The setup Reference Die on Manual Shear was added so that the die would not home on a Manual Shear. Some customers need to jog the die and cut in a specific place and this setting facilitated that need by cutting wherever the die happens to be.

Homing the die can take some time. Mechanical four post presses need to shear the part when the die is centered between the posts. The setup Shear Die Distance facilitates that need.

A recent customer asked that they be able to use the Shear Die Distance and also disable the die homing on a manual shear. Prior to this change those two options were mutually exclusive.

This change allows the Shear Die Distance to be used on a manual shear when Reference Die on Manual Shear is set to NO. Howeve, it is only used when it is set to a Non-Zero value.