CAM / NC Programs
Tied to an item REVISION, not to a part. A program posted against revision B and run against revision C makes a thousand parts that pass every check the machine makes.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Design
- Section: Design & Documents
- Screen: CAM / NC Programs
Address in the console: /mfg/cam-programs
List · 11 columns · 16 fields on its form · 2 of them required · 3 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Program | Code | program_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Item | Code | item_no |
| Item rev | Code | item_revision |
| Ver | Code | program_version |
| Process | Status | process |
| Controller | Text | controller |
| Work center | Code | work_center_code |
| Cycle (s) | Number | cycle_time_seconds |
| Tools | Number | tools_loaded |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Item | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Item revision | Text | The revision this program cuts. | |
| Drawing | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Routing | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Operation | Number | ||
| Work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Process required | Choice | milling, turning, drilling, grinding, edm, laser, waterjet, plasma, punching, bending, additive, welding, robot, coordinate_measuring, pick_and_place, other | |
| Controller | Text | Fanuc, Siemens 840D, Haas… | |
| Post processor | Text | ||
| Cycle time (seconds) | Number | ||
| Setup (minutes) | Number | ||
| Tool count | Number | ||
| File name | Text | ||
| Authorized by change order | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Tools
Prove primary
Record that this program is proven
Asks for: First article number*
Supersede
Supersede with a new version
Asks for: Item revision it now cuts Change order What changed
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.