Making lead in and lead out the the same speed as feed using expressions

[sstephe1622]

I do not always have time to create a new tool and its parameters and just grab the right size tool from the library and set the speed and feed.  But how using expressions do you set the speed for lead in/out to be the same speed as your feed.  I get tired of changing the cutting parameters and not have the lead in lead out update.

Thanks.

[Steinwerks · Accepted solution]

Tried this quick in HSMWorks and I believe if you change the expression to "tool_feedCutting" (sand quotation marks) you should only have to change the one value. Make that the default value and it should always populate.

[sstephe1622]

Is there a list of the expressions and how to use them? Format etc?

[George-Roberts]

You can right click any operation and choose 'compare and edit' or hold shift and hover over any white box, this will show the parameter name. They are all case sensetive (use camel casing) and allow mathematical functions inside the expression, for example:
tool_diameter * 0.8 would give 80% of the tool diameter