Cliff wrote:

On Sat, 21 May 2005 00:30:59 GMT, BottleBob
wrote:

Cliff wrote:

On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:53:26 GMT, BottleBob
wrote:

Gibbs allows geometric tool definitions that
might cover this.

I gathered that they might be used for *verification purposes*
only, not for actual machining tool/work calculations.
Which is actually the case?


Cliff:

Special tools can be drawn and used in toolpath verification as well as
the actual cutting of material. My most frequent use of this feature is
in drawing and using corner rounding tools, but I've used it for weird
tool shapes as well.

BB,
I think you may have missed my question.
Are the surfaces of those tools, ALL OF THEM, actually
used in computing the toolpath?

Cliff:

Do you mean, on a special tool with 4 separate diameters, does Gibbs
simultaneously calculate ALL of those diameters when a simple perimeter
tool path is chosen? No, not that I know of. Are there any programs
that do?


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