programming checklist?

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

does anyone else almost always forget something when making a program?

whether it be cutter comp for your finish passes, or to turn smoothing on, or to change a post setting?

I finally decided to make a little checklist, and im curious what other people do for this? i know you can save settings, like always leave smoothing to a certain number when you check it, but for now i just wanted a paper to look over every time.

what do you do to proof your program out?

[seth.madore]

Yes, in the beginning, I was always forgetting something. There are things I've done to help eliminate that:

Default Settings. This is the biggest one. All Adaptive and 3D toolpaths have had their tolerance adjusted and smoothing turned on.

Templates. Once I find a combination of settings that works really well for a given tool or part style, I create a template for it, so a lot of it is already set for me

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

any links to figure out how to do this stuff?

[seth.madore]

Not really, sorry. It's just one of those things that you learn as you go along, adding and subtracting from the list as needed.

[dylan_smith]

@CuttingEdgeManufacturing 

Its all relevant to the kind of work you're doing in my opinion, certain materials and jobs may demand a more precise checklist than others, so its pretty hard to have a uniform checklist which works for everyone. 

[narzinskin]

Here is what I have used in the past:

Programming Checklist

• Review Traveler
• Workholding
• Tolerances/Comp
• WCS
• Feed & Speed
• Tool Numbers/duplicates
• Heights
• Operation order (tool)
• Simulation
• Deburr

[dylan_smith]

Nice!

[ToddHarris7556]

+1 for templates... especially if you have multiple users with different levels of experience (we're a fab shop... lots of very clever folks, but not everyone has formal modeling or CNC experience)

John Saunders has done a bunch of YouTube videos at NYC CNC on both cloud libraries and templates. May or may not apply directly, but might offer some good ideas.

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

i watch alot of his stuff. guess im thinking of more a physical paper with a list. i made one already. just was looking for more checks because i always forget stuff