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General Editing

Most options that are displayed can be selected and edited simply by clicking on the item in the interactive display.

Gauges

Click and dragging a back gauge will allow you to drag it to another position or you can also use the dialog box to type in a value. The dialog has options like Auto-Place to find a suitable place to re-apply the back gauges, copy to next which will duplicate the current back gauge positions to the next bend and Flip part which will change the loading orientation of the part into the machine, in addition you can also use the Prev and Next buttons to scroll through the available bends.

Tools

Tooling like gauges can be easily changed by simply clicking on the tool and selecting a new tool from the dialog box.

Change Tool

This applies to Punch, Die and Adapters.

Length

Change the Length of the tool or click on the edge of the tool and drag to change the size.

Position

Set the position of the tool or click on the tool and drag it to a new position.

Ear

None – Use no ear tools.
Left – Apply an ear tool on the left of the tool setup.
Right – Apply an ear tool on the right of the tool setup.
Both – Apply Ear tools to both sides of the tool setup
Auto – Let the software decide.

Inventory Check

This will force the use of inventory when considering a solution.

Inventory Link

This will display all the tooling inventory.