Stock Recognition

[mayday]

so when will this be added. I would hope the near future. in keeping up with the Jones's I had hoped it was in X. Is there a better way to teach surf ruff pocketing where the stock really is? we make some custom parts that are solid machined from bar stock that I have to tilt at an angle to begin the ruffing operation. cutting air dont pay all that well

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

Wes,

But it cuts fairly well lol.

How ya been, hope all is going well.

[mayday]

been good Don, waiting impaitently for warm sunny days. its been crud around MI lately.

[chris m]

I was hoping for that as well, Wes. We mill castings and pre-machined parts all the time and it can be time consuming toolpathing them to minimize air cutting. Machining air at 6 IPM is no fun.

 

C

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...7505;p=2#000078

[Thad]

Hijack

 

Chris, What kinda material are you cutting at 6 IPM?

 

/Hijack

 

 

Thad

[mayday]

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What kinda material are you cutting at 6 IPM

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AIR, Thad. I have found 3-4 IPM is easier on the machines and you dont need coolant

[chris m]

We have some jobs with little tools hanging out a mile in 17-4PH at 36Rc that can get going pretty slow...

 

Even 40IPM in air gets me reaching for the feed override

[beej]

Sometimes I make an STL file from my solid model and use that stl file in restmill for my stock. You can translate it or rotate it. It seems that if your machining castings this would be extremely useful. All you have to do is translate the stl file up the amount of your machine stock and put a restmill path to it.

[Greg Williams]

Beej,

 

That is a good recomendation but as mayday said Mastercam is well behind the jones on this one and to be honest it is a major problem that needs to be looked at

[Gary]

Yep the guys around us are switching to work nc for surface machining like nobody's business. It is pretty slick. The main reason is stock recognition. Cutting molds it would save alot of time when having to tilt cores ect to get to all the sides.

[mayday]

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switching to work nc for surface machining

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I've seen it too (Slick is correct.)

work around nc, (OOPS) MCX preceeded a lot of things that needed fixing that would have outsold a new GUI

[Greg Williams]

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switching to work nc for surface machining

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Now that particular piece of code has an interface that makes Mastercam 9.1 look like the latest and greatest. I am not even sure that it is 32 bit.

I am guessing that all of there effort goes into the internals not the GUI.

 

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work around nc, (OOPS) MCX

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I agree with you mayday CNC dropped the ball on this one. stock recognition is a must have for castings and parts with previous machining op's

[beej]

I want it to in the worst way. I was just trying to give Mayday a work around till we get the real thing.

[Greg Williams]

Beej,

 

Sorry to sound ungreatful that was not my intention. Thanks for your input.

[Guest]

Stock recognition and being able to link geometry between files and levels. THAT is where it's at.

 

For all of UG's faults, that ability is nice.

 

To be able to take a part from rough stock to finished product, thru any number of manufacturing process and still have all the bodies linked. Make a change on a lower lever one and all the upper ones update.

 

 

This is something I hope CNC works towards.

[chris m]

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To be able to take a part from rough stock to finished product, thru any number of manufacturing process and still have all the bodies linked. Make a change on a lower lever one and all the upper ones update.

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Right on with that, John

 

The lathe stock recognition works pretty well, hopefully milling is on the way...