The stock analysis applies colorization schemes onto the rest material which allows you to analyze the stock after following toolpath features.
Tool Number and Operation Number - The toolpath is colorized after the different tools or operations being used.
Main benefit
Identify the amount of different tools or operations being used.
Identify the area a certain tool is performing a machining (roughing, finishing etc.).
The following picture shows a machining of a bottle. The material is colorized after the different tools being used. As you can see there are four different tools (or operations) used for the machining.
Deviation - The deviation is a material offset compared to the target geometry. The color of the material changes the more or less material exists on top of the target geometry.
Main benefit
Identify the amount of the material left on the target geometry.
Identify the gouges, when too much material was removed and the target geometry is being damaged.
Identify area where a rest machining is necessary.
The following picture shows a machining of a bottle. The colorization is from green (min. material left) to blue (max. material left). You see two significant results:
Due to the step over of the machining big cusps are left on the machining surface (left side).
The tool used was too big to get into the area between the bottle neck and bottle head. A rest machining is necessary.
Height Change - The height change indicates whether the tool is ascending or descending.
Main benefit
Identify if there are plunge motions in the material. In this case the tool must be able to perform plunging.
Identify the cutting method, Zig Zag or OneWay.
The following picture shows a machining of a male formed part. The colorization is red (for plunging) and blue (for retracting). The machining is OneWay, starting from one side going to the other side.
Orientation Change - The material is colorized after the orientation change of the machines rotation axis.
Main benefit
Identify the rotation speed range being used.
Identify under which rotation speed a certain area is machined.
The rotation speed gives feed back where machine speed limits are reached and where you can expect stability issues of the process which influences the final surface quality.
The following picture shows a machining of a turbine blade. The colorization is from blue (low rotation speed) to orange (high rotation speed). You see that especially in the small corner radius the orientation speed is high. The quality in this area could suffer.
Toolpath Length - The toolpath length indicates the length of the toolpath segments.
Main benefit
Identify if the toolpath points are equally distributed on the workpiece. A constant distribution generally is better for the machining process and stability.
The following picture shows a machining of a bottle. You see that the toolpath length varies in certain areas. The toolpath points are not equally distributed.
Mark Parts - The part is colorized into chips which have been separated from the main part.
Main benefit
Identify the chips which result after the machining.
The following picture shows the part after machining. It is divided into two parts now.
