Originally Posted by JonasC  Hej Joe,
Seems strange. It's like you don't have a workpiece defined. Which you do have right?
Have you used any Material Removal features?
Would you consider sending me the files, or something else(an example) if your stuff is a bit secret?
Attached a few screenshots of NCCheck vs Vericut for your consideration.
Basically Vericut is better in all aspects; dynamic sppedcontrol throuhout the simulation, dynamic reorientation throughout the simulaton, better resolution and a whole bunch of other features.
NCCHeck though can sometimes be used when you wanna check something a bit quicker. I tend to switch between them, maybe using NCCHeck more when defining my sequences and then final checks in Vericut.
Since you obviously don't have Vericut installed, I think someone made a conscious choice not to install it, since it is shipped on the same CD as ProE and preselected to be installed. Check with your IT dep.
[BR, Jonas |
Jonas,
The date code is M030.
The images you posted are exactly what I'm after, but still no luck. I am using 'Mill Volume', no Material Removal Features. All I did was create the finished geometry (see attached "Finished_Geometry.pdf"), then, within 'manufacturing' I created the volume of material I wanted to remove, and selected this when prompted "Select previously defined milling volume". I can play the tool path (see attached "Toolpath_Wireframe.pdf), and if I shade this view, you can see the volume to be machined away is definitely there (see attached "Toolpath_within_shaded_volume.pdf"). When I followed your initial instructions for NCCheck, I get a toolpath played over the geometry in "Finished_Geometry.pdf", which isn't much use!
I'd rather not send files (even though it's just a sign for a house!), but thanks for the offer of help.
I ran ptcsetup.bat, but, at least on the screen that comes up initially, Vericut is not there.
Thanks for your help,
Regards,
Garth.