Use the Wire and Part Data(WPD) dialog to specify search parameters to retrieve a cycle.
To display this dialog, click Retrieve Cycle on the Cycles Data dialog in PartMaker/WireEDM. When you click Retrieve Cycle, the Open Cycles File dialog is displayed. Select the cycles database in which you want to search then click Open.
Wire — Select a wire from the drop-down list.
Part Material — Click to display the Select Material dialog and choose the material for the cycle.
# of Skim Cuts — Select the number of skim cuts for the cycle.
Cancel — Click to close the dialog without retrieving a cycle.
Retrieve — Click to retrieve a matching cycle from the .cde file and close the dialog. The matching cycle is added to the list on the Cycles Data dialog.