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Spindle Costing Data

Setting Up Spindle Tool Geometry

Importing Process Data

Importing Material Data

Exporting Process, Materials and Spindle Data

Units Used in CSV files

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Required Columns

 

material - The name of the grade these settings apply to.  Spindle settings can be applied to a material family; if no settings are found for the specific grade Primecut will lookup settings from families containing the grade and take the first found with valid data.

bitname - The name of the spindle bit

feedrate - The nett vertical feedrate in mm/s see Units Used in CSV files

startTime - The start time in secondssee Units Used in CSV files

overshoot -The overshoot in mm see Units Used in CSV files

d1 - The primary Diameter of the bit in mm see Units Used in CSV files (required as of release 131)

a1 - the Tip Angle of the bit in Radians (2.4436341 radians is 140 degrees) (required as of release 131)

 

Optional Columns

 

costPerStart, costPerM, costPerHour - consumable based costing parameters, usually zero.

cutSpeed - The peripheral cut speed of the outer edge of the drill in mm/s

toolType - optional default 0 (drilling).  The type of the drill, encoded as:

0  Drilling, 

1  Tapping, 

2  Boring,                   

3  Routing, 

4  SpotDrill, 

5  Measure, 

6  TwoStage, 

7  Chamfer,                   

8  SnapChamfer, 

9  Groove, 

10 ThreadMill

 

Optional Columns for Future Support

(These are stored in the database but are not yet made use of)

 

cutSpeed2 - A secondary peripheral cut speed of the outer edge of the drill in mm/s, eg for 2-stage drills

feedRate2 - A secondary nett vertical feedrate in mm/s see Units Used in CSV files

d2, d3- additional bit diameters in mm

l1, l2, l3-  bit geometry lengths in mm

a2, a3 - additional bit angles in radians

r1, r2, r3 - bit radii in mm