Hi Hu,
Theoretically you should be right. Toolpath verification should show you what the program is going to do on the machine. However, if the verification is using the CLdata file (or whatever the particular software calls it) then you are not seeing what is actually being cut. Post-processors can "make or break" a CAM program. I'm seeing this right now with my WorkNC 5X module evaluation. On the tube it looks great, but on the machine the toolpaths stutter and stall, and are borderline useless. Had I not had a working evaluation, I would have purchased it and been very disappointed (we are talking about $7500 here). I plan to evaluate it again, and do test cuts, when the next version is available.
This is the experience I am trying to share in this thread, and why I am adamant about cutting test blocks to properly evaluate a CAM package.
Dan
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