Creating A New Shopmill Program; Storing Any New File - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual

14.4.4

Creating a new ShopMill program

In the part program and workpiece directories, you can create ShopMill programs and then
subsequently generate the machining steps for them.
Procedure
14.4.5

Storing any new file

In each directory or subdirectory you can create a file in any format that you specify.
Note
File extensions
In the NC memory, the extension must have 3 characters, and DIR or WPD are not permitted.
In the NC memory, you can create the following file types under a workpiece using the "Any"
softkey.
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14.4 Creating a directory / program / job list / program list
1. Select the "Program manager" operating area.
2. Select the desired storage location and position the cursor on the folder
in which you would like to store the program.
3. Press the "New" softkey.
4. Press the "ShopMill" softkey.
The "New Step Sequence Program" window opens.
The "ShopMill" type is specified.
5. Enter the desired program name and press the "OK" softkey.
Program names can be a maximum of 24 characters long.
You can use all letters (with the exception of special characters, language-
specific special characters, Asian or Cyrillic characters), numbers and
underscores (_).
Managing programs
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