The Machining Editor allows you to easily edit the machining of each part of a selected door.

Features include:-

• Right click menus that allow you to select command functions specific to selection.
  • Corner Chamfer and Fillet popup windows
  • Move placed cutouts in a number of ways.
  • Create and duplicate cutouts, engraving and drill holes.
• Return to Page View button which immediately returns to the layout you had before you clicked on 'Edit' button for this part.

Selecting Machine Part

To select a Machine part and access the Machining Editor, use the Breadcrumbs Bar. In this example, we selected the Bottom_Flap part of the door.

To return to the List, either use the 'Return to Page View' command or click on the 'Page' reference in the Breadcrumbs Bar.

Machining Editor

Allows you to edit the existing door (per section). You can add Curve edge , a rectangle, circle, drill hole or gang of drill holes and more.

Machining can be added/edited as required - follow the links for a discussion on...

• Cutouts (for example a rectangle or circle/ellipse);
• Engraving;
• Drilling holes i.e. Bore (single hole) or MultiBore (multiple holes).

In this example, dimensions and text were added to a Block door and then cutouts etc applied!

The part will be opened for editing in the Main window, as shown.

In the following example, we have placed a Rectangle Cutout on the Bottom_Flap and used the right-click menu to Format Machining which opens the Property Inspector (docked) for the placed cutout.

The Property Inspector shows that the Size of the currently placed rectangle is 48mm x 40mm. The Position is measured from the left hand bottom corner. You can manually change both the size and the position by using the edit boxes, as required.

Ensure that the Depth of your cutout corresponds to the material thickness plus penetration (set on the My Setup > Tooling page of the Drawing Properties.

For example, if the material is 18mm thick, the cutout must be 18mm (material) + 0.2mm (penetration) to ensure a successful cutout.

Duplicate

You can create a Duplicate of the placed item by using the right-click menu option or use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+D.

1. To see the copy and to enable the Precise Movement Input dialog...
   • Select the copy and start dragging your selection and at the same time, press the keyboard  dot once and let go.
2. Enter the distance and the direction of movement ...
   • Use the Apply as it allows you to Cancel if not positioned correctly.
   • When you are satisfied with the result, click OK.

Unlock

To ensure you do not accidentally modify the machining of a part, all parts are locked until specifically requested to unlock before editing can take place.

This is very simply done by clicking the padlock command button. This will allow you to add or modify machining that is not currently formula controlled. To relock the part, use the 'Revert' command button.

Items that are formula controlled, such as the depth of existing holes, layers names and display colours can also be unlocked by clicking on the padlock button located within the MachineStep editor, as shown. This will remove the parametric formula in the background and let you override with your new requirements.