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I have been trying to build a real tool library since the stp import was included in V8. Most of the cutters we use I have been able to download as an stp from Machining Cloud, or use the Machining Cloud tool import from Vericut. However, to my dismay I have not been able to use optipath on any of these models if I wish to use the chip thickness calculation top optimize. We have always used the combined chip thickness and volume removal methods prior to the availability of these solid model import options. It will create optimized paths if I opt to use the volume removal method, but not the chip thickness.
For anything other than the opipath issue, I think that the cutter models are great!
I've had quite a bit of help from tech support on this already. I am wondering if others have gotten past this somehow, or if others are just using volume removal and not chip thickness.
Please let me know what your thoughts are on this.
Thank you!
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I can't be alone in this frustration! So, basically Vericut enabled users to download stp models from Machining Cloud and import them for verification. This does work, and pretty easily in most cases. However, if you want to optimize the same tool path you need a completely different set of tools because the stp models are too complex to optimize. Optipath sees them as cutters that contain tiny concave surfaces. This forces you to use a generic bullnose model with the programmable radius value rather than using the manufacturers model (in the case of a feedmill).
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