When I use material properties to analyze a part, I get this envelope around the part. Is the a way to capture the elements or the dimensions from this envelope to use for stock size?
I think there is a script already written to do this and it is included with the default installation of V5. I could be wrong but I thought I've come across it before.
I'll have to look for it again myself but try doing a search in your install directory for .catvbs or CATScript. I think it was in either a scripts folder or a manufacturing folder.