Automatic CNC technology generation

When, taking into account the machine and the internal procedures of the organization, settings of the CAM solver have been properly configured, it is possible to apply automatic CNC technology generation.

To open the command, go to:

Woodwork Design->Technology->Auto

Once the command is started, CNC technologies will be automatically generated for all Woodwork for Inventor parts included in the opened assembly.

Before generating the CNC technologies, the following options are available:

Auto CNC dialog

In cases, where the command was activated in the assembly editing environment, it will be possible to select components for which CNC technology will be generated. This is not possible in the part editing environment. Once the command has been activated, all Woodwork for Inventor components will be assembled by default. You can:

▪	Delete the contents of the set.

▪	Include the component in the set by pointing the cursor to it, or eliminate the component from the set by pointing the cursor to it while holding "Ctrl" key.

▪	Include all Woodwork for Inventor components back in the set, which will be processed by the CNC technology generator.

Router

The following options may be selected from the drop-down list:

Use CNC equipment by Material Settings	A technology will be created for each component of the set according to the material of the component. The specified priority process will be taken into account (Workcentre or Nesting Routing). If the components are made of materials which do not have a defined configuration for such processing, CAM technology will not be created for such components.
Use Nesting CNC equipment by Material Settings	A technology will be created for each component of the set according to the material of the component. The priority process is not taken into account; the technology will be created for the nesting processing defined for the material. If the components are made of materials which do not have a defined configuration for such processing, CAM technology will not be created for such components.
Use Workcenter CNC equipment by Material Settings	A technology will be created for each component of the set according to the material of the component. The priority process is not taken into account; the technology will be created for the workcentre processing defined for the material. If the components are made of materials which do not have a defined configuration for such processing, CAM technology will not be created for such components.
Selecting a specific CNC machine	CAM technology will be created for each component of the set according to the selected CNC machine. If the machine has a defined nesting process configuration, CAM technology for shape nesting may be created.

Information about defining CNC machines for the processing of materials is available here.

Available shape nesting configurations for selected CNC router

If the selected CNC machine has a configuration for shape nesting, the user can request that shape nesting CAM technology be generated. For this purpose, check the box “Create Nesting Processing for the selected configuration” and select the appropriate configuration. If the selected CNC device does not have any shape nesting process configurations described, creating CAM technology for shape nesting is not possible. This is indicated by the following note: “This CNC machine doesn't have any nesting processing configuration”. Information about creating such configuration is available here.

Recreate CNC technology from scratch

If CNC technologies were previously created for the part, the CNC technology generator will first delete previous technologies and then create new CNC technology from scratch.

Use existing technology data

Operating modes of the command specified below will use or save the data of already created technology to a certain extent.

Add new jobs to existing technology

If the job has already been created, it will be saved. Then, a new job will be created and the CNC technology will be stored in its container.

Recreate clampings in existing job.

All contents of the existing job will be deleted and new CNC technology will be created under it.

Add new clampings to existing job

All the previously created CNC technology will be saved in the existing job, while newly created CNC technology will be incorporated as newly created clamping options for the part with all the relevant operations.

Recreate operations in existing clampings

Clamping operations in the existing CNC technology will be deleted and recreated.

Add new operations to existing clampings

Newly generated CNC operations will be added to the operations set for the clamping options in the existing CNC technology.

Delete existing technology

All CNC technologies will be deleted. No new CNC technology will be created.