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#1 2005-01-06 18:53:21
- Kantha
- Senior Member
- From: Boston
- Registered: 2004-11-11
- Posts: 48
Tool Shank/Material Collision Only
Hi,
I would prefer to have a toggle button under Setup->Motion.
Similar to the toggle Tool/Fixture Collision Only (No cutting), the toggle button is for Tool Shank/Material Collsion Only (No cutting).
Regards
Kanthavelan.
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#2 2005-03-30 19:19:18
- BillH
- VERICUT Specialist
- From: Irvine, CA
- Registered: 2004-10-08
- Posts: 146
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Re: Tool Shank/Material Collision Only
Hi Kantha,
This was implemented in VERICUT 6.0 a couple months ago. Holders/shanks do not remove material from the cut stock. Instead they create a volume that is imposed over the cut stock. You can still query and measure this volume. But you can also turn its display on/off.
This also solves the problem where the holder passes thru the same region a second time. In the current method, material is removed by the first holder collision (and reported), but the second collision is not detected because the material is gone.
Bill
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#3 2005-03-30 20:40:21
- Kantha
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- From: Boston
- Registered: 2004-11-11
- Posts: 48
Re: Tool Shank/Material Collision Only
Hi Bill,
Thank you very much for your reply. When V6 is expected?
Kantha
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#4 2005-03-30 21:13:32
- BillH
- VERICUT Specialist
- From: Irvine, CA
- Registered: 2004-10-08
- Posts: 146
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Re: Tool Shank/Material Collision Only
Hi,
Now you're putting the marketing guy in a position to lie 
:!:
I'll give you my best guess, as long as you treat it as such. We plan to stop coding early this summer (current target is June 1). It takes us 3 or 4 months from the time we stop coding until we ship a release, depending on how many problems we uncover during testing.
So, I would not expect it before September.
Regards,
Bill
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