[step-manufacturing] Please test ISO 13399 Tool Assembly functionality

[Martin Hardwick]

All,

The latest version of the STEP-NC Explorer has been enhanced to read the 
components of a tool assembly from relative addresses. As a result these 
components can be included as sub-directories in the ZIP containing a 
STEP-NC dataset.

In order to test this functionality you need to load the latest version 
of the STEP-NC Explorer (10.18) and use it to read the latest STEP-NC 
data for HARDMOLDY

ftp://www.steptools.com/private/CAM_exchange/Cycle_2/v20_HARDMOLDY.zip

This version of the data has ISO 13399 assemblies for  5 cutting tools 
in its sub-directories. The functionality is slightly slow and you 
should see a noticeable delay when you first hit the tool tab at the 
bottom left of the STEP-NC Explorer.

The delay will be reduced by implementing more intelligent caching (no 
need to read the data if the tool has already been assembled) but if 
there are still issues with the assembly code then the caching will make 
any fixes harder to resolve. Hence if you have time please try this new 
functionality and let me know if you find any issues with the new data 
load in your environment. The issues I am anticipating will happen when 
you first hit the tool tab though of course you are welcome to report 
any others that you find.

Martin Hardwick
Team Leader STEP-Manufacturing


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