Machine Configuration Management

This dialog is used to edit and manage the list of machines for use in the tool database. It is also used for associating post-processors with those machines for use in Toolpath Saving. It can be accessed through the Machines Menu, the Tool Database dialog, or the Toolpath Saving form.

Watch this video to see this in action:

Allows you to install a machine package which was downloaded from your V&Co account. If you are online, it may be better and more convenient to use the Search Machine Online tool directly from within the software.

Machine packages are preconfigured machine configurations which come pre-associated with compatible post-processors and ready with an initial set of Feeds & Speeds for a set of tools. This can all be done manually through this dialog as well, or edited subsequently following the install.

Duplicates the active machine and makes the new machine active ready for editing.

Delete the active machine and activate the next one up in the list.

Allows us to set the active machine's name (if any). Two machines cannot have the same name.

The remaining parameters are optional and can be left empty. They define various common properties of the machine which may help you to identify them and us to tailor the behaviour in future versions.

This allows you to manage the list of post-processors associated with this machine configuration.

Through this, you can Add or Remove a post-processor. Right-clicking on the post-processor gives you some of the options available in the Post-Processor Management dialog, or set it to a fixed version.

This will allow you associate a post-processor to this machine configuration by selecting it from the list of available post-processors.

You can also remove this association using the 'Remove' button. This will not remove the post-processor from your machine, but will simply disassociate it from the current machine configuration.

Clicking the version displayed in the second Version column will popup a list showing the available versions of this post-processor.

• Latest (Vn) where n is the latest version: Allows to keep using the latest version of the post-processor along with subsequent updates we may ship to it.
• Vn where n is a version: Allows you fix the version of the post-processor you're using to version n. Subsequent updates to this post-processor will not be used unless you specifically update to it.

You will get many of the options available to you in the Post-Processor Management dialog.

A couple of notes,

1. View will display your currently selected version of the post-processor
2. Make Default will set a post-processor to be selected as the default post-processor when using in Toolpath Saving.