MachiningCloud is a product data provider for cutting tool manufacturers, CNC machines and workholding.
Video shows integration prior to latest enhancement.
After defining a tooling package on the MachiningCloud and directly downloading all the tool assemblies within the package into Vericut, customers can now obtain the cutting parameters of the tool to verify that the tool was programmed correctly.
The process is: 1) Build a MachiningCloud job containing your tool assemblies; 2) Export the job, downloading it to your local computer; 3) from within Vericut, click once to import all the tools from the job. In this step, 3D geometry representing the cutting tool assembly is imported into Veriut, along with the cutting parameters for that tool; 4) Simulate, using your tool assemblies just created in the MachiningCloud.
Says Jeff Voegele, Vericut product specialist, CGTech: “The importing of the tool's cutting parameters with the 3D tool geometry into Vericut will allow the user to take advantage of other verification checks our software offers to further improve their programs. These tool cutting parameters can also be used in Vericut’s Force and OptiPath modules to better optimise the CNC program.”
Adds Christophe Rogazy, director of product management for MachiningCloud: “This enhancement in the Vericut MachiningCloud connection will further help the simulation process by bringing the cutting tool manufacturers knowledge into Vericut.”
