[mountaindew]

Depends on a few things,
I think this is what your wanting to do.
If they are setup as 3 separate parts with 3 separate work pieces as shown below.
Then under job assignment you assign operations to each part in the order you want them done "marked 1,2,3"
Attachment 254438

This also works if you are milling many different types of parts and sizes in the same setup. or parts that become fixtures later on in program in the same setup also.
Job assignment order in this case has one level of control.

md


oops I re-read your text and it says bar of material, that's different

[popspipes]

Depends on a few things,
I think this is what your wanting to do.
If they are setup as 3 separate parts with 3 separate work pieces as shown below.
Then under job assignment you assign operations to each part in the order you want them done "marked 1,2,3"
Attachment 254438

This also works if you are milling many different types of parts and sizes in the same setup. or parts that become fixtures later on in program in the same setup also.
Job assignment order in this case has one level of control.

md


oops I re-read your text and it says bar of material, that's different

Select one set of curves per op is what I would do, then use three separate ops with a different curve for each, and put the ops in the order you want them done.
I dont know of a way to select the curves in the order you want them done in the software for 2 d contouring.

[popspipes]

Thanks for bringing this up as I have a finishing waterline op of 4 holes and it always wants to start on hole #3, this is OK but I would rather it start with one of the end holes, I think I will try the separate ops for this and see what happens! Thanks guys..