To Adjust the Tool Path
1. From the NC Seq tabbed page, select the desired NC sequence.
2. Click > . The SMT NC SEQUENCE dialog box appears.
3. To change the order of the strokes/hits in the tool path, select the Change Order element and click Define. The Order Hits dialog box appears with the following options:
a. Under Start point, select one of the following:
▪ Select—Select the first hit within the NC sequence tool path and specify the direction using the TOOL PATH DIR menu. Select any hit, including those in the middle of the tool path, as the start point.
▪ Delete—Delete a defined starting point.
b. Select the Sort by next closest to automatically select the next closest edge to be machined after completing the previous edge.
c. Under Hit stroke(s), select one of the following:
▪ Reorder—Select strokes to indicate the order in which they should be output.
▪ Order by default—Revert to the default order of strokes
▪ Reverse—Select strokes to reverse the order of hits within a stroke.
▪ Unreverse last—Undo last reversed order of hits within a stroke.
4. To remove hits, select the Remove Hits element and click Define. The Remove Hits dialog box appears with the following options:
◦ Single—Removes individual hits.
◦ From-to—Removes a series of hits.
◦ Restore last—Restores the last deleted hit(s).
5. To insert CL commands at specific hits, select the CL Command element and click Define. Insert CL commands as desired.
6. To finish the tool path, click Done from the SMT NC SEQUENCE dialog box.