The Layer button on the Mach.General > Tool page opens the Layer Properties dialog to allow you view/modify the Override Table.

The 'Override' table is used by the application (see Strategy Table) to evaluate the actual Layer names placed in the resulting DXF.

Layer Button - Click to Expand

Managing Overrides

The Override Table Management page has two (2) modes ...

• Standard : View settings only

Standard Override Table Form  -  Click to Expand

• Advanced : View and Modify settings

Advanced Override Table Form  -  Click to Expand

Override Settings

Default Warning

When a layer name does not have an Override mapping to a strategy, the Default strategy is used as the machining is exported.  However, this may not give the desired machining result. 

The Show Warning message when 'Default' used option determines whether CabMaster warns of any use of the Default.

View Override Settings

Available in Standard and Advanced mode.

• Select the relevant Override name from the drop list (populated from the layer table e.g. Layers.qlt )

Modify Override Layer

Available in Advanced mode only:

1. Select the relevant Override name from the drop list (populated from the layer table e.g. Layers.qlt);
2. Select a Strategy from the drop list (populated from the current strategy table e.g. LayerStrategy-BW.qlt);

   

3. Press on the 'Save' button.
4. Confirm the modifications are to be saved.

   

Note : The modification can be reset by pressing the 'Reload' before saving.

Add New Override Layer

Available in Advanced mode only:

1. Press on the 'Add New' button;
2. In the provided Edit Text box, type in an Override name that does not already exist;

   

3. Confirm the Override is to be added;

   

4. If necessary, select the linked Strategy (populated from the current strategy table e.g. LayerStrategy-BW.qlt )
5. Press on the 'Save' button
6. Confirm the additions are to be saved.

Remove Override Layer

Available in Advanced mode only:

1. Select the Override name to remove from the drop list;
2. Press the 'Remove' button to the right of the chosen Override;

   

3. Confirm the removal.

   

Override Table Location

<your CabMaster folder>\Table\Machining\Layers\LayerOverride.qlt

Table Details

This table (referred to in this document as the 'Override' table) is used by the application to evaluate the actual layer names placed in the resulting DXF.

Although created with BiesseWorks® in mind, it is generic to allow other systems to integrate in the same way if necessary.

If the registry setting DXTasXML=7, the application looks up this table using the calculated layer name (from the 'Layers' table), evaluates the 'Name' column and substituted the exported layer name with the result.

LayerOverride.qlt

Rows

• One row for each known Layer Name
• A 'Default' row for when any unknown layers

Columns

• Name = A Formula that evaluates the Layer Name used in the exported DXFs
• Info = Values (held as an array, even for a single value) used to look up rows in the 'Strategy' table  - note the 'Default' row has a 6 element array (Text, Bore, MultiBore, MultiBoreInLine, Closed Route and Open Route)

Notes

• The formula 'MachToolLayerTableOverride(<row>,<element>)' used in the 'Name' column, looks up row=<row> and column='Info' in this the 'Override' table and uses the value of its resulting array element=<element> to lookup and evaluate the corresponding 'Layer' in the 'Strategy' table

• The 'Default' row bases its selection on the type of machinestep (LabelArrow = 'Text';  Drill = 'Bore';  PolyLine/Arc/Fillet = 'Female Route'; otherwise 'Engrave')

• The value of the Library property 'MachToolLayerTableOverrideTable' must evaluate to the same as the registry setting 'DXTasXMLLayerOverride'