Tool offsets

[hato54]

Can someone please explain how these offsets works?

/Håkan

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The values are to correspond with where the maching control will pick up the length and radius offsets if you are using them.

Normal convention is that Tool #1 with use the length Offset #1 and the Dia/Rad Offset #1

I'm not in the vicinity of my machine to take a picture of the machine controls screen where those are kept.

Some times you may want to use a differnt offset number if you are trying to hit multiple sizes with a single tool. so for one operation you may want to use D1 for tool #1 and on another you are using the same tool, but the tolerance is different, so you want to use a second D comp value, and you can assign it D41 as an example.

[hato54]

Thank You for the explanation Big_Mak

/Håkan

[Anonymous]

I am trying to use different height offsets for the same tool.  in the tool library i can reset the value for a tool height in one operation, but then it writes that value in for all the other setups.

I would like to have it be t1 h1 for fixture one and then t1 h21 for fixture 2 and t1 h31 for fixture three.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

tom

[Anonymous]

You will have to create 3 identical tools and in the post tab type in the offsets you desire.

[Anonymous]

Will the the three identical tools have the same tool number?

I haven't done much with this program yet, sorry about what may seem to be obvious questions,

thanks so much for your rapid response,

tom

[Anonymous]

is there a copy individual tool button?   I see a copy tool library button...

[Anonymous]

I think I got it.  Thanks so much for your help.

I did not see a copy tool button, but I was able to just create another tool the same way.

Have a great day!

[Anonymous]

Hello Big_Mak,

is there a way to copy one tool at a time?

thanks

tom

[Steinwerks]

If you right-click on a tool in the library it should allow you to duplicate the tool selected.