VERICUT 6.0

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System Requirements
Simulate the entire CNC machining process with VERICUT 6.0!  With VERICUT your shop can produce better results while reducing the time spent programming and machining.
 
 
Multiple Setups in a Single Session
VERICUT 6.0 allows you to view and configure multiple setups in one session using the new project tree. For each setup, you select the CNC machine configuration, attach the fixture and stock to the virtual machine, and select cutting tools and NC programs. You are then ready to
simulate the entire set of machining operations in a single VERICUT session. The configuration steps described above can also be automatically configured from your CAD/CAM system using one of CGTech’s CAD/CAM interfaces. Menus for day-to-day project configuration are clearly separated from initial machine configuration menus, making it easy to setup daily simulation projects.

In VERICUT 6.0, frequently used information and measurement panels can now be ‘docked’ within the desktop. The new Project Tree (left) gives you the ability to view and configure all setups for a given job. Each setup in the Project Tree has its own CNC machine, fixtures, tools, NC programs, and simulation settings. The cut stock moves from setup to setup,
automatically orienting from one setup to the next.
 
Simulate Machines with Multiple Synchronized Tools, Spindles and Auxiliary Attachments
VERICUT 6.0 now offers the capability to synchronize a nearly unlimited number of machine ‘channels’ or machines with multiple synchronized CNC controls. VERICUT’s virtual machine is organized into multiple sub-systems that are all synchronized to run together seamlessly. Three
simultaneous machining operations on a Citizen machine with a Mitsubishi M32 control? Nakamura machines with Fanuc controls and four complex simultaneous operations? VERICUT simulates it all.
 
 
New Tool Manager Speeds Optimization
VERICUT’s NC program optimization module’OptiPath’’is easier to implement thanks to a redesigned Tool Manager. OptiPath cutting data is now stored inside the Tool Manager. Not only does this simplify the implementation, multiple tools can reference one OptiPath record. Creating new tools has also been simplified. The new tool assembly wizard allows the user to create a new milling tool in one simple panel by answering a few questions. If a tool has already been created in another library, you can reference or copy the complete tool assembly, or only the cutter or holder portions. A new search feature has been implemented to simplify finding existing tools in both single and multiple tool libraries.
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Model Export Enhancements

Model Export creates CAD models from the VERICUT ‘in-process’ cut model generated by simulating an NC program. In VERICUT 6.0, Model Export now outputs features where possible and also ’synthetic features’ when individual features are not possible or desirable (such as ’scallops’ created by a ball end mill). Exported surfaces, faces, and features now use NURBS trimming curves, resulting in smaller file sizes.
 
 
Create CNC Probe Programs & Inspection Sequences
VERICUT is an ideal place to create probing routines because of its ‘in-process’ model which is not available anywhere else in the CNC manufacturing process. Using VERICUT’s simulated in-process feature geometry to create a CNC probe program makes on-machine in-process inspection a practical reality. In addition to CNC machine probe programming VERICUT 6.0 allows the creation of inspection instruction documents in HTML or PDF format for use by machine operators or quality control staff.

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Other Enhancements
  • Frequently used information and measurement
    panels can be ‘docked’ within VERICUT’s desktop
  • Automatically calculate minimum cutter and holder extension
  • Graphs show information about cutting conditions for each NC block
  • Remove excess holding tabs using ‘delete material’
  • Milling tool shapes have virtually no restrictions
  • Constant Gouge Check has been updated to be
    much faster and simpler with improved display quality
  • And much more!

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