Aspire

[jimmya]

In Aspire, say I do a profile using a 1/4" end mill and save my work and close. And then open a new session of Aspire and do a Profile using a 1/2" end mill and save my work in that session and close. I then open the first session that was using a 1/4" end mill and it's changed to 1/2" end mill. Is there a way to make each session stay the way it was to begin with?
I hope this is understandable.
Jimmy:confused::confused::confused:

[blackhawk]

Jimmy - If you hit the "calculate toolpath" button in your particular session and then save the Aspire file, your selected cutter should not be changing for that toolpath. If it is changing, you should contact Vectric.

[jimmya]

It is not changing in the Tool Path it self, I guess what I should have said in the selected bit, it will change.
Thanks
Jimmy

[Brian Moran]

Hi,
The default values used in each of the machining toolpath forms will have the values you last calculated for that toolpath type with Aspire.

There is no way to save default values for all the toolpaths types with every file.

Brian

[sailfl]

Why??????

Why don't you have it set up that way?

I know this is another wish but I would like the software to work so that when you set the material thickness for a job and when go to create a tool path that it has that material thickness value as the default instead of some other job you did.

There are other values that are carried over from previous jobs that make it time consumming to have to change.

[jimmya]

Thanks NilsT,
I feel the same way it is very time consuming and just a pain in you know where. I really don't think it would take much to make that happen.
Jimmy

[Brian Moran]

Why??????

Why don't you have it set up that way?

I know this is another wish but I would like the software to work so that when you set the material thickness for a job and when go to create a tool path that it has that material thickness value as the default instead of some other job you did.

There are other values that are carried over from previous jobs that make it time consumming to have to change.
Hi Nils,

The material thickness remains the same once you have set it in a job.

The material thickness in one job is not affected by the material thickness in a different job.

I think you may be refering to the cut depth, but this is not the same as the material thickness for many toolpaths (it is rare to pocket to material thickness for example).

The settings for individual toolpaths use as the default values the last settings used for that toolpath, if a particular toolpath type hadn't been used in a project, where would we get the default values from then? Many systems make you enter the values in again from scratch each time a dialog is opened.

If you want to create a new toolpath with the same settings as an existing toolpath in the current job, you can just copy the original toolpath and edit the copy - this is extremely quick and guarantees that the settings will be the same.

Brian

[sailfl]

Brian,

When you first start a new project you set the material depth for that job. When you go to use a tool path, I would like to see the default cut depth for that tool be the material depth and not some depth from a previous job. Why because it means I don't have to change it.

It also means that if I forget to change the cut depth and the job calls for 0.125" material depth and the previous cut depth for the tool was 2.0", that I don't cut deeper than the material I have.

[cabnet636]

while this probably should be on the vectric forum, i have done the workaround of creating a named tool specific to the file, this has worked for me. seems unrealistic for the standard tool data base to be specific to a file and not the general use of the program. in my commercial use and with all i do i prefer to be cautioned to look at each file and have no assumptions. great way to lose some expensive material.

[GlenP]

Hey guys. I prefer to think of this issue this way. If they set the depth of material as a default then I think it would let you drop your guard and not check all values for the current project and toolpath. To many times we skip over things are "supposed to be" and thus a mistake and ruined material will be the result. In my opinion if they set a default cut depth it should be "0". Then you are forced to check the values or nothing will be cut. I have helped quite a few new cnc owners setup machine and give some tips and training on software and the biggest mistake they make is not checking and editing the values for the current toolpath. Just my 2 cents worth.
:) Hope all are busy and making chips and money.

[jimmya]

When I give a quote on a job I run it though Aspire. I was just hoping that there would be a way to keep all the settings I chose to begin with, I guess there is not. Just trying to save time.

On a liter note the reason I posted here there is a ton of folks that use this forum that own Aspire and use this forum instead of the Vectric Forum. I own a Shopbot and Aspire so I just thought this would be the best avenue to take.

Thanks for the replys

Jimmy

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