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kahughes

Member

Registered: 2010-11-23

Posts: 2

Expected collision does not produce a warning

Hey guys -
Starting with a square pocket with a stand-off in the center and importing from Gibbs v2010, verifying a tool-path which purposely cuts through that stand-off doesn't generate an error when it should...

I would like to ensure I have collisions set to correctly warn - though, since I'm new to using Vericut, I'm not sure of where to look for all the various settings...  IE, "Global", per-program, per-part, ect...

Vericut  v7.0.1
Thanks in advance!

** Edit - Additionally, when configuring Auto-Diff, it reports that the Design Model is not present..

kahughes

Member

Registered: 2010-11-23

Posts: 2

Re: Expected collision does not produce a warning

Brief update - I believe I might have fixed the condition by selecting to 'show model'...  gonna test it further to be certain...

though, I'm all-ears if anyone knows of further various configuration-guidance of collision settings

NathanG

Member

From: Middletown, CT

Registered: 2010-11-29

Posts: 11

Re: Expected collision does not produce a warning

Kahughes,

What kind of collision is this?  Feeding at a rapid rate into material?  Just a guess... check the value of your Fast Feed Rate.  You can see it by clicking on the Setup, in the Project Tree, and going to the Motion tab that appears below the Project Tree.  If your fast feed rate is set higher than your machine axis rapid rate then you wouldn't see an error produced when entering material at the rapid rate.

Material removal from the Stock component during cutting (and within acceptable cutting limits, under the fast feed rate, checking for the correct cutter direction if desired, free of any other collisions with fixtures and machine components ...and without holder collisions, whew!) is not going to produce an error during the simulation unless you have violated the Design component model, and only then when you have selected Analysis > Auto-Diff > Constant Gouge/Excess Check tab > Using the combobox select Maximum Allowable Gouge.  Otherwise you would pick it up at the end with an AUTO-DIFF comparision.

To learn more see Help > On VERICUT > VERICUT Help > VERICUT Menus and Features .. Analysis Menu > AUTO-DIFF ... AUTO-DIFF window, Constant Gouge/Excess Check tab