Details: Geometry or Cost Engine changes that likely impact Customer VPEs
The following changes may necessitate potential configuration and calibration activities - VPE testing is required. Please contact your aPriori Account Manager to plan work if you require assistance.
Complex Hole Punching: In previous releases, punching was considered infeasible for holes lying on non-planar surfaces, such as holes punched through the walls of a round tube. In this release, punching is feasible for such holes, provided they have walls that are parallel to one another. As a result, punching is now assigned to some complex holes that were previously assigned a different operation (typically, Laser Cutting). Cutting times may increase or decrease slightly (by a few seconds per hole, depending on the size and shape of the hole), compared to previous releases.
Note: This change has been backported to aPriori Professional Release 19.1.1.