peel mill in mcx for solidworks problem

[yestwp]

I can not find the button of "add another chain", when i chain the toolpath in the sketch.

 

it's easy to chain in the MCX version. but hard to do that in MCX FOR SOLIDWORKS.

 

does any one know how to solve the problem?

 

much thanks!

 

the attache file is mcx9 for solidworks2015.

 

peel.SLDPRT

[Machineguy]

Break the arc into 2 parts. Chain 1/2, then chain the other 1/2.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Or if you simply want the two lines (and want to avoid the semi-circle) just select them individually ... just like you did with the 1st one.

MCforSW will recognize that the two lines are disjoint and will make two chains out of them.

[AMCNitro]

Peel Mill works only 2 lines.  They have to be picked in the same direction, it doesnt use a countour.

[htm01]

choose single and pick 1 line then choose chain partial and pick line then the radius

[yestwp]

Or if you simply want the two lines (and want to avoid the semi-circle) just select them individually ... just like you did with the 1st one.

MCforSW will recognize that the two lines are disjoint and will make two chains out of them.

hi all

 

sorry for my poor english.

 

let me explain more clearly.

 

the process are as below:

 

first of all, i select the left line. mcxFORsw give me a chain1.

 

and then i select the right line. it give me a chain2. it seems everything are just fine.

 

but after i select the arc. something happen. there is no chain3, and the chain2  go away.

 

i had tried select the right line and the arc in the step 2, mxcFORsw give me the same result.

 

ok, then i  tried to put the first line in sketch1.  and put the right line and arc in sketch2.  it's no help. there is still the same result.

[yestwp]

choose single and pick 1 line then choose chain partial and pick line then the radius

thank you.

it works fine in MCX. but it doesn't work in MCXforSW. it didn't give me the correct chain.

 

i don't know why, and i can't find the solution.

[AMCNitro]

choose single and pick 1 line then choose chain partial and pick line then the radius

Learn something new every day, I did not know that

[htm01]

here's an old video on peel mill

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3v2mL3ii2Y

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

"...first of all, i select the left line. mcxFORsw give me a chain1.

and then i select the right line. it give me a chain2. it seems everything are just fine.

but after i select the arc. something happen...."

 

Once you've selected all three (the 2 lines and the arc connecting them) MCforSW sees that all 3 selections form a chain, so now it combines them into one.

I guess you could break the arc somewhere and then put a small gap at the break - then the two sides would not connect to each other.

But the chaining in MCforSW is different enough that it will always try to join connected wireframe into a chain. It is something we've been looking at improving.

[yestwp]

"...first of all, i select the left line. mcxFORsw give me a chain1.

and then i select the right line. it give me a chain2. it seems everything are just fine.

but after i select the arc. something happen...."

 

Once you've selected all three (the 2 lines and the arc connecting them) MCforSW sees that all 3 selections form a chain, so now it combines them into one.

I guess you could break the arc somewhere and then put a small gap at the break - then the two sides would not connect to each other.

But the chaining in MCforSW is different enough that it will always try to join connected wireframe into a chain. It is something we've been looking at improving

 

It's great!

 

i put a 0.01mm gap in the middle of the arc, then the MCXFORSW  give me the right chaining result.

 

 

thank you very much! 

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Happy to hear it.