Stay In Stock

[eliot15]

I used Profiler to select the outside profile of this part to use as a contour cut path.



I've attached 2 programs.

In Program_One, when I select 'Stay In Stock' in the contour process, tool path is generated.

In Program_Two, when I select 'Stay In Stock' in the contour process, NO tool path is generated. But I can generate tool path in Program_Two if I don't select 'Stay In Stock'.

What am I over looking???

Thanks

[ztimbo]

Try adding some material in your stock size

[txcncman]

This is one of the reasons I dislike GibbsCAM. Sometimes you have to "lie" to it to get the results you want or expect. More times than EdgeCAM, MasterCAM, or PowerStation.

[eliot15]

Tried adding material and selecting 'Stay In Stock' in Program_Two. Still no luck.

The weird thing is that the stock definition in the Document Control Dialog and in my stock workgroup are identical in both programs. Yet, stay in stock is valid in Program_1 and not Program_2.

No big deal. I just created Program_Two in an effort to reproduce Program_One (just practicing). But its a little odd. Must be missing something.

[cadman]

You changed the minimum cut from the default .00075 in program one to .375 in program two. If you try to use Stay In Stock you won't generate a toolpath because the stock is less than your .375 minimum.

[eliot15]

Outstanding. The things I don't think to think about.

Don't know if you noticed, but I posted a reply from GibbsCAM Tech Support on my Problem Subtracting Bodies thread. Apparently a bug is involved. But I appreciated your work arounds.

Thanks

[eliot15]

Just out of curiosity, is it possible to reset the original default GibbsCAM defaults.

I find that the way GibbsCAM handles defaults - by overwriting defaults with current values - is real handy most of the time, but it also trips me up from time to time when there is some value burried on a tab somewhere I didn't even think to look at.

[ztimbo]

Just out of curiosity, is it possible to reset the original default GibbsCAM defaults.

I find that the way GibbsCAM handles defaults - by overwriting defaults with current values - is real handy most of the time, but it also trips me up from time to time when there is some value burried on a tab somewhere I didn't even think to look at.

I'm not sure if there is or not, but I can help you get everything straightened back out if you need me to.