Min & Max values in Verify - how to set

[PBpaul]

Hope someone has figured this out. Say I cut a simple 2d contour. My Feed plane is at abs .25, top of stock is 0, and depth of cut is -.5. When I verify, I let Mastercam come up with a size for the stock block and the "Stock Setup" button is selected. For Z max, it defaults to .25, which is my Feed Plane. For Z min, it defaults to .25 below whatever my cut depth is. If I cut -.25, there is always .25 left showing. In other words, it always makes the verify block .25 deeper than I'm cutting. I'd like to eliminate that .25 without having to select corners or tell it every time. Any thoughts?

 

Thanks- PBPaul

 

[ 10-07-2005, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: PBpaul ]

[Steve Arteman]

Pbpaul,

Use bounding box in stock setup, add your z thickness and you are set.

Steve

[PBpaul]

Yes, I can do that and it works but I'm at a loss as to why my Min Z defaults to a value .25 deeper than my deepest Z cut.

 

When I verify, I go to the "Configure" button and it brings up a "Verify Options" page. Right there, whatever value I had specified for Feed Plane (on the contour parameters page) shows up as Max Z. Yet if I've specified a Cut Depth of -.5, why does my Min Z show up as -.75? No matter what I specify for a cut depth, the bottom of my Verify Block is defaulted to .25 below that depth. So either I've got to go in and manually change it every time or live with Verify always showing .25 of material left that really isn't there.

 

I've tried a bunch of options but have not been able to find out where/why this is happening. Is it just me?!?!?

 

Thanks- Paul

[Steve Arteman]

PBpaul,

I see what you mean. I will mess withit a bit see if I can make sense of it.

I have found the best way is to set up my stock is before I program or I see somthing I don't want in verify everytime. I know it has to do with using the extents of the NCI file for stock. (Retract,Clearence,Depth).

[PBpaul]

Thanks- I fiddled with it over the weekend, tried and tried but I never could actually fix it!

 

I'm curious, too, if it is just me or is this happening to others, too?

 

Thanks- PBPaul

[PBpaul]

....anybody?

[Josh_Petitt]

I also am having troubles with this. For us, we always use 48"x96"x3/4" stock. How do I set this as the default for the Verify Options? It always forms a box around my parts which doesn't match my stock size, very frustrating!

[PBpaul]

Is it possilble that there is something in either the Control Definition or the Machine Definition that would cause this? I have not fiddled with either, just accepting whatever was created by the automated conversion from Ver 9.

 

Since backplot isn't accurate either, at least for me, hurrrumph, cough, cough, I find that I'm using Verify more than normal and I keep having to fix this for it to really tell me if I'm screwing up.

 

Thanks- PBPaul