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DaveF

Senior Member

From: Valencia, CA

Registered: 2005-08-20

Posts: 304

TIP & ER Use Vericut 2 check clash / vacuum / part

I have discovered, a while back, that you can Use Vericut to check clash between a vacuum chuck, and the part that mates it.

The steps are

1. Load the Vacuum model as stock
2. Load the part that mates it as design
3. Select any tool path, and press step 1 time to create a cut stock.
4. In Autodiff, set comparison Type to EXCESS

the gold area is the clash

THe enhancement possibly would be to:

1. Be able to see a chunk of the clash.
2. Create a minimum gap

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Dave Frank
Aerospace Dynamics International, PCC
Valencia Ca
"Where else can you have this much fun,.......and get paid???."

rod_delisle

Member

From: Magellan Aerospace

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 1

Re: TIP & ER Use Vericut 2 check clash / vacuum / part

Dave,

I've done the same thing to compare a new version of a part model to the previous version to see what has changed.  For this I use both excess & gouge checking. I often get new part models from customers with no documentation as to what's changed, so this has saved me lots of time comparing every feature in CAD.

Rod Delisle
Sr. N.C. Programmer
Magellan Aerospace