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Hi Andy,

I would put that question here in MFG forum. Anyway here is an example of user rep which I had to do when my customer ordered a different tool than it was originally programmed. So I had to recompute the toolpaths and apply user rep to make sure that everything was OK.

I hope it helps you.

Regards

Hello Samarinder,

First all my best wishes for the new year.

Thanks a lot for your very appreciate help.

Your example with this disc-miller is very fine but isn't my problem, because the holder is longer as the cutter and with this I have no problems.

My problem is a face-miller !

The cutter of a a Face-Miller is always longer as the holder, but inside of the cutter can be a screw (clamp).

And if you dive in material (3-axis) it is possibly to have a collison because the movement in Z is too hard.

With standard tool in CATIA you can define as MFG_TOOL_CORE_DIAMETER and thats all.

For this problem is clear to define a  a zig-zag contour from cutter, but CATIA video-simulation want not work with such user-representation file.

Please have a look on the simplified example .

Thanks again and let me know of anyone solution...

Andy

Make sure you draw counter-clockwise when creatng a sketch profile. Or it could be a bug. See attached image from online help docs.

Or use catproduct as user rep

I can understand how to create the shaft profiles that represent the cutter and the non cutting shank. In other words, I'd be creating a Catia part file that represents this non-standard tool. Will just naming the "shaft" elements "Cut" and "Nocut" tell the system which to use for machining simulation?

Also, once this part file has been created, how does one call it as a resource (as compared to an end mill etc which are default tools within Catia)? I have used the tool bar to call up an end mill, face mill, tap etc tool change, but how to I access this newly created form tool?

This is where I get stuck.

Hello ROGER_BOMBASSEI

Thanks for the help you gave me, I was able to draw and to see it during function "Replay Tool Patch" and "Starts Simulation Machine", and so far it works correctly

only when I try to do the "Full Video" who want to simulate the stock removal of material gives me a WARNING MESSAGE "Manufacturing Error"

I hope to have been the clearest possible

I am attaching the image error

hello and thanks

Hello DFRANK

I have done all the analysis seems to bear but I keep getting the same errors, maybe I just done something wrong


I attach the file. catpart

hello again thanks

For Tool and Assembly user reps, the profile sketch has to be drawn in a counter clockwise direction for it to work, otherwise you will get an error message..

with kind regards
Deepak Manuel
Dassault Systemes