Stock material for milling.

[ganesh.borikarEG37D]

Where to define material of work/stock for milling operation?

[FrodoLoggins]

1: Select the Manufacture workspace

2: Create a new setup

3: Click the stock tab in the dialogue box that pops up

4: Select what kind of stock you want

EDIT: To select what work model the setup references:

[ganesh.borikarEG37D]

There is no option to select the type of material (stock) e.g. Aluminum,
Stainless steel, Cast Iron, Copper in the Stock tab as mentioned through
mail.

Thanks and Regards,
Prof. Ganesh Borikar

[engineguy]

@ganesh.borikarEG37D 

You would select your Material in the Design mode by selecting a "Body" and assigning a Material to that "Body" only, so you can select different materials for different parts of your Model, eg, a Brass bush in a Steel holder 🙂 🙂

[ganesh.borikarEG37D]

Dear sir,
It can be given in design.
But practically stock material options need to be in Manufacturing. Which
is not available there.

Thanks and regards,

Prof. Ganesh Borikar,
Pune, India.

[engineguy]

@ganesh.borikarEG37D 

If that was the case then you would be working in reverse, first thing to setup would always be the Material at the start of the Project, this is usual Industry Standard Practice along with selecting Tooling for the job, I have used several different softwares over many years and that is the accepted way, I would never consider going to Manufacture a job before assigning a Material for it, that would be just silly, which is why the options for Material and Appearance are in the Design area 🙂 🙂 🙂

[johnswetz1982]

You are only setting the stock geometry in the manufacture tab.

You do not set the material because that has ZERO need or effect for the calculating of the machining operations. You also have no need to set in the design environment either. The only reason to do so is either for the visual appearance on screen or if you are doing simulations with the parts were you need the physical properties of the material, i.e. tensile strength, compressive strength, poisons ratio, etc.  

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

As @johnswetz1982 has pointed out, setting Material (whether that's in Design or eventually in MFG) has zero effect on anything, the toolpath does not adjust for differing materials. Now, there could come a point where cutting parameters adjust due to the given material, but that's nothing more than an idea jotted down on some digital whiteboard somewhere in our archive.

[ganesh.borikarEG37D]

Yes sir,

I got the clarification.

Many Thanks.

Thanks and Regards,

Ganesh Borikar