PRIME MOTIONStock and setups
A Tool Run is one setup: the parts on the bed at one time, the block of stock they are cut from, and the one work zero every operation in it shares. A part machined from both sides is two Tool Runs.
Make a Tool Run
- Tap Tool Run in the rail, or + on Operations in the tree. A draft named Tool Run 1 (the lowest number free) opens in the Tool Run drawer.
- Work through the pages in the list on the left. Each section — Geometry, Stock, Program — opens to its pages.
- Tap Create Tool Run.
The draft is not saved until Create Tool Run: closing the drawer before that discards it. Reopen a Tool Run later by double-tapping it in the tree; its button reads Modify Tool Run.
If nothing to cut has been chosen, Create refuses: Pick the bodies to machine, or a closed sketch profile — a tool run needs stock to cut.
Geometry › Model & WCS
| Field | What it sets |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing model | Off (default): machine the bodies where they are in the design. On: machine linked copies of them, arranged on the machine's bed (see Placement) |
| Model | The bodies to machine. Tap bodies in the view while this page is open to add or remove them; each shows as a chip |
| Profile | Instead of bodies, a closed sketch profile (Tap a sketch profile) |
| WCS Origin | Where work zero is: on the Stock Box, the Model Box, or Custom |
Work zero is picked, not typed. With Stock Box or Model Box the box shows 27 points — the 8 corners, the middle of the 12 edges, the centre of the 6 faces and the box's centre — and you tap one. The row Origin names it, such as Bottom Front-Left corner, the default. Custom puts a gizmo at the origin to drag anywhere.
Geometry › Placement
Shown only when Manufacturing model is On. For each part, tap the face that lies on the bed (‹part› — tap a face) and choose its grain direction, X, Y or Ignore. Set the Spacing — between parts and from the edge (6 mm by default) and tap Arrange on the bed. The parts are laid out inside the active machine's working area; the button then reads Re-arrange on the bed.
Arranging refuses, with the reason, when no machine is active, the machine has no working area, the parts do not fit at that spacing, or a part stands taller than the machine's Z travel on that face.
Geometry › Fixture
The body that holds the work — a jig or a clamp you modelled (Select the fixture body below), with a Radial clearance and Axial clearance (5 mm each) that 3D operations keep away from it. Fixture Attachment reads Automatic.
Geometry › Safe plane
The height of the last retract at the end of the program. Reference is Last operation's clearance (default), Stock top, Stock bottom or Origin (absolute), with an Offset; Closing G0 Z shows the result. It changes only that final move.
Stock › Shape & Size
Stock body (optional — defaults to the model) lets a separate body stand for the blank. Then choose the Shape:
| Shape | Sized by |
|---|---|
| Relative Box (default) | The model, plus offsets: No Additional Stock, Add Stock to Sides and Top-Bottom (Side offset 2 mm, Top offset, Bottom offset) or Add Stock to All Sides (one value per side); Round up to rounds the size |
| Fixed Box | Width, Depth, Height you type, placed by X, Y, Z position and offsets |
| Relative Cylinder / Fixed Cylinder | Offsets, or Radius and Height |
| Relative Tube / Fixed Tube | As the cylinder, with a Bore radius |
| From Solid | A body |
| From Previous | The stock left by the previous setup |
Model Dimensions and Stock Dimensions show the resulting Width (X), Depth (Y) and Height (Z).
Stock › Material
Choose the material from the list, or Other… to type one. It is recorded with the setup.
Program › Naming and Machine
| Field | What it sets |
|---|---|
| Tool run name | The name in the tree and of the exported folder |
| Comment | A note kept with the setup |
| WCS Offset | G54 to G59: the work offset the program uses (default G54) |
| Machine | Which machine profile this run is for; it does not change the active machine |