Stock models are temporary stock boundaries that are applied to individual features without affecting the stock. You can use a stock model to limit a toolpath boundary where a previous feature has already been machined to reduce air cutting, and save machining time.
You can create stock models from:
- Stock
- Solid
- STL file
- Some operation results:
- These 2.5D features' rough or finish operations: pocket, rectangular pocket, boss, side, chamfer, slot, step bore.
- A Z-level rough or parallel rough 3D operation
You can apply a stock model to:
- 2.5D Boss features
- 2.5D Side features
- Z-level rough
- Parallel rough
- Parallel finish
- Z-level finish
- Isoline finish
- 2D spiral
- 3D spiral
- Radial
- Flowline
- Between 2 curves
- Horizontal + vertical
- Corner remachining
- Pencil
- Swarf
- Steep and shallow