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DaveF

Senior Member

From: Valencia, CA

Registered: 2005-08-20

Posts: 304

Putting multiple Quad core processors, to use

Putting multiple  Quad core processors, to use

What if, in machine simulator, that you could specify a number like 3,4,6,8 for number of tool starts.

Then, say you said 4, tool 1,2,3,and 4 would  be searched and started, each banging on a separate processor. if tool 2 is complete, that Vericut would jump to tool 5, and start processing, etc.

Obviously, this is not for stock + design metal removal style processing.

This is for  fixture + design, collision checking + holder near miss to design checking. and for sure, constant gouge check as well, as travel limits.

This applies to any number of things Vericut is great at checking.

However, the one foot in front of another foot, top down, line by line processing, this would not work, for obvious reasons.

This functionality, would take advantage of multiple  Quad core processors.

Sounds like a lot of work for CGTech, but machine simulation is usually the slowest part of the verification process. I am sure all developers of simulations software, are looking for ways to speed it up.

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

Smythe

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From: Clinton,Ohio

Registered: 2005-12-15

Posts: 42

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Re: Putting multiple Quad core processors, to use

Dave,
  You want them boys to write a seperate process thread for each tool? I doubt if that will happen. Years of coding.
  What if you took advantage of the quad cores and got a high end video card with dual displays? Then you could have machine sim running on one display and perhaps workpiece view running on the other.
    We have alot of problems with virtual memory and accuracy. Does throwing 16gb & dual quad cores help with XP64?
   My experience with XP is that if you throw more than 3 gb at it, it's wasting money. Maybe you got a Unix box? I dunno.

stpendl

Senior Member

From: Nussbach, AUSTRIA

Registered: 2005-07-12

Posts: 134

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Re: Putting multiple Quad core processors, to use

Does throwing 16gb & dual quad cores help with XP64?
   My experience with XP is that if you throw more than 3 gb at it, it's wasting money. Maybe you got a Unix box? I dunno.

64-bit Windows will support any size of memory, but the application will have to be enabled for this too.

32-bit Windows, as all 32-bit O/Ss, will only support up to 4GB memory.

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Stefan Pendl

Systemmanager CAD/CAM
Windows 10 x64 Edition, Vericut 9.0