Revision as of 10:11, 25 July 2008

CHANGES to CNC BENDER

New HELIX and COIL Capability in Push Bending

• It is now possible to induce a TWIST while push-bending. The result is helix and coil shapes of all sizes.
• New Grid Mode buttons let you select rows or edit data

Demo Video of Push Bending Changes

View this video to learn all the changes made to Push Bending in CNC Bender.

Formalization of Robot Integration Standard

Advanced Tubular and SMT spent scores of hours thinking through the robot integration standards that we use and have derived a new standard called "Robot Type 1" for integration with both LOAD and UNLOAD robots.

See the Robot Integration Standard 1 page for details on this robot standard.

New Robot 1 Manual Page

A new tab menu is added to the Manual page that allows operators to

• open and close the robot grippers
• send the robot to its home position

New Check for Missing Help Files

CNC Bender uses hundreds of help files for on-screen help. The software now checks for and reports any missing help files in a immediate message box when the software is loading.

Change - Keyboard Append Mode in Alpha

The keyboard now defaults to "append" mode when using the ALPHANUMERIC mode. Operators will no longer need to press the right arrow before appending text in the keyboard. (Note: The older default "overwrite" mode is still active in NUMERIC mode.)

Other Pages

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• Read about Push Bending
• Read about Push Bend Profile Tables