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I don't see a way of doing this as of now, but I figured I'd ask anyways!
In this program I've got with 8 different WCS, they are all essentially the same tool path in different locations on a fixture. Both simulation options will run, but only chose 1 of the stock materials to load into the simulation, and it runs through the tool paths in order of top to bottom on the list of all toolpaths, which makes sense, but isn't how the program will actually run on the machine. I'll be posting the code with the "Reorder to Minimize Tool Changes" box checked, which leaves me with an ideal re-order of the tool paths.
The ability to simulate the tool path as it will run on the machine would be desirable. By having the tool paths run in the order given in the NC program output when "Reorder to Minimize Tool Changes" is selected, a greater confidence could be achieved in the G-code output.
As far as I can tell, using a 3rd party verification software is about the only way to see the code simulated in the way I've described.
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You can select the NC Program (instead of selecting the setup), and then start Simulation or Machine Simulation.

Brek Miller
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Thanks! That works great for seeing the tool paths run as they would be with that option selected!
Sadly, it still only displays one of the stock models when it runs the program instead of the stock from every setup, but I could always just add all 8 stocks to each setup, that way no matter which it picks it will always show all the stock, I believe.
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