Is there a way for pcdmis to not ask if i want to move cursor to end of the program when enabling program mode....alt-F4 or better yet to just stay in program mode even if i execute a block of code using ctrl + L? I am programming offline.
-Make a plane with weird hit patterns -Drag your probe across the screen to make movepoints
When I program, it is a combination of online/offline.
(1) I almost never get cad files of the fixtures, and the rare cases where I do get one, the physical fixture doesn't match. It might be close, but not close enough to trust offline programming around
(2) Since I 'never' get fixture cad files, I can't really program a part until I have the fixture
So, unless I get the fixture and the parts at the same time, I set up the fixture, make the alignment program, then map out the clamps, gates, etc., that would be in the way of checking the part. I can then 'sort of' program offline, sort of. I generate all the points and such, missing the obstacles (SPC, MATING SURFACE, NON-MATING SURFACE, TRIM, HOLES, SLOTS, in that order!), save that as a 'point order' file (for creating Datapage variable sets), then I start putting it into an 'intelligent' check order, 'dry running' around all the stuff on the fixture.
Sheet metal is a whole different world from 'chunk' parts, let me tell you.
-Make a plane with weird hit patterns -Drag your probe across the screen to make movepoints
When I program, it is a combination of online/offline.
(1) I almost never get cad files of the fixtures, and the rare cases where I do get one, the physical fixture doesn't match. It might be close, but not close enough to trust offline programming around
(2) Since I 'never' get fixture cad files, I can't really program a part until I have the fixture
So, unless I get the fixture and the parts at the same time, I set up the fixture, make the alignment program, then map out the clamps, gates, etc., that would be in the way of checking the part. I can then 'sort of' program offline, sort of. I generate all the points and such, missing the obstacles (SPC, MATING SURFACE, NON-MATING SURFACE, TRIM, HOLES, SLOTS, in that order!), save that as a 'point order' file (for creating Datapage variable sets), then I start putting it into an 'intelligent' check order, 'dry running' around all the stuff on the fixture.
Sheet metal is a whole different world from 'chunk' parts, let me tell you.
