NX defined tool shank not displayed in Vericut 1

[diamond3210]

We recently upgraded from NX7.5 to NX8.5 and noticed that they have added the ability to define the shank in a tool, which I really am grateful for, but we use Vericut to verfiy our programs and if a shank is defined they are not showing up in Vericut. I was wondering if anyone that also uses Verciut would know if Vericut has fixed this in an update. And if so which update? We are running Vericut 7.0.3

Thanks

 

[Hockeyguy]

The latest release is 7.2.3 as far as I know.

 

[markrief]

Are you using NXV? Or just a CLS file?

Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM

 

[diamond3210]

We open NX thru a Vericut .bat file if that is what you mean by NXV.

 

[markrief]

Please ask CGTech about this. The shank parameters are available to the NX API and MOM ouput.

Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM

 

[joycejo]

From the Vericut Release notes for 7.2.3 regarding the NX to Vericut interface

"NXV is enhanced to support tapered shank in NX8 for these mill cutter types: 5 Parameters, Ball, Chamfer, and Spherical."

I have not had a chance to test this yet.



John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX6 & NX7.5