[barnabas_collins]

Hello,
I have a question more for CAM programmers. Does anyone have any experience with the nc code simulator? Such as vericut, checkitb4, ncsimull..?
In essence, it should function as a so-called digital twin of the machine.

Such as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lazNvWOSYns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIiEc2y2O44

Does it work in practice? Is it even usable and credible?
I am interested in what are the advantages and disadvantages.

Thanks for the experience.

[deadlykitten]

hello digital twin is a fancy term for machine simulation

of couse it works, and it is not a new thing, but decades old

it was developed to help find fast possible interference positions during cutting, for complex parts, on multiaxis/complex machines; thus it helps at a level where normal aproach is too slow or complicated, thus it is not effective for simple parts where you are sure by default

for a simple lathe/miliing part, you may not need it, but for a multitasking machine like for a process that uses a turret with 15 tools, and 2nd spindle, or a 5ax doing large work ( close to travel limits ), etc, you can imediatly see that is too time consuming, and such a simulation is welcomed

also, for some motions that involves pivots/rotary axis, some stuff can not be predicted ( without good machine knowledge ), untill the machine starts moving, like the positioning sense/direction, etc, and other things

if you wish, we can talk more on this subject; can i help you with something ? kindly