Error-Regenerating Operation

[stevieboy]

Hello

Cutting a cavity that looks kinda like a PVC elbow sliced in half. Dia about 2 in. and about 4 in lenght

Surface Rough Pocket-set the cut Depths to -.700

Everything work as it should.

If I change my cut depth to anything other than

-.700

 

I get this Error....

Boundaries may not intersect,overlap,collapse,or be nested for z machining.

 

This happens, it seems like, all the time..

 

Help

[Thad]

Try filleting the entire chain (boundary) with something small, like .06 rad.

 

Thad

[stevieboy]

Ok, I'll give it a shot

Thanks

[stevieboy]

 

Tried filleting, Now I can change my cut depth

But it will only go .700 deep

I'm going to try a reboot and see what happens

Yesterday I reloaded X because of this problem

 

Give you a update in a few mins.

 

stevieboy

[DavidB]

I've seen this alot if you create a boundry from edge curves and some of the curves created are splines. Try converting the spline to curves. This has been a fix for me.

 

HTH

[stevieboy]

Ok guys it seems to be working now, But I think there is still someting wrong.

Like I said earlier, I had this problem yesterday..

And I sent this program to another computer without changing anything, and it worked fine

sent the program back to mine and the Boundary error thing again!

The funny thing is the boundry is a simple rectangle 1 in over the part.

Thanks guys for your help

[DavidB]

Check the Chaining tolerance between the 2 computors.See if theres a differance?

Yours might be set to tight?

[Thad]

It's a common problem. Do a search to see who else shares your misery.

 

The last time I ran into it, I was using a simple rectangle. I changed the depth and regenned the toolpath and I got that error. 4 straight lines...there couldn't be a simpler boundary. I filleted the corners and all was well. So far, that has always fixed it since then. Do a search for more methods of "fixing" it. I've typed them too many times already.

 

Thad

[DavidB]

Thad,still in X?

[Thad]

David,

 

Yes. It happened to a co-worker just 2 days ago. Filleting the corners worked.

 

Thad

[stevieboy]

Thad,DavidB

 

Thanks for the help!!

 

 

stevieboy

[DavidB]

Thad, Have you let CNC know about this?

[Thad]

David,

 

No, I haven't. I can't reproduce it so it seems a bit like chasing our tail. I've always been able to fix it, it's just a real pain and seems to always happen at the worst possible time. But, I can get around it.

 

Thad