Importing Machines and Tool Assemblies

You can add and replace machines, import and mount tool assemblies in one shot.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Concepts of Engineering Connections for Mounting

Import a Machine

When no machine is assigned in session, you can import a physical machine or a configured manufacturing cell.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Mount and Import Resources .
  2. Enter a search criteria in the search bar of the Top Bar.
  3. In the search results, select a machine or manufacturing cell.
  4. Click OK.
    The machine is loaded in the work area.

Replace a Machine

You can replace a current machine or manufacturing cell with another one.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Mount and Import Resources .
  2. In the context toolbar, click Replace Machine or Configured Machining Cell .
  3. Enter a search criteria in the search bar of the Top Bar.
  4. In the search results, select a machine or manufacturing cell.

The current machine or manufacturing cell is replaced with the selected one.

Add a Machine

You can add a machine or manufacturing cell in a multi-machine context.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Mount and Import Resources .
  2. In the context toolbar, click Add Machine or Configured Machining Cell .
  3. Enter a search criteria in the search bar of the Top Bar.
  4. In the search results, select a machine, a manufacturing cell, or robot cell.

The imported machine is now the current machine. The previous machine is now inactive.

Import and Mount a Tool Assembly

You can import existing tool assemblies and mount them on a machine.

Note: If the catalog is not consistent (two tools with the same name, tool not defined in the catalog), the tool will not be displayed.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Mount and Import Resources .
  2. In the context toolbar, click Import Tool Assembly.
  3. Enter a search criteria in the search bar of the Top Bar.
  4. In the search results, select a tool assembly.
    For a mill turret, the tool assembly is loaded (not mounted) and visualized in the work area.
    Note: Repeating this command from the same context toolbar replaces the preview of the previous tool assembly with that of the new one.
  5. For a rotary turret, once the tool assembly is selected, select the tool mount point where you want to mount the tool assembly.

    The tool assembly is mounted on that tool mount point.

    Tip: Alternatively, you can right-click a tool mount point (TMP) in the Resource Configuration View panel, select Assign and select a tool assembly.

Create a Tool, Tool Insert, or Tool Assembly

You can create a tool, a tool insert, or a tool assembly using Resource Creation from the action bar.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Resource Creation .
  2. In the Resource Creation dialog box that appears, expand the corresponding area and select the desired resource.
  3. In the NC Resource dialog box that appears, do any of the following:
    • Specify NC Resource parameters: To specify parameters, click Edit parameters . A dialog box appears with expandable areas such as:
      • Geometry
      • Technology
      • Feeds & Speeds
    • Manage User Representations:
      • To add a user representation, click Manage Representation . A dialog box where you can search and add user representations appears.
      • To quickly define a user representations, select D, S or R to directly define representations as Default, Static or Rotary.
  4. To finish, click OK in the NC Resource dialog box.

The resource is create and appears in the Activities Process Tree under the manufacturing cell.