After you complete any portion of the verification, click the Save Model button
to store the
current simulated material stock.
Click the Pause button
,
or wait till the end of the cut simulation. Then click the Save
Model button
. A standard save dialog appears.
When you save the file SURFCAM adds a .SCMOD
extension. In any future Verification, click the Open
Model button
to retrieve files saved with the
Save Model button.
Use Save Model and Open Model when you need to repeatedly verify operations that follow other operations in the Operations Manager.
Example
You have a Planar finish operation that follows a Z Rough operation. You wish to view the Planar operation with various Step Increment values.
Verify
only the Z Rough operation, then click the
Save Model button
to save the
stock of the completed Z Rough operation.
Each
time you wish to verify the Planar operation,
first click the Open Model button
to retrieve the stock of the completed Z Rough operation.
Then verify the Planar operation.