How to never miss tool data cut

[nubrandao]

Hi, don't know if more people have this problem

But sometimes I miss to check speed and feeds of the toolpath, is always a problem, because they are pressing us to be more perfect and reduce times.

So, what can I do to never miss, I don't want to check all the time. 

We have 6 database, almost 600 tool per data base 

How to make toolpath read the tool data according what is set?

What fields data cut should be ? Getting all data in all tools is going to be hard.

Any macro?

Thanks 

[icse]

at the end you could run a macro wich checks if the feed  matches the tool data.

Now you could automatically load the data from the tool if its incorrect.

Or display the toolpaths with wrong cutting data.

I personally like the second one more since somethimes i like to adjust them a lil bit here and there.

you also could add a tolerance to the feed like +-20% is ok etc.

I can write you such a macro if you can tell me how exactly you store your cutting data.

[nubrandao]

I like more the idea, to run a macro to update all feed and tools I selected.

All the tools I load a from a tool database, one by one.

I all I need is the macro to go toolpath and click that but that update feed and speed.

Although, I have to loose some time checking all feed and speed from each tool

[icse]

just select the toolpaths you whant to update the feed in the explorer:

foreach $tp in filter(explorer_selected_entities(),'this.RootType == "toolpath"') {
	activate toolpath ${tp.Name}
	EDIT DATAFROMTOOL ;
	RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE
}

[rafael.sansao · Accepted solution]

Hello Nuno,

You can do this using OptiNC. Just select the tools you want and click the update button.

[icse · Accepted solution]

heres an alternative macro, it does the same but you can also select the tools you whant to update then the macro looks for the toolpaths that uses the tools you selected and updates:

entity list $selection = explorer_selected_entities()

if size($selection) > 0 and $selection[0].RootType == 'toolpath' {

	foreach $tp in $selection {
		activate toolpath ${tp.Name}
		EDIT DATAFROMTOOL ;
		RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE
	}
	
} elseif size($selection) > 0 and $selection[0].RootType == 'tool' {

	foreach $t in $selection {
		foreach $tp in filter(folder('toolpath'),'this.Tool.Name == "' + $t.Name + '"') {
			activate toolpath ${tp.Name}
			EDIT DATAFROMTOOL ;
			RESET TOOLPATH FEEDRATE
		}
	}

}

[kevin.hammond3WX4X]

How much is OptiNC to buy/license?
Their website extols it's virtues but can't find any info on cost.

[nubrandao]

Perfect, I tested and work