By default, the ROTATE AXIS is reset to ZERO degrees between all bends in auto mode. However, there are customer applications where it makes better sense for the rotate axis angle to never reset rotate position.

So now the new Rotate Reset Mode allows you to control if the rotate axis is reset to zero between every bend by default.

If you intend to use Absolute Pre-Rotate Enable (See Absolute Rotate) with multiple parts in the Runlist, and the axis should never reset itself except when homing, then the Rotate Reset mode can be set to DISABLE.

The default mode is ENABLED - (Reset the rotate axis to zero between bends).

The Bend Axis PID Insert Mode controls if the PID COMDEFs are inserted (or not) into the processlist.

A common principle in motion-control is that axes are tuned with a balance of speed and precision. As maximum speed increases, motion precision will drop. As maximum speed decreases, the motion precision can be increased. This is not unique to any one control system. It is a universal principle.

CNC Bender takes advantage of this principle for the different bend modes available.

It examines the bending mode - either push-bend or draw-bend, to select which PID command is inserted in the processlist. Push-bend bend arm motion can move very slowly - a fact that can be used to tune the axis in that condition for extreme high-precision without creating problems. Draw-bending bend arm motion needs to be faster, so the axis can be tuned for lower-precision.

Note that when we apply the term "lower-precision" to draw-bending, our systems are often many times more accurate than many competing systems. (It can be proved.) So the term "low" is relative to our system alone. "High-precision" means VERY high precision.

Pressing the spacebar in Windows causes any focused button to "click." This can cause manual jog moves with the press of the spacebar. Some users prefer that this Windows feature be disabled for better safety.



This version of CNC Bender has a new Spacebar Filter Mode in Low Level that, by default, will prevent the "clicking" of any buttons or controls in CNC Bender software. The exceptions are:

• When CNC Bender is in the Low Level menu.
• When the CNC Bender numeric keypad is active.

Customers have asked us to display the note data from the General Setup in all report. So now this data is automatically included in any CNC Bender report that displays the General section.

The notes display is included in the Load Part File and Load Tool File menus.

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