Mark/Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded ( Home & 3D & 2D)

Tool summary :

  • Marks or unmarks submaterials for CNC downloading. When submaterials are marked for CNC downloading, they are, by default, selectable on the selection dialog for CNC downloading by submaterial mark.
  • As a result, " CNC Downloaded " is set to ' YES ' or ' NO ' on the General Information window of those materials that you select.
  • This operation also affects whether or not submaterials are listed on the selection dialog for downloading by ' Submaterial '. The operation does not affect piecemarking.

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Mark /Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Mark /Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded .

Method 2 : Click the Mark /Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 3 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Change Options > Mark /Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Mark /Unmark submaterial CNC downloaded can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . After you invoke this Change option, the Select Submaterials selection dialog opens. On it is a list of submaterial marks that are in the 3D model.

a14
a25
c7
c13
hss5
hss7
 
After you press " OK ," the choice you make in the next step will either mark or unmark for CNC downloading the submaterial marks you selected here, on this window.

2a : Note that " Hide ... " and " Show All " can be used to adjust which submaterial marks are shown on the list.

2b : Select the submaterials you want, then press " OK ."

Alternative : You can press " Cancel " to end this operation.

3 . A window opens so that you can choose the operation you want to perform. Your choices of operations are " NOT Downloaded " and " Downloaded ."

  Mark CNC Downloaded
   

Alternative 1 : Press the " NOT DOWNLOADED " button to have " CNC Downloaded " read ' NO ' on the General Information window of those materials that are under the submaterial marks that you selected in step 2.

Alternative 2 : Press the " DOWNLOADED " button to have " CNC Downloaded " read ' YES ' on the General Information window of those materials that you selected in step 2.

Note: For alternative 2, if you select a Job which does not have a Fabricator (for example, a 7.3xx Job), you will be notified that the Job does not have a Fabricator, and this operation will end.

4 . The window closes and all of the submaterials that you selected in step 2 are marked per the choice that you made in step 3

Effect on CNC downloading: If User and Site Options > Site > " Hide items that have been downloaded from CNC selection menu " is turned on (checked) and you pressed the " Downloaded " button in step 3, the submaterial piecemarks that you selected in step 2 will not be listed on the selection dialog for downloading by ' Submaterial '.

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