This section provides an example of defining a machine type for a new process. Once you’ve created or modified the machine type, you can use VPE Manager to create or modify the machine table that uses that type. Each line of the machine type table defines a machine attribute, and corresponds to a column of the machine table.

The example uses the sample custom process AbrasiveJet Cut (see Adding a New Process to a Process Group). The initial machine type definition mimics the starting point process Waterjet Cut in the Sheet Metal process group. This section also shows how to perform two modifications of this initial definition, in order to support further customization.

This section contains the following subsections:

For more information on machine types, see Working with Machine Metadata in the chapter Working with Cost Model Data and Metadata.