‘Fine tune’ is an expandable/collapsible section, featured at the bottom of the display area; it is available when the Milling diagram or the Heatmap is being displayed.
When the Fine tune
parameters.The Fine Tune section contains is expanded, it is populated with a set of parameters that fall into one of two categories:
Inputs - the parameters with which the Machinist will most commonly interact.
Outputs - these parameters are more a source of information and are concerned with the affects of the machining operation.
Fine tune sliders that enable the associated parameter to be adjusted (see below).
Fine tune sliders
All of the Fine tune parameters are defined with within the Glossary of Terms.
Each parameter is fine tuned via a slider that could have any of the features shown in the following diagram:
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The units displayed for the sliders could be imperial or metric, depending on the ‘session settings’ (see Cutting Parameters Layout (#9)). |
The following table details each of the slider’s features.
# | Name | Description | How to change the value |
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1 | Lower constraint adjuster | The lowermost permitted value for the parameter. | Click and drag the value to the left or right. |
2 | Current value | The recommended setting. | Changing any of the following may dynamically affect the current value.
In addition, the value can be changed directly be double-clicking the value and manually entering a new one. |
3 | Upper constraint adjuster | The uppermost value for the parameter. | Click and drag the value to the left or right. |
4 | Reset constraints | Resets the upper and lower constrains to their default values. | Click to reset. |
5 | Lock value | Locks/Unlocks the parameters values. | Click to switch between lock and unlock. |
Dynamic recommendations and adjustments
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