Finishing flat areas on a solid model

[John Giess]

I have been using 9 and X for over a year here at the college. Doing a lot with 2D and solids not much with surfaces. Have made good progress with most 3D surfacing toolpaths. One thing that I am still not clear on is how to clean up flat surfaces after I have done a rough pocket on a solid model. I usually find one way or another to get it done. Why is there no finish pocket operation? I have always wondered that... I just want to take a flat end mill and get the flat areas cleaned up fast. Do most of you use finish parallel or do you use the rough pocket and finish it in one cut?

 

It seems like when working with surfacing on solids, some of the easy things are hard to do and the hard things are easy to do. (Just my opinion)

Thanks for the help!!

John

[Guest]

Why not use a regular pocket routine to finish the pocket?

[Bruce Caulley]

Surface rough pocket with the facing tab ticked.

 

HTH

 

Bruce

[DavidB]

Surafce high speed Horizontal Area

[Thad]

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I just want to take a flat end mill and get the flat areas cleaned up fast.

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Surafce high speed Horizontal Area

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That's EXACTLY what it's for and it works great.

 

Thad

[Tim Pruett]

Surface high speed Horizontal Area is what I use.

I always struggled with this before until this new toolpath came out. Now it's a piece of cake.

[John Giess]

Did this new toolpath come out with X? I have not played with it yet. I guess I have been missing out!!

Thanks for the help

John

[DavidB]

It came out with MCX MR1 sp2

You need to have maintanence

[toolall1]

surface finish shallow

[Colin Gilchrist]

Surface High Speed Horizontal gives you seperate values for Wall and Floor stock to leave as well. Finally!!! And they added this feature to all the High Speed toolpaths for MR2.

 

-Colin

[Lee.]

Surface Finish Shallow is what I use.

[Saultspics]

Surafce high speed Horizontal Area for me.