Machine Tool menu

Use the Machine Tool menu to import and manage the machine tools in the current project.

To display the menu, in the Explorer, right-click Machine Tools.

This menu contains the following:

Import Machine Tool — Select to display the Import Machine Tool dialog; this enables you to import .mtd files.

Auto-transparency — Select to increase the transparency of a machine tool if it obstructs the view of a model during a simulation.

Folder Names — Select to specify the template used for all new folders.

These menu options control the naming convention used when creating multiple folders.

• Rename — Select to display the Enter Template dialog, which enables you to specify a new template.

  Enter the name of the template prefix you want to insert, and then click . This displays the prefixon the menu and all new folders use this prefix.

  Folder Names > Rename: None — When displayed, PowerMill does not add a prefix to new folder names.

  Folder Names > Rename: prefix— When displayed, PowerMill adds the prefix to new folder names.

• Off — Select to remove the template so that all new folders do not use a template. Existing folder names remain unchanged. Selecting this option changes the rename option to Folder Names > Rename: None.

Create Folder — Select to create a folder so you can organise entities in the Explorer. You can rename a folder in the normal way and drag and drop entities into it. See Explorer for more information.

Delete All — Select to delete all machine tools.