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How to flip part with stock


RyszardW
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Hi guys, I'm a lathe guy, but I have also been programming mills for several months. I finish this part on one side and now I need to flip this part together with stock, and I don't know how to do that. I tried in different ways and nothing, I just got stuck. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Here is the process I use to move stock from position to position....there may be other ways using other features...

I define OP1 stock....run verify creating an accurate verification, I then save the out of verify as an stl...

I import the stl onto its own level....I then copy to OP1 position solid to an adjacent level. turning off the OP1 solid and turning on the OP2 position solid.....

I will select the stl and the copied OP1 solid, then using Dynamic Transform, flip, rotate and point to a position on the OP2 solid for accurate positioning...

Once position properly, I "save as" the stl out to use as stock for OP2 

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On 5/31/2020 at 4:21 PM, jlw™ said:

I copy it and use planes to move stock models around a tombstone.  So that it's all associative and regens if I change something upstream.

and that is exactly why I don't want the associativity....

My HMC programs are mostly production type setups....anywhere from 4-100 parts per tombstone, hundreds of OP's and transform heavy.....

Last thing I want is a finicky Stock Model Op going dirty and causing constant regens on a file of that size...nevermind that it can't handle multiple models in multiple locations and that making a file any heavier with multiple stock models.....no thanks...

Really depends on what the end user is doing :) 

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On 6/2/2020 at 6:38 AM, JParis said:

and that is exactly why I don't want the associativity....

My HMC programs are mostly production type setups....anywhere from 4-100 parts per tombstone, hundreds of OP's and transform heavy.....

Last thing I want is a finicky Stock Model Op going dirty and causing constant regens on a file of that size...nevermind that it can't handle multiple models in multiple locations and that making a file any heavier with multiple stock models.....no thanks...

Really depends on what the end user is doing :) 

That's one thing I like about Mastercam... always at lest 69 ways to skin one cat.

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