Draw the component profile using Symbolic keys

PC Fapt is based on the Fanuc Fapt option which has been available on
their machine controls for many years. It has been designed to be used
by machine tool operators to enable them to quickly create accurate
toolpaths with the minimum of effort.

Fanuc invented the unique method of drawing using symbolic keys.
All this means is that you select a direction and enter the data you
know about the next point you want to draw to. If you don’t know an
end point on an arc no worries leave it blank and let the PC Fapt
calculate it for you.

Routines for grooving, threading and necking are available.

If you make a mistake simply select the entity and alter it to what it should have been.

Tool Libraries

Tools can be quickly and easy defined and stored in a library. When a machining process is defined a suitable tool is automatically selected from the tool library, however the user can still browse the library to change to a different tool if required.

Cutting Condition Files

Material files contain predefined information for depth of cut, cutting speed, finishing allowances etc for a type of operation and type of tool. When an operation is selected the tool and cutting conditions are automatically selected.

Automatic Toolpath Creation

Unique to PC Fapt is the ability to use a toolpath group file which automates the production of the components toolpath. This can be between 75% and 100% accurate and then the user can intervene to make any adjustments. This can dramatically reduce the time between drawing to finished part.

Defining the Billet

What’s clever about the PC Fapt is that it always knows the original shape of the billet and updates this as you create the machining operations. It knows what material is left to be machined. The billet can be Bar, Tube or Special for defining a casting shape. At this point a material can be selected. When defining the machining operations the material file will provide the speeds, feeds, depth of cuts and finishing allowances automatically.

The billet can be defined as

• Bar
• Tube
• Special - For castings and pre-machined components.

CAD Drawing Tools

For users who prefer to draw component profiles using CAD Fanuc have provided a complete set of drawing tools. They are easier and quicker to use than most CAD systems. Once the geometry is drawn it is converted into the symbolic keys format ready for machining.

Geometry Items include

• Points
• Lines
• Circles
• Arcs
• Rectangles
• Splines
• Polylines

Toolpath Simulation

Once programmed the toolpath can be simulated to see exactly how the component will be machined. If you are not completely happy you can go back and change any part of the machining process and then re-run the simulation.

Points Toolbox

Lines Toolbox

Arcs Toolbox

Circle Toolbox

Rectangle Toolbox

Polyline Toolbox

Splines Toolbox

DXF Input

DXF files can be input into PC Fapt, saving time in redrawing the component shape. When the DXF is input it is converted into PC Fapt’s own geometry system. This geometry can then be moved into the machining datam and edited.

Original DXF as Input

DXF moved and rotated into machine datum and detail nit required removed

• Supports multiple tool files - quickly create your own tool library for a particular machine or material.
• Automatic Toolpath creation mode greatly reduces the time spent in defining a components machining operations
• Full solid model animation of toolpath - lets you see exactly how the part will cut
• DXF in so you can import customers drawings avoiding have to draw the component from scratch. DXF out so you can export your component to your CAD system to produce working drawings from your part
• During roughing operations PC Fapt shows exactly what metal the current tool can remove safely whilst avoiding any gouging of components.
• The user can print out a operation list which contains the tool information and estimated machining time.
• Optional C/Y axis for driven tooling