Toolpath automatically generates stock for your parts based on your Stock Settings library, and the "Rounded to Nearest" option allows you to standardize results to common bar stock dimensions.
Stock Configurations are created in the Libraries section, and applied at the Cut Config level.
To create a Stock Configuration:
- Navigate to the Libraries section.
- Go to the Stock Settings page.
- Click the orange Create Stock button to create a new Stock Configuration:
- Name the Stock Configuration by clicking on New Stock and entering the desired name. The name may define which workholding you plan to use this this stock preference.
- Enter your stock preferences:
- X OVERSIZE: The amount of extra stock outside the part bounding box in the X direction. This input is applied on both sides of the part.
- X ROUNDED TO NEAREST: The X direction rounding increment for the final stock size. In the example above, the X direction stock cut will be done with a band saw, so we round to the nearest 1/16" (0.0625").
- Y OVERSIZE: The amount of extra stock outside the part bounding box in the Y direction. This input is applied on both sides of the part.
- Y ROUNDED TO NEAREST: The Y direction rounding increment for the final stock size. In the example above, the Y direction stock is defined by common bar stock, available in 1/8" (0.125") increments.
- Z TOP OVERSIZE: The desired height from model to stock top.
- Z ROUNDED TO NEAREST: The Z direction rounding increment for the final stock size. In the example above, the Z direction stock is defined by common bar stock, available in 1/8" (0.125") increments.
- GRIP STOCK: The desired stock depth from model to stock bottom. The grip stock should equal the depth of your vise step plus your desired OP1 clearance from the bottom of your part to the top of your vise jaws.
- Click the orange Save Stock button in the upper right hand corner.
- Apply the Stock Configuration in the Overview page when creating or editing Cut Configs:
