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Turning tool paths off timporarily.

crchisholm
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Turning tool paths off timporarily.

crchisholm
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Is there a way to disable or turn off a single tool path and leave all others on when  I have several tool paths in a project, I would like to run certain ones by themselves, or maybe run all but one.  I know I can create the tool paths as stand alone,  but it would be cool just to be able to run toolpath 1,4, and 5 with toolpath 2 and 3 disable or off.  (just an example where the ones turned off do not impact the ones to follow).

 

Thanks for any reply.

Charlie

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jhackney1972
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The indicated right mouse click menu option will do this for you.  Keep in mind if the toolpath creates a feature needed by a following toolpath, you may get an error.

 

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crchisholm
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Ahhhh....so simple.  Thank you very much

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HughesTooling
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You can just select the toolpaths you want using the Ctrl key. Just hold Ctrl down and pick what you need.

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Also if you save the NC Program on the post dialog you can have several NC Programs with different selections and just reuse the NC Program later if you need the same set of toolpaths. Good idea to name your NC Programs if you're going to use them.

Enable this to save an NC Program with the selected toolpaths.

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HughesTooling
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@crchisholm wrote:

Ahhhh....so simple.  Thank you very much


Be aware if you suppress a toolpath, the toolpath is deleted so will need regeneration when reenabled. Personally I'd go down the NC Program root or just select what you need as it will save time.

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