Mike RzMachine
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2007
- Location
- Utah
When I update various settings in tool paths or jobs in HSMworks running inside solidworks, about 95% of the time it adjusts the toolpath to those updates. The 5% of the time it doesn't update is killing me for time. For example, I updated a simple job from referencing a piece of square stock to round stock. It took several forced regens and toggling settings in the tool path to get the 3d adaptive tool path to update to follow the newer stock shape. I have this happen often when changing from peck to full retraction drill cycles and a few other functions, especially 3d finishing paths. I can sometimes resolve these issues by creating a new tool path from scratch, or just restarting everything. Neither is practical for the number of times this happens per session.
Is there some way to force the software to clear cache or whatever happens at the low level to get rid of these lingering remnants of old tool path solutions? I'm thinking of something more fundamental than the generate toolpath/ctrl-G function.
I'm curious if any of you have this issue and if you found a solution.
Thanks,
Mike
Is there some way to force the software to clear cache or whatever happens at the low level to get rid of these lingering remnants of old tool path solutions? I'm thinking of something more fundamental than the generate toolpath/ctrl-G function.
I'm curious if any of you have this issue and if you found a solution.
Thanks,
Mike