Operation icons
The following icons are available at the bottom of the operations window:
Save
All settings and parameters of the operation are saved on your disk. The tool path, however, is not calculated. This icon enables you to postpone the calculation or to calculate operations in batches.
Use the corresponding commands of CAM Manager to calculate the operation later on.
In the operation list, all operations that have not been calculated are marked with an asterisk (*).
Save & Calculate
All settings and parameters of the operation are saved on your disk, and the tool path is calculated. After the calculation has been performed, you can exit from the operation dialog box and return to CAM Manager.
Save & Calculate with all related operations
All settings and parameters of the operation are saved on your disk, and the tool path is calculated. In all operations based on the current one, the material boundary is updated automatically, and they are calculated again.
Save, Parallel Calculate & Exit
When you calculate a complex and time-consuming operation, you can choose the option of parallel calculation.
SolidCAM starts calculation, exits the current operation and enables you to define a new operation. Until the calculation is complete, you can see that the operation is locked.
Save, Parallel Calculate & Copy
This option is similar to Save, Parallel Calculate & Exit, but instead of exiting, you can continue working with a new operation, which is a copy of the initial operation. Until the calculation is complete, you can see that the operation is locked.
Simulate
This button enables you to perform the simulation of the cutting process.
The operation must be calculated before this option is used.
GCode
This button generates a temporary GCode file for the operation. The GCode file is generated into the CAM-Part folder regardless of the defined settings. The generated GCode file is opened in the text editor determined in CAM Settings. When you close the operation dialog box, the file is removed. Note that the operation must be calculated before this option can be used.
To save the temporary GCode file, use the text editor functionality.
GCode with time calculation
In addition to the regular GCode functionality, this button enables you to see the operation time an a separate line of the GCode. This can slow down the GCode generation.
Save & Copy
This button saves the current operation data and automatically creates a new operation with the same parameters. The new operation is automatically opened for editing.
Using the Save & Copy functionality, you can quickly create a new similar operation where most parameters are identical.
Save & Exit
This button enables you to save the current operation data, close the operation dialog box and return to the CAM Manager. The operation will appear in the CAM tree with the asterisk symbol, meaning that the tool path is not calculated.
Exit
This button enables you to exit the operation dialog box and return to CAM Manager. Any changes you made in the operation dialog box will be lost if you exit the operation without prior saving.
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You can also close the current operation by double-clicking another operation name in the CAM tree. If the current operation has been previously saved, the next operation dialog box is opened without any notice. If the current operation has not been saved, you will be prompted to save it. |