elements by specifying the start point and end point of the move. The start and end points can both be defined using either data entry or sketching (clicking a snap point or anywhere in the graphics area). The toolpath elements are then translated the same distance and direction as defined by the reference points.
Note: The start point and end point, or reference points, for the Pick/Enter method can be on the geometry or anywhere in the graphics area. Note that you can also define the start and end points using a combination of Pick and entering values manually.
- Start Point - You
can define the start point (called the move
from location) using the Pick option, to select the start point using
the mouse, or you can use the Enter
option and type the coordinates in the Data Entry Manager as follows.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the start point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Y
- determines the Y-axis location of the start point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Z - determines the Z-axis location of the start point of the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup of the operation.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the start point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- End Point - You
can define the start point (called the move
from location) using the Pick option, to select the start point using
the mouse, or you can use the Enter
option and type the coordinates in the Data Entry Manager as follows.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Y
- determines the Y-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Z - determines the Z-axis location of the end point of the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup of the operation.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Drag - The Drag option displays the coordinates for the move from the current location of the toolpath elements. When you select the drag option for the currently listed toolpath elements, the delta gnomon is placed in the graphics area, and this becomes the X0 Y0 Z0 location for the Delta group. You can then type values to determine the change in location from the current origin, or you can use dynamic sketch handles to modify the origin.
- Delta - You can define the delta by clicking the drag button and using the dynamic
sketch handles that appear in the graphics area, or by entering a value directly.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Y
- determines the Y-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Z - determines the Z-axis location of the end point of the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup of the operation.
- X
- determines the X-axis location of the end point of
the translation move in reference to the Machine Setup
of the operation.
- Undo - This will remove the previously executed
command.
- Execute - This will perform the currently active command.
- Redo - This will re-apply any commands that were removed by the use of the undo button.
Note: The Undo and Redo options only affect commands that were executed in the current instance of the Toolpath Editor.
-
This slider affects how quickly the tool goes through the toolpath
in the animation. 
