Setup Operation and Grinding Setup Operation Options
For most machining processes, aPriori automatically computes the number of part setups, or specific orientations that the part must be placed in, that are required to perform the assigned operations on that machine. For more information, see Working with Part Setups and SetupAxis GCDs. You can provide additional information about part setups using the following process options:
Repetitions of part setup: number of repetitions of the setup procedure for each orientation. By default, aPriori assumes that a part is setup only once in each orientation. However, you can use this option to override this assumption and specify if the part is actually setup multiple times in a given orientation. This may occur, for example, if the routing sheet indicates that some features of the part are machined, then the part is removed for inspection of the feature, and then placed back on the machine in the same orientation to machine additional features. Use the following option:
Override Repetitions of Part Setup: enter a positive whole number, the number of times the setup procedure is performed for the current part orientation.
Total setup time: time to perform a single given setup. By default in starting point Digital Factories, aPriori computes the time required for each part setup based on the part weight, including the time for cleaning, loading, clamping and orienting the part. By setting the cost model variable partSetupTimeMethod to machineBased, administrators can customize the default for all Setup and Grinding Setup operations and direct aPriori to use the time specified by the machine property Base Part Setup Time. This process setup option allows you to override the default for a specific setup.
To override the amount of time required for a specific setup, expand the manufacturing process of interest (for example, 3-Axis Mill), right-click on the Setup node of interest, and select Process Setup Options.