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Saving simulation state


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33 minutes ago, nickbe10 said:

File / save as and select .STL from the drop down. You can then display this over the part on the stock page at the top of the machine group.

Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.  That saved an .stl of my part/fixture.

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52 minutes ago, JB7280 said:

Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.

Sounds like its saving whatever is on the screen. Try turning off the fixture and run the verify without . Check what has been selected as stock and what's fixture.

I normally run just my part or just my fixture in verify. If I find a problem I will display tooling and part and figure it out in back-plot, just an old habit from before the verification became more sophisticated.

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4 hours ago, Jayson Kramer-CNC Software said:

Your original question . the answer is no as it cannot be saved as a solid. of course you can save as a STL or you can make a Stock model of those operations and not have an out side file.

I suppose i worded it poorly.  Saving it as an .stl would be fine.

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You can play with the P-mesh option as well.. If you make a stock model of all your tool paths, then you can right click on this operation, go into mill toolpaths and select either save as STL, or convert to a Pmesh. 

A lot of times the preferred method is just moving your WCS and keeping it all within one file.. Although when I am doing multiple setups on horizontals/5 axis machines I prefer individual files because it keeps things cleaner. 

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11 hours ago, navsENG said:

You can play with the P-mesh option as well.. If you make a stock model of all your tool paths, then you can right click on this operation, go into mill toolpaths and select either save as STL, or convert to a Pmesh. 

A lot of times the preferred method is just moving your WCS and keeping it all within one file.. Although when I am doing multiple setups on horizontals/5 axis machines I prefer individual files because it keeps things cleaner. 

Thank you.  This all seems like a lot of work when I'm used to just simulating, then clicking "Save Simulation State".  Seems like it would be a pretty commonly used feature.  Then again, I could very well just be using MC wrong....again. 😂🤣

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