Use NC Program to organize setups

What we cover in this video

1. Why use NC Program.
2. Selecting operations.
3. Optimizing the toolpath order.
4. Duplicating NC Program Groups.
5. Rename NC Program Groups.

Manufacture > Setup > Create NC Program 

NC Program can organize several Setups into a single NC program output. Used for cases when multiple faces of a part will be machined in one machine cycle, on the same table, in different fixtures. Select which Setups you want to combine and optimize the order of the operations by Setup or by Tool. Generally each Setup should have a unique Work Coordinate Systems (WCS) fixture offset.

One common example would be to have two vises on the table, where vise 1 machines the top of the part using a G54 fixture offset and vise 2 machines the bottom of the part using a G55 fixture offset. If both faces have an operation that requires the same tool, NC Program can output the path for vise 1 and then vise 2, eliminating a tool change.