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NC Program Review Enhancements
A new “NC Program Preview” offers an option to process an NC program in VERICUT without actually simulating material being removed. This “quick check” is very fast and uses much less memory. When in preview mode, VERICUT displays a tool trace of the NC program over the design model. At the end of the preview VERICUT enters NC Program Review mode. Preview checks for collisions, gouges, minimum excess and instances where axis limits are exceeded.

 

Several new utilities have been added to the NC Program Review window. These include: a Calculator, and user-configurable text Coloring, syntax checking and block renumbering options. The syntax check enables you to check the NC program for syntax errors based on a user defined set of criteria. This feature is also accessible from the NC Program Review editor. You can turn On/Off VERICUT defined syntax checking rules (error conditions) and define custom syntax checking error conditions. For those who manually create and edit NC programs, you can now transfer NC blocks from the MDI window directly into the NC Program.

New Tool Setup Wizards
Complimenting the milling tool setup wizard introduced in VERICUT 6.0, a turret setup wizard has been added. The new Turret Setup enables you to easily load, change tools, or change tool positions in a turret. You can also easily create a swept model of a turret.

The Tool Manager has also been enhanced to enable you to describe the shape, position, and orientation of a waterjet cutter or a tap in a tap tool assembly.

Simulate Tapping

More Powerful X-Caliper
X-Caliper allows you to measure thickness, volume, depth, gaps, distances, angles, hole diameters, corner radii, scallop heights, etc. VERICUT 6.2 can now directly measure the depth of blind holes as well as the top and bottom radius of a countersink. Picking a hole returns the center point.

X-Caliper can also be used to measure the distance between the tool and the stock, and shows the thread features of tapped hole (e.g. pitch threads/inch (or mm), etc.), like it does for turned threads.

Create Setup Plans with Dimensions
A new Setup Plan window is added enabling you to add dimensions or notes to create a drawing of a setup lay-out or setup plan. The setup plan is stored in the VERICUT session and can be output in a VERICUT report.

AUTO-DIFF™ Precision
AUTO-DIFF enables you to automatically detect differences between a CAD design model to a VERICUT simulated cut part. The AUTO-DIFF Surface Range tables now include a value to represent surface cuts exactly matching (i.e. with no deviation from) the design model. A separate color can be designated for these features.

Additionally, the design model now moves with the cut stock as it transitions between setups. It also moves with the cut stock when the cut stock is manually moved via the Modeling window.

Group Travel Limits
Travel Limits in both the G-Code Settings window and the Machine Settings window is enhanced to include soft limits, step limits and grouping. You can put conditions on travel limits and activate different groups of limits using Macros.

CAM Interface Updates
The CATIA V5-to-VERICUT Interface (CATV5) has been updated to:

• enable selecting CATIA sub-programs.
• retrieve cutting tool descriptions from CATIA Resources.
• set the VERICUT working directory to the location specified in CATV5.
• create no table entries, when desired.

The NX-to-VERICUT Interface (NXV) (formerly the Unigraphics-to-VERICUT Interface (UGV))  has been updated to:

• support merging the tools in the current NXV session with those in the setup template.
• remove Program Groups that you do not want to export to VERICUT. Removed program groups are still saved with the NX part.
• query the Geometry in NX to identify the CSYS names and add them to a pull down list for the "Program Zero To CSYS" on the Options menu.
• no longer require specifying Model Location CSYS prior to selecting the operation’s geometry (Part, Stock/Blank and Fixture/Check).
• support TLDATA/GROOVE, LEFT/RIGHT, OUTSIDE/INSIDE, w, r1, r2, d, a1, a2, hh, hw in an NX CLS file.

Additional Enhancements
VERICUT is enhanced to support milling on turning stock and is considered a valid cutting operation for any tool/stock orientation (on-center, or off-center). Full VERICUT support for such motions is implemented (X-Caliper, .vcs files, Model Export etc.).
 
Support is added for multi-axis water jet cutting operations.

VERICUT now supports pocket cycles in the XY, YZ, and ZX motion planes.

CGTech always welcomes input from VERICUT users. No matter how the feedback is received–the VERICUT User forum, CGTech technical support, or at one of the many VERICUT User Groups held throughout the year around the world–CGTech is always listening. In all, over 250 customer driven enhancements have been included in VERICUT 6.2.