Filtering Templates

When you have a large number of templates stored in your database, it might be time-consuming to navigate through the whole list and choose the necessary ones for particular machining tasks.

SolidCAM provides you with the possibility to filter the defined templates. In the Operation Templates table of the Template Manager dialog box, you can define the filtering of table items.

Template filtering can be performed by entering the first letters in the Name/Operation type/Technology cell and then clicking the corresponding button.

SolidCAM displays all items that include these letters at the beginning.

Template filtering can also be performed by selecting items in the table as filtering criteria. Click on any row in the table to select a template. The Name, Operation type and Technology cells will be automatically filled according to the template you have selected as a potential criterion for filtering. Then click the button in the column you want to consider as the filtering criterion (Name, Operation type or Technology).

Filtering is performed according to the specified filter of the selected column.

To reset the defined filtering, click at the bottom of the Template Manager dialog box. The results of the previous filtering are displayed in the table until you click this button.