When you encounter a situation where you have a custom shaped stock it is possible to use a Solid to define the shape of the stock.
An example of this is if you have a cast/extruded part and have the model of the cast/extrusion that you can import to use as the stock shape.
The Solid has to be imported into the FeatureCAM document first as follows:
- Click File > Import.
- Navigate to the folder with the solid model then select it.
- Click Open and model will now be listed under Solids in the Part View.
To set the imported model as custom stock:
- Open up the Stock Properties.
- Set the stock shape as User Defined.
- Click Stock Solid.
- Select the recently imported solid to define the stock.
- Click OK and Apply.
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