Building the PCI

To select a group of adjacent instructions, left-click on the name of the first instruction you want to include. Hold down the Shift key while selecting the last instruction with a left-hand mouse click.

To select several nonadjacent instructions, left-click on the name of one instruction you want to include. Hold down the Ctrl key while selecting each additional instruction with a left-hand mouse click. This allows you to explain the purpose of the PCI and to tell the user which geometry elements to select.

Building the PCI

There are two ways of creating PCI templates.

Select the PCI Template (Custom menu) command, OR

Select the required commands in the Sequence Window. With a right-hand mouse click, open the shortcut menu and select the PCI Template option.

To generate a PCI using the menu command

Select the PCI Template (Custom menu) command. You will be prompted for the PCI file name that you want to create.

Enter a name for the .pci file. You will be presented with a list of the instructions in the current sequence.

Pick the instructions to be included by selecting the individual instructions with a left-hand mouse click.

If required, use the Comments field to display a header/basic description before the initial user request at run-time. This allows you to explain the purpose of the PCI and to tell the user which geometry elements to select.

To generate a PCI using instructions in the Sequence Window

Select the instructions you want to include in the PCI.

With a right-hand mouse click, open the shortcut menu and select the PCI Template option. You will be prompted for the PCI file name that you want to create.

It is not recommended that PCI templates are saved to the \cam\operates folder because the operation PCIs are stored in it. We suggest you save your PCI templates to the \cam\pci folder in your EdgeCAM installation.