The information in the ‘Material’ input tab has one of two possible sources:
Original CAM Assist ‘Stock material’ - the Stock material that you originally used to generate the toolpath strategy.
Material pop-up - the material you selected within the Material pop-up (see below).
Material pop-up
On clicking the ‘Material' input tab, its pop-up covers the Display Area (see the screenshot to the right).
The Material pop-up contains a list of materials supported by the Cutting Parameters Explorer. Each material is color-coded, according to the ISO Material Group Classification.
The materials in the pop-up are organized as follows:
Generic - the Cutting Parameters Explorer makes recommendations for all materials of the same generic type.
Example, Generic Aluminum alloy (high Si).
Specific - the Cutting Parameters Explorer will only make recommendations for the specific material.
Example, 390-T6.
How to change the selected material
Within the Material pop-up, take the following steps:
Click on one of the generic or specific materials (use the options circle on the right)
The content of the Material tab changes immediately to the selected material.
Click on the
button in the top-right of the pop-up.The selected material is automatically saved.
The Material pop-up closes.
