The Layer button on the Mach.General > Tool page opens the Form Editor to allow you view/modify the Strategy Table.

  

Managing Strategies

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

• Standard :
  • View and Modify existing Strategy Properties; and
  • View their Evaluation Formulas.

Standard Strategy Table  -  Click to view full page

 

• Advanced :
  • Add, Delete, View and Modify Strategies and Strategy Properties; and
  • Add, Delete, View and Modify Evaluation Formulas.

Advanced Strategy Table  -  Click to view full page

 

General Editing Notes

Option	Details
Strategy Table	The drop list is populated by the names of tables currently in the <your CabMaster folder>\Table\Machining\Layers\Strategy\
Strategy	The drop list is populated from the rows in current Strategy Table.
Properties	The Properties available for modification are those currently attributed to the chosen Strategy.
Tooltips	The Tooltips on the Property Values display the Property's Description (or, if there is no Description then the Property's Name).
Editor	Although any number of Properties can be assigned to each Strategy, the editor is limited to the editing of the first 20 of each Strategy.
Sample Output	The Sample Output substitutes any use of the CabMaster 'Component' properties 'Depth.x', 'StepType', 'Dim1', 'Dim2', 'DimCut1' and 'DimCut2' in the evaluation formula with sample values.                If any other CabMaster 'Component' property is included in the evaluation formula or the formula fails then the sample output will be "<sample unavailable>" .

 

Strategy Properties

Modifying

Available in Standard and Advanced mode:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown.
2. Pick the Strategy to modify from the dropdown.
3. Select the Property to update.
4. Adjust the Property's Value.
5. Adjust the Property's Description (displayed as the Tooltip when editing the Value).
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 as necessary.
7. Press on the 'Save' button
8. Confirm the modifications are to be saved

Note: A series of Property updates can be reset by pressing the Reload before saving.

 

Adding

Available in Advance mode only:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown
2. Pick the Strategy to modify from the dropdown
3. Type in the name of the new Property
4. Press the 'Add' button
5. Confirm the addition
6. Edit the Property's Value
7. Edit the Property's Description (displayed as the Tooltip when editing the Value).
8. Repeat steps 3 to 7 as required
9. Press on the 'Save' button
10. Confirm the modifications are to be saved.

Note : A series of Property additions can be reset by pressing the Reload before saving.

 

Removing

Available in Advance mode only:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown.
2. Pick the Strategy to modify from the dropdown.
3. Select the Property to remove.
4. Press the 'Remove' button to the right of the Property name.
5. Confirm the Removal.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 as required.
7. Press on the 'Save' button.
8. Confirm the modifications are o be saved.

Note : A series of Property removals can be reset by pressing the Reload before saving.

 

Strategies - Advanced Only

Adding

Available in Advance mode only:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown
2. Press on the 'Add New' button
3. Type in a Strategy name that does not already exist
4. Confirm the Strategy is to be added
5. Add any required Properties (see Adding Strategy Properties above)
6. Enter an Evaluation formula
7. Press on the 'Save' button
8. Confirm the modifications are to be saved

 

Removing

Available in Advance mode only:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown
2. Select the Strategy to remove from the dropdown
3. Press the 'Remove' button to the right of the chosen Strategy
4. Confirm the removal

 

Editing Evaluation Formulas

Available in Advance mode only:

1. Pick the relevant Strategy Table from the dropdown
2. Select the Strategy to modify from the dropdown
3. Press the 'Edit Formula' button
4. Edit the Evaluation formula as required
5. Press on the 'Save' button
6. Confirm the modifications are to be saved

Note : The Evaluation Formula can be reset by pressing the Reload before saving.

 

Strategy Table Location

<your Cabmaster folder>\Table\Machining\Layers\Strategy\

Table Details

This table is referred to by formulas in the 'Override' table.

The term 'Strategy' is used as the resulting 'Layers' are not always just a name, but often include other tooling parameters (e.g. tool name, depths, direction, entry/exit parameters etc).

The name of this table is not fixed and there could be multiple tables, with the one in use selected by the customer.

It is anticipated that this table will be edited to suit individual customer requirements.

LayerStrategy-BW.qlt

Rows

• One row for each Strategy type

Columns

Column Name	Details
Layer	A Formula that evaluates the Layer/Strategy
Info	An array of Property Values
Index	An index (array) of the 'Info' and 'Desc' Property Names
Desc	An array of the Property Descriptions

 

Notes

• The formula 'MachToolLayerTableStrategyInfo(<row>)' used in the 'Layer' column, looks up row=<row> and returns the array from column='Info'
• The formula 'MachToolLayerTableStrategyIndex(<row>)' used in the 'Layer' column, looks up row=<row> and returns the array from column='Index'
• The Library property 'MachToolLayerTableStrategyTableName' holds the name of the currently used 'Strategy' table
• With V11.1 a single 'map' column could be used instead of the Info/Index columns