CoroGuide User Manual

This is a simple guide on how to use the software CoroGuide

CoroGuide is Sandvik Coromant electronic catalogue. It contains product data and
drawings about the standard assortment of products available.
The aim is to be a compliment to the printed catalogues, a way to electronically search
products and cutting data and to be able to extract these data to other systems.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 1 of 9
File Setup
In this dialogue Select file path! you determine where the system looks for "#$
drawings connected to the products. %ll of the "#$ drawings reside on the
CoroGuide C"&"'". (ou have an option to copy the "#$ files from the C"&"'" to
your fixed drive. (ou decide where to store the "#$ files on your fixed drive in the
)Standard "#$ folder* textbox.
(ou initiate the copy "#$! process by selecting )+xport to,* from the start-up
dialogue and then button )"#$*. This loads the dialogue )+xport "#$* from where
you can copy the "#$-files to the fixed disk.
The "#$ drawings are available in the application when getting information about
a product or when exporting data to %utoT%S etc.
The )+xport folder for "#$- and Catalogue images* tells the system where you want
the "#$ and Catalogue drawings copied during i.e. export to %utoT%S or when copy
a catalogue drawing.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 2 of 9
Language Selection
(ou can select between ./ different languages that you want to run CoroGuide in.
0ust select the language you want in the left-hand menu.
Metric or Inch
Selecting this decides which products are available. 1ith inch selected you see both
pure inch products and metric products sold on the inch market. 2roduct data are in
inch mode. 1ith metric you see the metric products using metric product data.
Application Search
3y selecting application search you get a guided way to find the suitable products by
entering the search criteria you want to use.
Start by selecting the machining area and you get choices that fit what has been
selected. Continue to select options further for )4peration* etc. until when you have
entered all criteria. 1hen all selections are made you have a choice of getting the
inserts and holders&bodies for this application see figure on next page!.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 3 of 9
(ou can select one or more products to be copied to an export area for later export to
other systems. This is done by pressing5 .
2ressing the fx button will let you calculate cutting data for the selected product.
Symbol gets you to a dialogue that shows you information about the selected
product. The information is parameter values, catalogue drawings and C%" drawings
see figure on page 6!.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 4 of 9
Build an assembly
If you select a product you can build an assembly by pressing select after selecting the
starting product. $rom here you can search for matching products like inserts,
adaptors and spare parts.
In this dialogue you can print the assembly content, see information about included
products, calculate cutting data from the selected products or copy the assembly to the
export area.
Selecting the symbol above the product list opens a dialogue with all parameters
and a catalogue drawing for the selected product.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 5 of 9
If there exists a connect "#$ drawing the C%" drawing text is shown in blue color.
3y pressing that text you can see the "#$ drawing
If the product is a Coro7ey product you can select Coro7ey cutting data instead.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 6 of 9
Search for Product
The Search for 2roduct option lets you look for products by entering parts of the
ordering code.
$rom the result you can see data about a product by pressing the symbol, select
one or more products to be copied to the export area or select a product for assembly
building.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 7 of 9
Export to
The +xport to option will let you export the products that you previously have moved
to the select area, to other file formats.
The first button removes any selected products from the export area. %ll products
remain here until removed.
The second option lets you transfer the products to %utoT%S.
Then there are options to move products to Shop4nline 8.9 format, assembly products
to +dgecam format and a simple text file format.
If the include "#$ or Catalogue option is checked, any product exported with a
connection to a drawing will also copy the relevant drawings to the directory selected
in $ile-:Setup.
The menu $ile : Import let you match an existing file and selected all the products it
can find in CoroGuide for export.
The format of the file is then5
;sercode<orderingcode<description or
;sercode<orderingcode<description<price<discount
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 8 of 9
This is especially suitable if you i.e. want to export everything that has been bought
from Coromant the last 8 years, as an example.
This can then be loaded into %utoT%S =.=x or higher for fast fill of the %utoT%S
system.
The "#$ button will let you copy "#$-drawings from the C"&"'" to your fixed
drive.
CuttingData Module
The Cutting"ata >odule option enables you to work in an environment to get your
cutting data.
The difference in starting it here from the main menu is that you then work with it as a
stand-alone unit, without selecting a specific product and those products parameters.
This is to get general cutting data recommendations.
Sandvik Coromant AB, page 9 of 9