The creation of PCI templates provides an alternative way of creating a basic PCI based on a sequence of manufacturing instructions. The PCI created will contain a user-specified selection of existing instructions, with or without their dialog input and a single form-fill input for the variables used.
The advantages over the more traditional methods of command capture are :
The sequence can be developed and edited until you are satisfied before committing it to PCI form.
The variables used to add flexibility to the PCI will be collected together automatically into a single dialog to be completed at run-time.
Common geometry, used by more than one cycle within the PCI will be digitised once when running the PCI and this will not need to be repeated for each cycle.
It is not recommended that PCI templates are saved to the \cam\operates folder because the operation PCIs are stored in it.
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