Hybrid toolpath forcing a start from top

[Smit]

Mastercam 2019

Is there a way to force a surface high speed hybrid toolpath to start at the top of a group of surfaces?

I have multiple pockets inside a large pocket. The bottoms of the internal pockets are check surfaces. I've tried every switch I could find and Mastercam alwasys wants to start the toolpath at the bottom of the pockets rather than the top.

Thanks for any input.

[huskermcdoogle]

A buddy of mine and I were playing with hybrid the other day and were wondering the same thing.  Watching...

 

[crazy^millman]

Not that I am aware of kind of the nature of the toolpath. Where I like Waterline or old school Contour.

[LA CAMmer]

"Preserve Z Passes" option under "3D Passes" didn't work? 

[Smit]

On 2/3/2020 at 2:48 PM, LA CAMmer said:

"Preserve Z Passes" option under "3D Passes" didn't work? 

That did do it, thanks for the tip!

I tried a number of different things and wound up using a waterline rather than the hybrid but that did force a tool path that started and ended where I wanted.

[LA CAMmer]

You're welcome!  Glad I could help.  I use Hybrid quite a bit and that option works pretty well for me.