What's New in BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS V10 SP2

Introduction

The second update to our BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS V10 includes an enhancement, and corrections to the user interface along with CAM, Simulation, and Posting.

Enhancement

User Interface

  • Updated the Tool Crib to allow the middle mouse wheel to scroll through the tool list.

Corrections

User Interface

  • Corrected an issue which caused text fields to highlight inconsistently when using Tab to move from field to field.

CAM

General

  • Corrected an issue which prevented some tools from being imported into the Tool Crib directly from a Machining Cloud job import.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented advanced coolant options from appearing in the setup sheets.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented tool numbers from updating in the Operation Tree if the Tool Tree had focus while the tool numbers were updated in the Tool Crib.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented drag and drop functionality of operations in the Operation Tree and Tool Tree.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented tool numbers in the Tool Tree from updating immediately when they were changed in the Verify Tool Assignment dialog. These values would update once the wizard was opened and closed again.

  • Corrected an issue which caused the default zero value to be applied to the MDI Axis value when revisiting those values in the Wizard. This would overwrite the previously entered value, in Mill and Lathe jobs requiring you to reenter the proper values.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented the Blank/Unblank All button in the quick access menu of the CAM Tree from working.

  • Corrected an issue with pasting features from one file to another which could result in two tools with the same tool number.

  • Corrected an issue in which editing a feature to insert a new operation between already existing operations in its machining strategy page could lead to the new operation being placed in the wrong position in the Operation Tree.

 

Mill

Mill Express
  • Corrected an issue which caused a duplicate of an operation in the Operation Tree.

  • Corrected an issue which caused the Stock Remaining value to be changed in a Profile Rough operation using Side Roughing when opening V29 files.

  • Corrected an issue which caused a crash when adding a toolpath pattern to a Mill Turn job containing lathe features.

  • Corrected an issue with the cycle times of patterned operations in the setup sheet which showed the total time of all instances for each individual instance.

  • Corrected an issue which caused the Facing feature to have it's Top of Feature and Depth recalculated when Recomputing from the Job, or Machine Setup level.

  • Corrected an issue which caused an unnecessary toolpath move to 0,0,0, due to an empty chain.

 

Mill 3 Axis Premium
  • Corrected an issue which prevented the tabs on the Parameters page of the Mill Multiaxis feature from updating properly when the Toolpath Type was changed.

 

Mill 4 Axis Standard
  • Corrected an issue which caused retracts on a OD Cross Drill operation to flip to ID retracts after using Update All Geometry and recomputing.

Lathe

  • Corrected an issue which caused lathe tool holders to be drawn incorrectly.

  • Corrected an issue which caused incorrect groove toolpath with some feature settings.

Mill Turn

  • Corrected an issue which caused a crash when adding a toolpath pattern to a Mill Turn job containing lathe features.

  • Corrected an issue which caused a toolpath pattern on an index system to simulate in an incorrect position.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented the user input values for the step height of jaws from being used in Mill Turn machine definitions.

 

Simulation

Simulation Standard
  • Corrected an issue which prevented the embedded simulation from resizing when the managers on the left the application were resized.

  • Corrected an issue which caused chuck and jaws to be inverted in simulation when set to a clockwise index direction.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented the middle mouse button from working in the measure function.

Posting

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  • Corrected an issue which prevented the final retract move on a front facing pocket from being output in a Mill Turn job when a Lathe Tapping operation was output before it.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented Mill and Lathe posts from outputting manual values for X,Y,Z,A,B axes entered in the MDI page.

  • Corrected an issue which caused redundant output of rotation values in some cases.

  • Corrected an issue which caused 3 Axis Deburring operations to output with inverse feed when post question 441. Multiaxis feed type was set to 3 (=INV on 4/5 Axis).

  • Corrected an issue with the profile_end_x_top_of_thread variable which was not outputting lathe tapered threads correctly.