About SMT MFG MACHINING
Use the SMT MFG MACHINING dialog box to create the data necessary to drive an NC machine tool to manufacture parts from a sheet metal workpiece. Functions such as nesting, tool setup, optimizing, and NC sequencing are controlled using the following buttons located in the SMT MFG MACHINING dialog box.
Parts
• Nesting—Nest Parts manually on the sheet metal workpiece.
• Automation—Enter the Autonesting mode.
• Components—Assemble parts on the sheet metal workpiece.
• Regenerate—Regenerate the manufacturing assembly using different modes.
Wrkcell
• Csys—Select new machine Csys data.
• Parameter—Specify workcell parameters.
• Zones—Define machine zones, pads, clamps, cosmetic features, and so forth.
• Turret—Define or modify the turret manager.
Oper
• Create—Create a new operation.
• Retrieve—Retrieve an existing operation.
NC Seq
• Populate—Populate NC sequences.
• Auto—Create Autotool NC sequences.
• Optimize—Optimize the CL output.
• New—Create a new NC sequence.
• CL Output—Open NCL player to output CL file.