I must say I do like the NC Program additions over the last year or so but I do thing there are a number of shortfalls.
To give context, most of my CNC work is flatbed routing and while it's a high end machine there is no automatic tool changer. So all of my toolpaths are grouped by "tool" with an NC program for each. Typically I have a different setup for each sheet as it's a different stock.
So what I'd like to see.
1. Folders for NC Programs ( can't be hard ...)
2. NC Program names in the browser representative of the OS filename or Description. I have to keep using the clipboard to paste the filename text, to the description, then again to overwrite the name in the browser tree.
3. Option to have NC Programs under each setup along with toolpaths etc. You can see that when I'm building out the toolpaths per tool, then the NC Programs I just will just end up with a huge list ( given there is no folders even ) and I have to name them with a prefix to associate them easily with each Setup in the workspace. Would be so much nicer to have the NC Programs under each setup (with folders!).
4) Setup sheets...
Nice there are in HTML although PDF as an option would be better. Looks great on screen but doesn't print well as tables get split between pages. Would be better to the option to have page breaks between sections when printing. I import into Word to do this.
Also the title of the Setup Sheet is "1001" rather than a description etc
And you cant set the filename....
And a link to them are not stored in the browser tree for reference...
Just a few thoughts
David
