Thanks AL
I have played with the Stock Model Management recently and it is very useful.
Yes as you point out any cycle can create a stock model. But not in a chain of cycles because as you know only "arbitrary stock roughing" can read in a stock model and act on it.
It would be cool if hyperView VIS output could be converted to a stock model.
I machine a billet from one end with a great many job steps of almost every major kind (rough, finish, drill and user defined). Then I flip it over and slide it into a fixture. Then I attack it from this other end by first cutting away the bulk of the billet that remains. This is where I would use it.
Cheers
Dave