Copying the preset with PRESET COPY

Application

The function PRESET COPY allows you to copy a preset defined in the preset table and activate the copy.

Requirement

Description of function

To select the preset to be copied, use the row number or the entry in the DOC column.

Input

NC programs contained in this User's Manual are suggestions for solutions. The NC programs or individual NC blocks must be adapted before being used on a machine.

Change the following contents as needed:

  • Tools
  • Cutting parameters
  • Feed rates
  • Clearance height or safe position
  • Machine-specific positions (e.g., with M91)
  • Paths of program calls

Some NC programs depend on the machine kinematics. Adapt these NC programs to your machine kinematics before the first test run.

In addition, test the NC programs using the simulation before the actual program run.

 
Tip

With a program test you determine whether the NC program can be used with the available software options, the active machine kinematics and the current machine configuration.

11 PRESET COPY #1 TO #3 SELECT TARGET KEEP TRANS

; Copy row 1 of the preset table to row 3, activate row 3 as the workpiece preset and maintain transformations

To navigate to this function:

Insert NC function All functions Special functions Program defaults Preset management (PRESET) PRESET COPY

The NC function includes the following syntax elements:

Syntax element

Meaning

PRESET COPY

Syntax initiator for copying and activating a workpiece preset

#, Name or QS

Select the row of the preset table to be copied

Number, text, or variable

The row can be chosen from a selection menu. With names, the control displays in the selection menu only the rows of the preset table for which the DOC column is defined.

TO #, Name or QS

Select the new row of the preset table

Number, text, or variable

Selection by means of a selection window

With Name, the control displays in the selection window only the rows of the preset table for which the DOC column is defined.

SELECT TARGET

Activate the copied row of the preset table as the workpiece preset

Optional syntax element

KEEP TRANS

Retain simple transformations

Optional syntax element

 
Notice
Danger of collision!
With the optional machine parameter CfgColumnDescription (no. 105607), the machine manufacturer specifies whether you can define the same content multiple times in the DOC column of the preset table. This means that if you copy a preset using the DOC column, the control cannot clearly identify that preset. The control copies the preset with the lowest row number. So if another preset is copied instead of the desired one, there is a risk of collision in subsequent machining operations.
  1. Uniquely define the content of the DOC column
  2. Only copy the preset by indicating its row number