The PPRINT Table
To output some model information to the CL files, you have to set up a PPRINT table for this model. This table contains all the items that can be output through PPRINT. Whether an item will be output or not is determined by the flag value. The default flag value for all items is NO. Change it to YES if you want the item to be output. You can add an optional comment to be output along with the item.
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Comments are limited to 69 characters or less.
Whenever you output CL data to file, the system will check the PPRINT table. If any flag is set to YES and the appropriate information is available, the corresponding PPRINT command will be output to the CL file.
The following items are output once per CL file:
PART_NAME
DATE_TIME
SCALE
TRANSLATE
ROTATE
SET_NAME
The following items are output once per operation:
OPERATION_NAME
OPERATION_COMMENTS
LAYER_NAME
UDF_NAME
TOOL_TABLE
ONLY_OUTPUT_USED_TOOLS
The following items are output once per NC sequence:
NC_SEQUENCE_NAME
NC_SEQUENCE_COMMENTS
FEATURE_ID
SEQUENCE_TYPE
CUTCOM_REGISTER
SPINDLE_SPEED
CUT_FEEDRATE_&_UNITS
ARC_FEEDRATE_&_UNITS
FREE_FEEDRATE_&_UNITS
RETRACT_FEEDRATE_&_UNITS
PLUNGE_FEEDRATE_&_UNITS
SCAN_TYPE
RETRACT_HEIGHT
NUMBER_OF_SLICES
HEAD_NO
Z_MINIMUM_TOOL_TRAVEL
Z_MAXIMUM_TOOL_TRAVEL
MACHINING_TIME
MACHINING_DISTANCE
SEQUENCE_USER_DEFINED_PARAMETERS
The values NAME, TYPE, and VALUE are also output for each user-defined parameter.
The following items are output once per LOADTL or TURRET statement:
TOOL_NAME
TOOL_POSITION_NUMBER
TOOL_COMMENTS
TOOL_PARAMETERS
TOOL_OFFSET_NUMBER
CHAMFER_LENGTH
CORNER_RADIUS
CSINK_ANGLE
CUTTER_DIAM
DRILL_DIAMETER
DRILL_LENGTH
END_ANGLE
END_OFFSET
GAUGE_Z_LENGTH
GAUGE_X_LENGTH
HOLDER_TYPE
INSERT_LENGTH
LENGTH
LENGTH_UNITS
NOSE_RADIUS
NUM_OF_TEETH
POINT_ANGLE
SHANK_DIAMETER
SIDE_ANGLE
SIDE_WIDTH
TOOL_MATERIAL
TOOL_ORIENTATION
TOOL_TYPE
TOOL_USER_DEF_PARAM
The values NAME, TYPE, and VALUE are also output for each user-defined parameter.
FLUTE_LENGTH
The following items are output each time a step is extracted from a manufacturing template:
MFG_CREITERIA
TEMPLATE_NAME
TEMPLATE_PARAMETER
The parameters AUTHOR, FACTORY, LINE, PRODUCT, and VERSION are also output if you have specified values for them.
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