What's New in BobCAM for Rhino V1 SP1

Introduction

The first service pack for BobCAM for Rhino V1 is now available in Italian and includes enhancements and corrections in the following areas:

 

• General

• BobART

• CAM

  • General

  • Probing

  • Mill

  • Lathe

  • Mill Turn

  • Wire EDM

  • Simulation

  • Posting

  • NC Editor

 

This update is available in the following languages:

 

• English

• Spanish

• French

• German

• Japanese

• Czech

• Portuguese

• Italian
  

Enhancements

CAM

Posting

.BCPst

• New initial position posting variables were created to allow for the use of a different coordinate output modes than the given operations coordinate mode:
  
  

  • initpos_x

  • initpos_y

  • initpos_z

  • initpos_prot

  • initpos_srot

  • initpos_trot

  • initpos_nocomp_x

  • initpos_nocomp_y

  • initpos_nocomp_z

  • initpos_nocomp_prot

  • initpos_nocomp_srot

  • initpos_nocomp_trot

  • initpos_zcomp_x

  • initpos_zcomp_y

  • initpos_zcomp_z

  • initpos_zcomp_prot

  • initpos_zcomp_srot

  • initpos_zcomp_trot

  • initpos_hybridcomp_x

  • initpos_hybridcomp_y

  • initpos_hybridcomp_z

  • initpos_hybridcomp_prot

  • initpos_hybridcomp_srot

  • initpos_hybridcomp_trot

  • initpos_tcp_x

  • initpos_tcp_y

  • initpos_tcp_z

  • initpos_tcp_prot

  • initpos_tcp_srot

  • initpos_tcp_trot

  • initpos_origintracking_x

  • initpos_origintracking_y

  • initpos_origintracking_z

  • initpos_origintracking_prot

  • initpos_origintracking_srot

  • initpos_origintracking_trot

.BCPst & .EDMpst

• Five new posting variables have been created for: 
  
  

  • document_name - outputs the document name and file extension.
    

  • document_name_no_ext -outputs the document file path and document name without the file extension.
    

  • document_name_no_ext_no_path - outputs the document name with no path or file extension.
    

  • document_name_full_path - outputs the full file path with file extension.
    

  • job_name - outputs the job name.
    

Corrections

General

• Corrected an issue which prevented CAM Tree Flyouts from converting when in metric. The values in the CAM Tree Flyout were always shown in SFM.
  

BobART

• Corrected an issue which caused the V-Carve Top of Feature value to revert to zero when the Update All Geometries was used from the Machine Setup or Job level.
  

CAM

General

• Corrected issues related to importing tools from Machining Cloud.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented pecking and fast pecking options from outputting the depth correctly for auto peck in the center drill operation.
  
  

• Updated the Multiaxis Posting page to remove First Solution / Other Solution as these have been replaced by Solution Closest to 0 and Solution not Closest to 0.
  
  

• Removed all holder associations from all tools in the default installed tool library.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the tool library from being saved unless ".mtools" or ".xml" was typed into the file name.
  
  

• Corrected an issue with the drag and drop function in the CAM Tree and BobART Tree which prevented the name of the item from being shown while dragging.
  

Probing

• Corrected an issue which showed a spindle speed for probing operations in the Setup Sheet.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the Apply to Document option in the settings dialog from affecting the Probing Machining Order being updated.
  

 

Mill

Mill Express

• Corrected an issue which caused the depths of other groups in a hole feature to revert to the depth of the first group when computed.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the drag knife toolpath to create gouges on particular geometry.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused parameters on a custom thread tool to revert to the default for that thread type.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused a gap in the Profile Finishing toolpath with certain geometry.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the Chain Start Point of a Profile Rough from being modified properly.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented stock orientation from being updated when an edge was selected to define the orientation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented retracts from working with the Max Link Gap % in some cases when using the Zig pattern on a side roughing profile.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented a new group from showing as a selectable option in a thread feature.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused drill tools with custom feeds and speeds set in the library to be set to zero when the file was reopened.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused closing the Work Offset Pattern dialog with the X at the top right to reenter into the picking dialog if the picking dialog had been previously used.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the Final Contour of the Pocket operation to be handled as a separate operation by the Machining Sequence. The Machining Sequence no longer affects the order set in the Patterns of the Pocket operation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused custom geometry on a Mill Thread tool to preview incorrectly in the Tool Crib.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the wrong tool to be selected in the tool library when filtering was used.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the entire value being highlighted when tabbing to Number of Passes in the Patterns page of the Profile Rough operation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented a negative RPM value from outputting CCW spindle command.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused an open chain when using an overlap amount on a profile.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented retracts between hole groups from being applied properly when changes to existing hole features would modify the existing hole groups.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the Apply to Document option in the settings dialog from affecting the Probing Machining Order being updated.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused an incorrect final depth to be used for a Chamfer Mill operation when using the Passes Sort by option with multiple depths.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the Profile Rough Pattern from being updated from a Side Rough, once the operation was computed using that pattern.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the software to crash when attempting to run Hole Recognition without a knowledge base template in the BobCAD-CAM Data folder.
  

