Simulate the entire CNC machining process with VERICUT 6.0! With VERICUT your shop can produce better results while reducing the time spent programming and machining.
VERICUT 6.0 allows you to view and configure multiple setups in one session using the new project tree. For each setup, you select the CNC machine configuration, attach the fixture and stock to the virtual machine, and select cutting tools and NC programs. You are then ready to simulate the entire set of machining operations in a single VERICUT session. The configuration steps described above can also be automatically configured from your CAD/CAM system using one of CGTech’s CAD/CAM interfaces. Menus for day-to-day project configuration are clearly separated from initial machine configuration menus, making it easy to setup daily simulation projects.
In VERICUT 6.0, frequently used information and measurement panels can now be ‘docked’ within the desktop. The new Project Tree (left) gives you the ability to view and configure all setups for a given job. Each setup in the Project Tree has its own CNC machine, fixtures, tools, NC programs, and simulation settings. The cut stock moves from setup to setup, automatically orienting from one setup to the next.
Simulate Machines with Multiple Synchronized Tools, Spindles and Auxiliary Attachments
VERICUT 6.0 now offers the capability to synchronize a nearly unlimited number of machine ‘channels’ or machines with multiple synchronized CNC controls. VERICUT’s virtual machine is organized into multiple sub-systems that are all synchronized to run together seamlessly. Three simultaneous machining operations on a Citizen machine with a Mitsubishi M32 control? Nakamura machines with Fanuc controls and four complex simultaneous operations? VERICUT simulates it all.
VERICUT’s NC program optimization module’OptiPath'’is easier to implement thanks to a redesigned Tool Manager. OptiPath cutting data is now stored inside the Tool Manager. Not only does this simplify the implementation, multiple tools can reference one OptiPath record. Creating new tools has also been simplified. The new tool assembly wizard allows the user to create a new milling tool in one simple panel by answering a few questions. If a tool has already been created in another library, you can reference or copy the complete tool assembly, or only the cutter or holder portions. A new search feature has been implemented to simplify finding existing tools in both single and multiple tool libraries. Back to Top
Model Export Enhancements
Model Export creates CAD models from the VERICUT ‘in-process’ cut model generated by simulating an NC program. In VERICUT 6.0, Model Export now outputs features where possible and also ’synthetic features’ when individual features are not possible or desirable (such as ’scallops’ created by a ball end mill). Exported surfaces, faces, and features now use NURBS trimming curves, resulting in smaller file sizes.
Create CNC Probe Programs & Inspection Sequences VERICUT is an ideal place to create probing routines because of its ‘in-process’ model which is not available anywhere else in the CNC manufacturing process. Using VERICUT’s simulated in-process feature geometry to create a CNC probe program makes on-machine in-process inspection a practical reality. In addition to CNC machine probe programming VERICUT 6.0 allows the creation of inspection instruction documents in HTML or PDF format for use by machine operators or quality control staff.
Airbus is selling so well that the demand to increase build rate has never been higher. BAE Systems (Filton, UK) needed a simple way to improve throughput - it found the answer in VERICUT.
With VERICUT, engineers at Stellex Monitor modeled the Sidewinder and Spar Mill machines.
Tell Tool of Westfield, Mass., has integrated VERICUT CNC simulation software into its numerical control program prove-out process.
VERICUT enabled us to start ordinary production after a minimum of time. Since this product is new for Volvo Aero Norge and our company had never before had parts with similar machining complexity, it is difficult to estimate the amount of cost saving.
Before implementing VERICUT, the company experienced the usual time-consuming and expensive manufacturing problems related to NC program prove-outs such as scrap loss, broken tooling, and a danger of occasional machine crash.
Over the last two years, GE Aviation (formerly Aerostructures Hamble) has used Machine Simulation to speed the implementation of several new 5-axis machine tools.
VERICUT showed the NC programmers leftover or heavy stock." And the software detected a couple of places where the depth of cut was too large and tools were shanking out," said Collings. They then went back and corrected the errors in the tool path before
Dassault, Seclin initially purchased VERICUT in order to reduce the number of manual prove-outs using polystyrene material, which represented a significant expense in terms of time and money.
VERICUT enabled the designers and programmers see exactly what they were building as and in-process model in different stages of the machining cycle.
We utilized VERICUT to verify the CNC programs for cutting the tooling before they were sent to the machine control,
To protect their investment, they have been using VERICUT since 1996. They have two people to verify the accuracy of their G-code files.
"When we first started using OptiPath we concentrated on the feed rate option; now we use the constant chip thickness capability. With jobs up to 200 hours long, 50% saving is significant – like having another machine tool."
The entire process took less than two hours and no manpower was required, whereas, creating the same pattern manually (the old way), would have taken one of our designers several days.
The verification process stays ahead of the actual machine position in the NC code being verified. Opera-tors can see errors before they occur.
The bottom line? Using VERICUT has made Supreme's existing machine tools more productive. Enthusiasm is up, delivery times have been reduced, and pricing is more competitive.delivery times have been reduced, and pricing is more competitive.
Using VERICUT to compare the electrode burn with the mold cavity ensures that we have all the correct clearances in the electrodes and that we have 100% clean-up." says Allen.
If I was using VERICUT at the time I would've caught the problem, and had a chance to fix it before it damaged the part.
Now I rarely see the potential crashes because the students find and correct them before I review the work. Catching those costly problems is a non-event now!
VERICUT can change speeds and feeds according to cutting conditions including difference in material and tooling. It is done automatically; the programmer does not have to make even one manual insert into the code."
Flying shrapnel from shattered cutting tools and components is avoided by using VERICUT to test student programs before they are run on NC machines.
The NC programmers at Ingersoll also rely on the simulation software to prevent mistakes when programming complex, five-axis parts.
After creating the NC programs in Mastercam, they began simulating the machining process in VERICUT by simulating the G-code data. There often can be a difference between the motion as programmed and the code after it's run through the post processor
After selecting VERICUT for third-party verification, each NC programmer attended two days of basic training where they experienced first-hand the type of results they could expect to achieve.
The program simulates milling, drilling, turning, wire EDM, and mill/turn machining operations using both G-codes and CAM output.
VERICUT provides simulation capabilities for the all the 3-5 axis and wire EDM parts, with focused control over the orientation of our 5-axis machine tool including the cutters used on that machine.
The inspection probe is created as a tool in VERICUT so the complete in- cycle gauging sequence is checked for collisions.
The bottom was machined first. This effort took about 24 hours from start to finish. By using VERICUT software from CGTech, Elliot was able to test the NC program for any problems before it was ever cut on the machine.
Cosworth Racing Integrates Walter TDM Tool Management into Manufacturing Systems
With data exported from NX, Vericut simulates the cutting process on the shop floor utilizing the machine G-code to detect any issues prior to NC Program release.
VERICUT software removes this potentially hazardous stage by allowing ReedHycalog to do all of their prove-outs on a computer.
VERICUT verification detects errors such as: inaccurate programming, incorrect tool path motions, rapid motion contact, collisions with fixtures and clamps, tool shank and holder collisions, & CAD/CAM and post processor bugs.
VERICUT Machine Simulation supports G-codes and Multi-axis (5-axis or more) support for milling, drilling, turning, grinding & EDM machines
Create CNC Probe Programs & Inspection Sequences