- Support chamfers on T-Slotter tool
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It is now possible to define four additional parameters
on a T-slotter tool:
Top and Bottom Chamfer angles
Diameters at the top and bottom.
- Support kinematic Multi-slide lathe machine on the
Part Operation
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It is now possible to assign a kinematic Multi-slide
lathe machine to a Part operation. This machine must be a CATProduct
representation that was created using the NC Machine Tool Builder
product.
- Support tool assignments to Turret-Stations for a
Manufacturing Program
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Capability to add tools/tool assemblies present in the
Resource list to a turret and also view the tools and their stations for
a specific turret using a Turret Station editor.
- Ability to select/modify a station for a tool on
Tool-change activity
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Capability to select or modify a station for a tool/tool
assembly on a Tool Change activity.
This change will be reflected in the Turret Station editor of the
corresponding Manufacturing Program.
- Capability to associate Video Result CATProduct to a
machining operation
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Possibility to associate Video Result CATProduct to an
operation:
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by using the Associate Video Result to Machining
Operation command after a material removal simulation using the Full
Video command or Video from last saved result command
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by using Associate a Video Result to the last MO of
the program option in the Generate NC Output Interactively or
Generate NC Output in Batch Mode dialog box.
- Capability to load Video Result CATProduct associated
to a machining operation for analysis
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Load Simulation Result command is now available in the
contextual menu of a machining operation which has an associated Video
Result CATProduct. This command opens the Video Result CATProduct in a
Video window for analysis of the machined stock, collision results, and
so on.
- Sub-program support for NC code based simulation
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NC code based simulation of ISO file containing
subprograms or ISO file split into several smaller files (refer to the
NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide).
- Support of barrel mill tool
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New barrel mill tool is available and can be used in
Multi-axis Sweeping operations.
- Enable multi-editing of machining operations of the
same type
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It is now possible to perform multi-edition of certain
parameters on two or more machining operations of the same type. This
capability is available on Multi-Axis Flank Contouring, Multi-Axis Curve
Machining, Isoparametric Machining, and Profile Contouring.
- Identical Parts Machining
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New functionalities allow methodology for defining the
process for machining an assembly of identical or similar parts.
Copy Program: extends the Copy Transformation function to Manufacturing
Program.
Merge Program: allows merging machining programs.
- Improved management of NURBS output for machining
operations
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Capability to choose which operations will be output in
APT with NURBS format and which ones will not contain NURBS.
- Change feedrate and tool gage without recomputing the
toolpath
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Capability to modify feedrates, spindle speeds and tool
gage G1 without breaking a toolpath.
The toolpath is updated with the new values.
- Improved Performance of Toolpath Analysis
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Subsequent polygonal rendering for the users are now
significantly faster or instantaneous when compared to the first time
polygonal rendering (refer to NC Manufacturing Verification User's
Guide).
- Reference compensation point for the gauges on Lathe
tool assembly
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Capability to define the reference tool compensation
point on which the gauges values are defined.
It provides new output parameters to define in lathe tool change and
lathe reference point modification syntaxes (linked to the PP word
table). The syntaxes are generated with parameter values that are
automatically computed according to the active compensation point (refer
to Lathe Machining User's Guide).
- Capability to fixed Machining axis on part for Table
rotations
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A new option Machining Axis Origin with Fixed on the part
after table rotation checkbox is available in Tools > Options >
Machining > Output to specify that machining axis origin will be linked
to the machined part when a table rotation is done. It is no longer
necessary to create a machining axis and insert a Machining Axis Change
after an activity on which a table rotation is done.
- Create and import tool assemblies
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It is now possible to create a tool assembly from scratch
and also to import an existing Tool Assembly from a catalog or database
without creating any machining activity.
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