Im playing with swarf again.

[cncasylum]

I have this block that needs 2_ 45's put on the underside. When I post I'm  trying to make it park A and C and mill with X. Instead I get XZ or C and X moves. Could some one take a look when you get a second. It works but.. would like to keep it simple.

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[So not a Guru]

Create planes & use contour?

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[PAnderson]

I changed your swarf to 3 axis in tool axis control and created a new plane for each swarf toolpath you have. This drives a table rotation and depending on the output, G43.4 or G68.2 will give you a basically, 3 axis toolpath with A and C locked. A lot depends on your post. Me? I would have just used a CONTOUR toolpath with the same two planes driving the tilt. This should output G68.2, which for 3 axis toolpaths is prefferable.

 

Paul

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9 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

Create planes & use contour?

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Ahhhh, you beat me to it.

[cncasylum]

Great thanks guys. I guess I was try do build without creating a plane and let the 5 axis toolpath take care of it. Live to learn another day

[PAnderson]

46 minutes ago, cncasylum said:

Great thanks guys. I guess I was try do build without creating a plane and let the 5 axis toolpath take care of it. Live to learn another day

Nothing wrong with that either. You would only have to live with the output you had though. It would still work, just in a different way.

 

Paul