 

Mill 3 Axis Pro

• Corrected an issue which caused the Ignore Holes function to handle all partial cylinders as holes to be ignored, which caused to toolpath gaps in some cases. The Ignore holes function has been disabled to prevent this for the time being.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the default metric values of the Advanced Rough's depth and stepover to be 6mm. This has been updated to default at 3mm.
  

 

Mill 3 Axis Premium

• Corrected an issue which allowed users to select tools that did not work with the Steep Shallow operation. T-Cutters, Dove Mills, Lollipops, and Barrel Mill tools are now hidden from selection.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented the keyboard shortcuts which control the view from working when geometry selection dialogs were launched from the Multiaxis Wizard and the initial creation of the feature.
  

 

Mill 5 Axis Pro

• Corrected an issue which caused the Multiaxis Roughing Tool Crib to show T-cutters, Dove Mills, and Chamfer Mills as available tools. These tools are not supported by the operation.
  

 

Lathe

• Corrected an issue which caused the metric Constant Surface Speed to be unit converted unnecessarily.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented manually placed stl lathe tool models from being found in the ...\Technology\ToolFile folder.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented system generated tools from having a label.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the chip break option to be shown in the groove operation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused incorrect toolpath for custom lathe inserts when the geometry provided for the tool tip was line segments rather than an arc.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused the software to crash after exiting the simulation when a Stock Feed operation was simulated.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused thread inserts to be saved with 80° thread angle resulting in incorrect thread height calculation in the Lathe Thread operation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue in the Turning Rough operation which caused incorrect linking of zig zag passes with particular geometry. This resulted in gaps in areas of the zig zag passes with subsequent passes running the tool over the specified depth.
  

 

Mill Turn

• Corrected an issue which caused tools to be mounted to an adapter incorrectly when the turret base point was not at Y0.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused pasted/loaded lathe features to retain the original job stock.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused grooving tools imported in the tool library to be extruded in the wrong direction in the simulation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which caused a crash when all MDI tasks were deleted and a new one was created.
  

 

Wire EDM

• Corrected an issue which caused an incorrect endpoint coordinate when attempting to calculate a zero length line with the Break arcs into quadrants post question set to y.
  
  

• Corrected an issue with the wording of the options in the Machining Order dialog. The options were listed as Individual Feature, Individual Tool Per Machine Setup, and Individual Tool. These have been corrected to Individual Feature, By Operation Type, and By Sequence.
  

 

Simulation

Simulation Standard

• Corrected an issue with several themes which caused a crash when clicking on the simulation tab while the simulation menu was hidden.
  

 

Simulation Pro

• Corrected an issue which caused Jaw Orientation 2 to revert to orientation 1 when opening simulation a second time.
  

 

Posting

.BCPst

• Corrected a rounding issue which caused the work offset value to affect the output when Origin Tracking was being used in certain cases. This has been corrected so values past eight decimals are applied as zero.
  
  

• Updated the MILL_GetOperationType() API to include the 600, 601, and 602 Probing operations.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which showed the definitions of G18 and G19 being reversed in the posting documentation.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented end of operation blocks from being called after operations created by a toolpath pattern.
  
  

• Corrected the default post processors so that mill jobs use the BC_3x_Mill.BcPst, Lathe jobs use the Single_Line.BcPst, and Mill Turn jobs use the BC_1T_1S.BcPst post. Also the Move List Coordinates of the Multiaxis Posting page all now default to Machine Compensation in Z only.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which cause n_last_rough and n_last_finish to post incorrect line sequence numbers when the sequence increment is set to a value other than 1.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented a Turning Dwell from being output when the value was less than 1.
  
  

• Corrected the output of MILL_GetArcAngleDegrees() so that it outputs the angle of arcs after they have been broken with post question 223.
  
  

 

.EDMpst

• Corrected an issue which caused a crash when posting command/ISO while breaking arcs into quadrants.
  
  

• Corrected an issue which prevented post question 218 from controlling the digits output for the program number.
  

 

NC Editor

Editor Standard

• Corrected an issue which caused a crash when launching the NC Editor from a particular files posted code.
  

 

Editor Pro

• Corrected an issue which caused double compensation to be applied when system and machine compensation were used.