Automatic cutting path optimization

1.1

Open the Toolpath dashboard and verify that all the incidents are being displayed.

Toolpath dashboard

1.2

Select the Create and edit events command. Hover over the incident colored welding path elements. A small pop-up window appears to show the incident.

Toolpath incidents

2.1

Open the Active program dashboard and pick the Toolpath quality tab. When not visible, make sure to have selected the top level program in the workflow diagram.

The Variation space container displays all toolpath attributes that can be modified in variations when running the automatic optimization.

The container Optimization control displays all attributes and parameters that can be set as control criteria to run and stop the optimization. Set the Quality cutback value to 10, as balance of a good result to be reached with acceptable computation time.

Automatic optimization attributes

2.2

Re-open the Toolpath dashboard. Take notice of the program costs; a value to express the impact of the quality criteria on the costs to process that program. Then on the program, execute the Automatic toolpath optimization command. A progress window appears.

Automatic toolpath optimization

2.3

When finished, a report window appears with the result of the optimization. The toolpath dashboard has been updated on the fly. Have a look at the results.

Automatic toolpath optimization