toolpaths dirty after saving

[nickc]

after generating a tool path that took 20 minutes ,i saved the file and after saving toolpath was marked as dirty,with the .stl file used for stock disappears from the stock tab in the restmill page,seems to be happening a lot when using stock to reference leftover material

[Mark VIII]

I always have problems with transform ops being dirty after saving in 2018

[gcode]

3 hours ago, nickc said:

after generating a tool path that took 20 minutes ,i saved the file and after saving toolpath was marked as dirty,with the .stl file used for stock disappears from the stock tab in the restmill page,seems to be happening a lot when using stock to reference leftover material

use the stl file as the definition for a stock model

then use the stock model as rest material.

Check the "One other operation" radio button then select the stock model operation in the window on the right 

For even more stability, you can merge the stl into your file as mesh, then select the mesh as a model when defining the stock model.

This will define your rest material internally in the file with no possibility of a link to an outside file  getting broken and hosing your file.

Files do get pretty big when you do it this way however.

[nickc]

thanks for the help,ill try this tuesday.still learning how to use stock models and .stl's for 3d stuff

 

always learning

[crazy^millman]

Another trick is the STL wash as 5th Axis has come to use it. We will Verify a part and save the STL out of Verify. We will then make a stock model using the STL file. We will then save the Stock model as Pmesh to a Level. We will then change the Stock model from file to solid model. (No it doesn't have to be a solid model confusing right?) Then pick the Pmesh and now you should have a watertight non hollow Stock model is 1/4 to 1/10 of the time it takes to make the same stock model using Source operations. Good thing is you break the link from source operation washing your stock models when you have matured your operations. Other thing we see if the stock models will decrease in size most times going about it this way. Using external files for anything shared has cost us a customer so we never link to an external STL file.

[jlw™]

2 hours ago, 5th Axis CGI said:

Another trick is the STL wash as 5th Axis has come to use it. We will Verify a part and save the STL out of Verify. We will then make a stock model using the STL file. We will then save the Stock model as Pmesh to a Level. We will then change the Stock model from file to solid model. (No it doesn't have to be a solid model confusing right?) Then pick the Pmesh and now you should have a watertight non hollow Stock model is 1/4 to 1/10 of the time it takes to make the same stock model using Source operations. Good thing is you break the link from source operation washing your stock models when you have matured your operations. Other thing we see if the stock models will decrease in size most times going about it this way. Using external files for anything shared has cost us a customer so we never link to an external STL file.

I'm going to try that.  It really only adds two steps to the process.  Save as Pmesh and repick the resultant solid.

Nice, thanks for sharing Ron!