Program Parameters

Program parameters are displayed on tabs for General 1, General 2, Milling 1, Milling 2, Holes, Probing, and Performance. The programmer has the option to make changes to any or all of the program parameters and save them as user defaults. The user defaults and original WinMax defaults can be restored by using the appropriate softkey. Parameters can be altered with the Change Parameters data block during program execution. Refer to Change Parameters in Conversational Programming for details.

Refer to NC Part Programming for information about NC Parameters.

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the General 1 tab:

Chord Error	Rapid Traverse
Enable Pecking Retract Clearance
Override Lockout
Peck Clearance Plane
Pecking Retract Clearance

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the General 2 tab:

Automatic Safe Repositioning Vector Retract Override	Move to Safe Pos During TC
Depletion Retract	Tool Change Optimization
First Peck Offset	Tool Change Opt Stop
Include Offset Z in Tool Zero Cal	Z Limit Override
Interrupt Cycle Z Retract	Linearize Rotary Moves

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the Milling 1 tab:

Blend Offset	Finish Speed (%)
Blend Overlap	Finish XY
Cutter Comp Parameter	Finish Z
Default Step Over (%)	Milling Direction
Finish Feed (%)	Stock Allowance Mode

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the Milling 2 tab:

Adaptipath Link Length Tolerance Multiplier	Pocket Plunge Near Center
Allow Plunge Outside Pocket	Plunge Type
Helix Radius	Ramp Slope (Deg)
Operator Specify Pocket Start

The Milling 2 Parameters fields are available only when the Helical Plunge option is installed.

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the Holes tab:

Allow Bore & Ream Cycle Interrupt	Reference Angle (Deg)
Bore Dwell	Reference Method
Distance (Bore Orient Retract)	Retract Angle (Deg)
Drill Dwell	Tap Retract (%)

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the Probing tab:

Automatic Tool Monitoring	Store Skew Results
Diameter Tolerance
Length Tolerance
Retain Probed Part Setup
Start Coordinate Reference

Probing parameters affect Tool Quality Monitoring and Part Probing. See Tool Quality Monitoring and Part Probing Option for more information.

See the Field Glossary for definitions of parameters on the Performance tab:

Smoothing Tolerance
Surface Finish Quality (Finishing Default)
Surface Finish Quality (Roughing Default)

Surface Finish Quality (SFQ) is enabled with the SelectSurface Finish Quality option. SFQ parameters can be modified in either Conversational or NC programming. The default SFQ for roughing is 80 and finishing is 20. Recommended values are:

SFQ	Desired Result
1-20	High precision parts /finishing
21-79	Good surface quality / finishing, semi-finishing
80-100	High throughput / roughing

Recommended SFQ values

If SelectSurface Finish Quality is not enabled, conversational roughing tools use SFQ of 80 and conversational finishing tools use SFQ of 20; NC default is 50.

Softkeys on the Program Parameters screen are:

Save As User Defaults—saves the selected field’s value as the user-defined default value.
Restore User Defaults—restores the user-defined values to a field that has been populated with other values.
Restore WinMax Defaults—restores the WinMax-defined values to a field that has been populated with other values.

Change Parameters program blocks load the user-defined parameters set in Program Parameters.

NC Parameters—accesses NC Configuration Parameters. These parameters are available only with NC Part Programming.

More Information Online

For more information about Hurco's Program Parameters, visit the Program Parameters video demonstration on hurco.com/connect.