4.1 Tool Table

Clear Feature

The Clear Feature button is available in the Tool Table, and also in the Fixture Offsets feature. In the Tool Table feature, it’s application is not the same as in the Fixture Offsets feature. The following description is for the Tool Table feature.

Select the Clear Feature button to clear the active tool, and reset to T0.

Teach, and Teach Program

The Teach, and Teach Program buttons are used to automatically provide position value for the selected tool depending on the button used. Teach will use the machine position values and Teach Program will use the program position values.

The Teach, and Teach Program buttons can be swapped so that one of the two is located on the main Tool Table button bar and the other is placed in the second menu bar.

To swap these button locations enter the Configuration and go to UserSetup->CfgTooltableSettings->mainTeachSoftkey.

The value selected here is the button that shows up in the main menu bar. Refer to the Technical Manual for more information for changing configuration settings.

Select the Teach Program button to automatically provide the data from the program position.

Select the Teach button to automatically provide the data from the machine position.

When a W Axis knee scale is coupled with the Z Axis, the Teach Program button should always be used. In this scenario, set the mainTeachSoftkey configuration parameter to Teach Program.

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