NC Machine Tool Simulation Workbench Considerations
If the NC Machine Tool
Simulation product is installed, you can switch from a Machining workbench
to the NC Machine Tool Simulation workbench as follows:
- By means of a contextual command: right-click the Manufacturing Program
or a machining operation in the tree and select Simulate Machine
using Tool Path or Simulate Machine using NC Code.
- By means of a toolbar command: select Starts Machine Simulation
in the NC Output Management toolbar.
Please note the following points:
- When you switch to the NC Machine Tool Simulation workbench you can
use tools and tool assemblies directly from the resource list for clash
checking.
- If a machining operation's tool path is manually modified in the NC
Machine Tool Simulation workbench (for example, by jogging the machine),
the operation's status changes from Computed to Modified.
During a tool path replay, any zones where points have been modified,
inserted or removed are displayed as dashed lines.
Refer to the NC Machine Tool Simulation User's Guide for more
information.
DPM Machining Process Planner Considerations
If DPM Machining Process Planner is installed, you can switch between
the DPM Machining Process Planner workbench and a Machining workbench such
as Prismatic Machining.
However, all the machining operations defined in the DPM Machining Process
Planner workbench must be sequenced in order to be visible in the Machining
workbench. Any operations that are not sequenced will not be visible in
the PPR tree of the Machining workbench.
Please note that DPM Machining Process Planner's Switch activity is not
supported in Machining workbenches.
Refer to the DPM Machining Process Planner User's Guide for more
information about sequencing capabilities.
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