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kb9ydn
in reply to: Steinwerks


@Steinwerks wrote:
Sorry I didn't get back earlier.

This is intentional because many times it is useful to use the same tool with different offsets for different features that may have varying tolerances. Also it can be useful for developing tool libraries for machines that have multiple tool offsets but limited pockets. For example in our Fadal we have (I think) 99 tool offsets, but only 21 pockets in our ATC, and every ATC pocket is linked to the T number. If I had enough tooling and didn't want to touch off all the time, I would have multiple tools set up as, say, T1, but could use, say, 31 for the Length and Diameter offsets to keep the tool stored.

If you hit Tab on the keyboard when you change the Number is should auto-update the offsets, so be careful when just hitting the OK button when the Number field is the active field.

 

 

Hitting the tab key does not update the offsets, it only moves the focus to the next box.  You still have to type in the value or use the increment/decrement buttons.

 

I would prefer if there was a way to link these values together, like the old tool library used to do.

 

 

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