To Set Up the Radius Substitution Table(s)
1. Click Manufacturing > Machine Tool Setup > Radius Substitution Table. The RAD SETUP menu appears.
2. The RAD SETUP menu opens with the following commands:
◦ Create—Create a new radius substitution table. Enter the name for the table, then select the radial type: Concave or Convex. This table will be used for corners of the specified type only, and the appropriate suffix (_cvv or _cvx) will be added to the table name. The Pro/TABLE comes up; edit the table by entering the radius values as described in the reference topic. You have to store this table on disk using the Save command below in order to use it in other models.
◦ Modify—Modify an existing radius substitution table. In order to be modifiable, the table has to either be created in the model, or added to it using the Retrieve command below.
◦ Retrieve—Read an existing radius substitution table from disk to add it to the current manufacturing model.
◦ Save—Save a radius substitution table on disk to use it in another model. The file will be saved with the extension .rdl.
◦ Delete—Delete an existing radius substitution table.
◦ Show—Display a radius substitution table in the Info Window. Select the table name from a namelist menu. Only tables that exist in the model can be displayed.
Any number of radius substitution tables can be added to a model. To specify which table is to be used, click Radius Subst on the MFG PARAMS menu either when setting up the NC sequence or when defining a cut motion. It opens the CR/SEL RAD menu with the following commands:
• Set Up—Opens the RAD SETUP menu with the commands described above.
• Select—Select existing radius substitution tables from a namelist menu: you can select one for the concave and one for the convex corners. In order to be displayed in the namelist menu, a table has to either be created in the model, or added to it using the Retrieve command.
To perform radius substitution, on the INT CUT menu, click Corners > Table Corners. The corner radii on the tool path will be substituted according to the table values.