Insert tool path in setup

Insert tool path in setup

niemannjw
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Insert tool path in setup

niemannjw
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Anyone else wish they could insert a tool path into a setup under another highlighted tool path instead of it always being added at the bottom?

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a.laasW8M6T
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Yes I wish I could do this all the time.

 

Some of my setups have like 50+ toolpaths and it gets tedious having to drag stuff up from the bottom.

Andrew Laas
Senior Machinist, Scott Automation


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seth.madore
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All. The. Time. There was an attempt at this early on, but it didn't end up working as desired and has received no attention since then....


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing


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a.laasW8M6T
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I can imagine this is actually more difficult to implement than it would seem at face value.

 

For instance it would sound nice to have it always but the toolpath below a selected toolpath, but then when you do want one at the bottom and you had a toolpath selected you would be cursing having now to drag it to the bottom.

 

you could have a toggle to change the behavior, but again, forget to switch it to the right setting and still the same problem.

 

Maybe the best way would be to say CTRL click the toolpath Icon if you wanted it inserted below the current selected.

and just normal click as usual for the current behaviour.

 

Andrew Laas
Senior Machinist, Scott Automation


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niemannjw
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If a tool path is highlighted the new tool path should go right below it. If nothing is highlighted the new tool path should go on the bottom. If you forget to click off so that no tool path is highlighted it would be about the same as selecting a previous setup to add a tool path and forgetting to select the last setup to continue programming the rest of the part.
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