Program a point based toolpath
Command
The Program toolpath command can be executed on point based process geometry.
When the command has been started, a small window should appear. Here the settings to program the contour are defined.
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 | Operation connection mode | Program connected operations on the same process contour. |
Existing PG points can be picked with the left mouse button, supported with the available multi-select possibilities. The selected points are highlighted. In between them a dashed, arrow symbolized line is displayed to indicate the motion between two operation points. Thus, the sequence of selecting the process geometry objects automatically determines the travel route of the tool path.
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While the selection is still active and no other commands have been executed, the selection of process points and their sequence still can be modified.
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Sequencing
To add a new operation after the last position of the pre-selected path is simply done by picking another process point with the 
keyboard button pressed. The new selection automatically is added after the last step.
To add a new operation in between two existing ones, the dashed operation connection line is used. This line can be picked with the left mouse button and dragged on top of the new process geometry. Releasing it onto the new point will add this position and updates the sequence.
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Changing the sequence of the operations works similar to adding an operation in between the existing sequence. Pick the connection line of the sequence step that is going to be modified. Then this line is dragged and released onto the operation to connect to and from where the sequence has to proceed.
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To remove a selected process geometry object from the selection can be simply done. Picking the point with the keyboard button pressed removes it from the current path and rebuilds the sequence.
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Compute the toolpath
On the selection then the pie menu can be opened:
After computation the tool path and operation information is displayed. Point based process geometry generates a tool path element at each of the selected process geometry points. The elements are connected with an off-process path. The toolpath number in the sequence is shown too.
When hovering over the toolpath element, its operation name is displayed.
After the toolpath for the process points has been created, the sequence still can be modified interactively by dragging the connection lines to the required position. The toolpath will then be automatically recomputed.
Customization script
In general all modifications of the toolpath, the operations (group) or the entire program are done manually. The system does however support the possibility to (partially) automate these modifications.
After the last step in the programming computation a user defined python script can be included to run. With this script not only the last computed toolpath can be modified, but the entire program to which this toolpath belongs. It enables for example to re-organize the different operations, or to include an other naming convention for the operations and toolpath positions.
This dedicated script is named (mandatory) PostProgramProcessGeometries.py and is located in the plugin folder <plugin>\Technologies<technology name>\AuxiliaryCommands\AutoExecute. This can be the default installation plugin or any other configured plugin folder.
