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Individual Setups menu

Use the individual Setups menu to manage and edit the selected Setup.

Activate — When selected, activates the Setup and de-activates any currently active Setup. When deselected, de-activates this Setup.

Settings — Select to display the Setup dialog where you can specify the toolpaths to be included in an NC Program, and how many runs individuals toolpaths perform.

Rename — Select to rename the entity.

Add to — Select to add the toolpath to the selected entity.

  • NC Program — Select to add the Setup to the active NC Program.
  • Folder — Select to add the entity to the active folder. If the Folder option is unavailable then activate the folder.
    Note: You can add an entity only to a folder within that entity type. For example, you cannot add a toolpath entity to a NC program folder.

Create Toolpath — Select to display the Strategy Selector dialog so you can create a new toolpath. The toolpath is added to selected Setup. See Toolpath Strategies for information on the different toolpaths available.

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.

Edit — Select an action to perform on the Setup:

  • Copy Setup— Select to create a copy of the setup, and copies of the toolpaths contained within it.

Edit All Toolpaths — Select a toolpath edit option to apply to all the toolpaths in the Setup.

Remove from Folder — Select to remove the Setup from the current folder.

Delete Setup — Select to delete the Setup and all the toolpaths associated with it.

Delete Setup and release Toolpaths — Select to return any associated toolpaths to the Toolpaths node of the explorer, and then delete the Setup.

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