NC Manufacturing Menu Bar

The various menus and menu commands that are common to NC Manufacturing products are described below.

Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the Version 5 Infrastructure User's Guide.

Edit Menu

Please note that most of the commands in the Edit menu are common facilities offered by the Version 5 Infrastructure. The NC Manufacturing edit commands available depend on the type of object being edited: Manufacturing Program or other entity.

Edit > Manufacturing Program.x object

Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.

	Command...	Description...
	Definition	Opens the Manufacturing Program dialog box for consultation, edition, replay or simulation.
	Deactivate/Activate	Deactivates the program for replay or NC output. It can be made active again with Activate.
	Hide/Show Children	Hides the child nodes of the program. They can be visualized again with Show.
	Start Video Simulation using NC Code	Allows direct access to Video material removal simulation using NC code.
	Simulate Machine using NC Code	If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can simulate the machine using NC code. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information.
	Replay Tool Path	See Replay the Tool Path.
	Start Video Simulation using Tool Path	Allows direct access to Video material removal simulation using tool path data.
	Simulate Machine using Tool Path	If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can simulate the machine using tool path data. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information.
	Compute Tool Path	Allows you to choose a tool path computation mode for the program:  either compute if not already done  or force computation even when tool path exists.
	Remove Tool Path	Removes computed tool paths from the program.
	Lock/Unlock Children	Locks all the machining operations of a program. Locked operations can be unlocked with Unlock Children.
	Lock/Unlock Tool Path	Locks all the tool paths of a program. Locked tool paths can be unlocked with Unlock Tool Path.
	Remove Video Result	Removes all saved material simulation Videos from the program.
	Generate NC Code Interactively	See Generate NC Code for the Program.
	Display NC File	If an NC file is associated to the program, allows the display of that file. See Display NC File.
	Generate Tool Changes	See Tool Change.
	Delete Generated Tool Changes	See Tool Change.
	Generate Machine Rotations	See Machine Rotation.
	Delete Generated Machine Rotations	See Machine Rotation.
	Import APT, Clfile or NC Code File	See Import an APT file.
	Merge PP Instructions	See Merging Several PP Instructions
	Delete Unused Indices	Deletes indices not used by a Copy operator.
	Process Table	See Process Table.
	Expand tree to machining operations	Expands the PPR tree down to MO level.

Edit > Part Operation.x object

Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.

Edit > Machining Operation.x object

Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the PPR tree.

	Command...	Description...
	Definition	Accesses the operation's definition dialog box.
	Deactivate/Activate	Deactivates the operation for replay or NC output. It can be made active again.
	Hide/Show Children	Hides the child nodes of the operation. They can be shown again.
	Replace Tool	Allows you to replace a tool or tool assembly on one or more selected operations. Note: If all selected operations have already an associated tool assembly, then the Tool Assembly tab is activated by default. If all selected operations (or some of them) have no associated tool assembly or tool, then the Tool tab is activated by default.
	Replay Tool Path	See Replay the Tool Path.
	Compute Tool Path	Allows you to choose a tool path computation mode for the operation:  either compute if not already done  or force computation even when tool path exists.
	Remove Tool Path	Removes computed tool paths from the operation.
	Pack/Unpack Tool Path	Allows compressing an operation's tool path information in an external tpl-suffixed file. Unpacking is also possible. Several operations can be selected for packing. In this case, one tpl file is created for each operation. In the PPR tree, a symbol on the operation indicates that it is packed.
	Lock/Unlock	Locks the computed machining operation. It can be unlocked using Unlock.
	Lock/Unlock Tool Path	Locks the tool path of a computed machining operation. It can be unlocked using Unlock Tool Path.
	Load Simulation Result	Opens the Video Result CATProduct in a Video window for analysis of the machined stock, collision results, and so on. Only available if a Video Result CATProduct is associated to the opreation.
	Remove Video Result	Removes a saved material simulation Video from the operation.
	Starts Machine Simulation	If the NC Machine Tool Simulation product is installed, you can switch from the Machining workbench to the NC Machine Tool Simulation workbench by clicking this command.
	Import APT, Clfile or NC Code File	See Import an APT file.
	Start Video Simulation	Run full Video from last Video result.

Edit > Manufacturing View.x object

Note that you can access the same menu contextually by right-clicking the object in the Manufacturing View.

	Command...	Description...
	Sort by Features	Sorts the view by features.
	Sort by Patterns	Sorts the view by patterns.
	Sort by Operations	Sorts the view by operations.
	Sort by Tooling	Sorts the view by tooling criteria.
	Sort by Machining Features	Sorts the view by machining features.
	Delete Unused	Deletes unused machining features. You can delete either all unused machining features or all unused machining features of a given type.

View > Machining Menu

	Command...	Description...
	Process Table	See Process Table.
	Manufacturing View	See Manufacturing View.
	Machining Process View	See Machining Process View.
	Machining Gantt Chart	The Machining Gantt Chart can be used to review machining operations on multi-turret machines. Please refer to the Multi-Slide Lathe Machining User's Guide for more information.

Insert Menu

	Command...	Description...
	Machining Operations	Creates Machining Operations in the program. This is described in the User's Guides of the various NC products.
	Auxiliary Operations	See Insert > Auxiliary Operations, below.
	Machining Features	See Insert > Machining Features, below.

Insert > Auxiliary Operations

	Command...	Description...
	Tool Change	Creates a Tool Change.
	Machine Rotation	Creates a Machine Rotation.
	Machine Instruction	Available if NC Machine Tool Simulation is installed. See NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more information.
	Machining Axis Change	Creates a Machining Axis Change.
	Post-Processor Instruction	Creates a PP Instruction.
	COPY Operator	Creates a COPY Operator.
	TRACUT Operator	Creates a TRACUT Operator.
	Copy Transformation Instruction	Creates a Copy Transformation Instruction.
	Copy Program	See Identical Parts Machining
	Merge Program	See Identical Parts Machining

Insert > Machining Features

	Command...	Description...
	Milling Features	Creates Milling type Machining Features in the program. This is described in the User's Guides of the relevant NC products.
	Machining Pattern	See Machining Pattern.
	Machining Axis System	Creates a Machining Axis System feature, which is referenced in the Machining Axis Change auxiliary operation.

Tools Menu

Please note that most of the commands available in the Tools menu are common facilities offered by the Version 5 Infrastructure. Specific Machining commands are described in the present document.

	Command...	Description...
	Formula	Allows editing parameters and formula.
	Image	Allows capturing images.
	Macro	Allows recording, running and editing macros.
	Utility	Allows access to batch utilities.
	Customize	Allows customizing the workbench.
	Visualization Filters	Allows management of visualization filters.
	Options	See Customizing Settings for Machining.
	Standards	Allows access to standards (general, drafting, and so on).
	Conferencing	Allows access to the Conferencing capability.
	Machining Tools > Isolate Process Data	Allows creating a Process Template.