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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - DIRECT AXIS CLIPBOARD  =
 
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<font size=4>Jog from anywhere there's a keypad</font><br>
 
  
<font size=5>- then use the position in the editor!</font>
 
  
[[image:cncbender_dac_logo.jpg|300px]]<br><br>
 
  
This feature allows you to jog any axis from inside the keypad, then extract its value to the current keypad entry box<br><br>
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<td><font size=4>Jog from anywhere there's a keypad</font><br>
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<font size=5>- then insert the position value<br>of any axis in the editor!</font><br>
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[[image:cncbender_dac_logo.jpg|300px]]</td>
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<td>[[image:cncbender_daclipboard.jpg|200px]]</td>
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This feature allows you to jog any axis from inside the keypad, then extract its value to the current keypad entry box<br><br>
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[[image:cncbender_numeric_keypad_daclipboard.jpg|200px]]
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This is a full screen example of the Direct Axis Clipboard used in the Tool page.
 
This is a full screen example of the Direct Axis Clipboard used in the Tool page.
 
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#Teach positions like LOAD and START in PreBend.
 
#Teach positions like LOAD and START in PreBend.
 
#Teach positions like Maximum Bend Angle in the Tool Page
 
#Teach positions like Maximum Bend Angle in the Tool Page
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - UNLIMITED RADIUS LEVELS  [[image:cncbender_benddieicon9.jpg|100px|]]=
 
=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - UNLIMITED RADIUS LEVELS  [[image:cncbender_benddieicon9.jpg|100px|]]=
  
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<td>Previous versions of CNC Bender allowed up to 3 bend radius levels.  Now the Tool page now allows you to program any number of bend radius levels.  This is an image showing 5 levels<br>
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[[image:cncbender_radiuslevel_grid.jpg|600px]]<br>
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The tool page now displays the radius levels in the grid from the bottom up, just like they are placed on the bender.
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Previous versions of CNC Bender allowed up to 3 bend radius levels. Now the Tool page now allows you to program any number of bend radius levels.  This is an image showing 5 levels<br><br>
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - TOOL PAGE AUTOBUILD=
  
[[image:cncbender_radiuslevel_grid.jpg|600px]]<br><br>
 
  
The tool page now displays the radius levels in the grid from the bottom up, just like they are placed on the bender.
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Previously, the only place that an AUTOBUILD could occur was in the BEND DATA menu.  Now it can also happen from the Tool page.
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - TOOL PAGE AUTOBUILD  [[image:cncbender_benddieicon9.jpg|100px|]]=
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - FEED ADJUST PERCENT MOVED TO TOOL PAGE=
  
  
The new Tool page can now build the processlist from the Tool page.
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The new Tool page includes the Feed Adjust Percent values moved from the Overall to the Radius Level grid.<br>
  
[[image:cncbender_toolpage_autobuild.jpg|398px]]<br><br>
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This allows the number of values to grow or shrink with the current radius level count.
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW - STANDARD HOPPER LOGIC=
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New hopper logic was standardized in this version. ''' See [[hopper logic]] for details.'''
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[[image:cncbender_hopper1_diagram.jpg|300px]]
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=[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] REVISED - SMALLER PROCESSOR MESSAGE WINDOW=
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The new smaller Processor Message window now takes up less screen space.<br>
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[[image:cncbender_processor_messages.jpg]]
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=Other Pages=
 
=Other Pages=

Latest revision as of 23:28, 1 October 2008

Cncbender logo.jpg


This update includes modifications to:


- All Executables in the CNC Bender System



Check.jpg NEW - DIRECT AXIS CLIPBOARD

Jog from anywhere there's a keypad

- then insert the position value
of any axis in the editor!

Cncbender dac logo.jpg
Cncbender daclipboard.jpg


This feature allows you to jog any axis from inside the keypad, then extract its value to the current keypad entry box

Cncbender numeric keypad daclipboard.jpg

This is a full screen example of the Direct Axis Clipboard used in the Tool page.

Cncbender toolpage with daclipboard.jpg

  1. Teach positions like LOAD and START in PreBend.
  2. Teach positions like Maximum Bend Angle in the Tool Page



Check.jpg NEW - UNLIMITED RADIUS LEVELS Cncbender benddieicon9.jpg

Previous versions of CNC Bender allowed up to 3 bend radius levels. Now the Tool page now allows you to program any number of bend radius levels. This is an image showing 5 levels

Cncbender radiuslevel grid.jpg
The tool page now displays the radius levels in the grid from the bottom up, just like they are placed on the bender.



Cncbender 3radiuslevel icons.jpg

Check.jpg NEW - TOOL PAGE AUTOBUILD

Previously, the only place that an AUTOBUILD could occur was in the BEND DATA menu. Now it can also happen from the Tool page.

Cncbender toolpage autobuild.jpg

Check.jpg NEW - FEED ADJUST PERCENT MOVED TO TOOL PAGE

The new Tool page includes the Feed Adjust Percent values moved from the Overall to the Radius Level grid.

Cncbender toolpage feedadjust percent.jpg

This allows the number of values to grow or shrink with the current radius level count.


Check.jpg NEW - STANDARD HOPPER LOGIC

New hopper logic was standardized in this version. See hopper logic for details.

Cncbender hopper1 diagram.jpg



Check.jpg REVISED - SMALLER PROCESSOR MESSAGE WINDOW

The new smaller Processor Message window now takes up less screen space.

Cncbender processor messages.jpg



Other Pages

Cncbender toobox video.jpgView the video of CNC Bender's Toolbox feature