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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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
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.