Processes

When a job has been created within CAM-Duct it then has to be nested, NC has to written has to be written and reports printed. Whilst it is possible to do all of these individually, by setting up a process it is possible to perform all of these actions, or a combination of these. This section illustrates how this can be set up and used.

Setting up a Process

• Click Utilities Process Setup and the Processes dialogue box will appear, or select the Setup Processes Icon from the Utility Bar. Note that all of the options in the lower section are 'greyed out'.

  

• Click on the New icon . A new Untitled process will be created and the options in the lower section will become active.
• Rename the process from Untitled to something relevant, i.e. All In One.

  Now it is possible to select which actions the process will perform. Generally speaking a process is set up to automatically nest, write NC and print reports. Each one of these option can be configured individually.

  

• If automatic nesting is required in this process, enable the Automatically Nest Item(s) option.
• Click on the Nesting Options button to set up the automatic nesting properties of the process. These are set up in the same way as the normal nesting options.
• If the NC data is to be created using this option, enable the Write NC option.
• Click on the Select Machine button and the following dialogue will appear. For more information about these options view the Write NC section of the on-line help.

  

• If reports are required from this process, enable the Print Reports option. Then click on the Select Reports button.

  

• From the displayed list, select the reports that will always be printed, and the number of copies that are required when using this process, (please note that each report can have different numbers of copies), and click OK
• Click Ok again and the process is now ready to use.

Using the Process

When the job has been set up by following the steps above and a all of the items have been added to a job. It is now possible to use the process.

• Click Utilities > Process > Name of process. (In this case All In One)

The actions set up within the process will now be performed, and a corresponded dialogue box will appear stating the the process has been successfully completed.