V9.1 Toolpath regen killing me

[savagkd]

I know it's a dead horse, but. I have a simple hemispherical mold cavity. Solid primitive block with a primitive sphere booleaned out of the top.

 

Surface Finish Flowline, with .00015 total tol. at 2:1. Scallop Height .0015

 

It takes 1.5 hrs to regen the toolpath! the run time is only 30 min.

 

Windoze XP SP2

 

Mem allocations are:

20,000

64,000

500

256,000

256,000

 

Is this normal for the tight tol. or is there a known conflict with one of the windows updates I.S. keeps force feeding us on a weekly basis?

 

Please help.

 

Thanks,

 

Keith

[Steve Zirtzman]

savagkd,

When you are regenerating this toolpath how much Total memory is your computer using in the Commit Charge section of Windows Task Manager.

 

How much Physical Memory does your computer have installed?

[savagkd]

Total: 416400

Limit: 2520656

Peak: 480280

[savagkd]

2 gig physical mem.

[htm01]

i noticed with regen (v.9) that if you zoom way out that it will go faster

[Steve Zirtzman]

savagkd,

Can you upload the file to cadcam's FTP Site?

[Thad]

V9 will also regen faster if you move your mouse out of the graphics window.

 

Thad

[Guest]

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V9 will also regen faster if you move your mouse out of the graphics window

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A rain dance and a sacrifice might not be bad ideas as well

 

[savagkd]

Thanks John, I'll have to try that!!!

[savagkd]

It's on the FTP. MC9 files/kds.mc9

 

Thanks

 

Keith

[Hardmill]

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A rain dance and a sacrifice might not be bad ideas as well

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Anyone seen Storkman ??

 

 

PEACE

[JG]

savagkd,

I don't have a answer but if you turn gouge protection off it calculates in seconds.

 

Jg

[smokey_44]

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A rain dance and a sacrifice might not be bad ideas as well

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LOL ,I have seen that problem to Thad , Its a little wacked but true, John I neeeded a good laugh today and you just provided that 2 me ...Thanks so much ...

 

 

Dave Ferraro

[Ralph@Faustson]

Keith,

If you can try using Ver9.1 Sp2 without any mr's.. as in mr0105..I've found Ver9.1 MRs' slowed down MC considerably as in 20 to 1 on some toolpaths.

[savagkd]

JG, Thanks, That's the ticket.

 

Thank you all for the help. Once again the forum comes through.

 

Keith

[Steve Zirtzman]

JG,

Good eye you got there!

[Guest]

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John I neeeded a good laugh today and you just provided that 2 me ...Thanks so much ...

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Glad I could help Dave

 

[Thad]

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I don't have a answer but if you turn gouge protection off it calculates in seconds.

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JG, Thanks, That's the ticket.

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Keith, watch out...your program might gouge.

 

Thad

[savagkd]

Thad, We ran Verify with collision check and STL Compare. Then ran the mold. All is good! Thanks.

 

Keith

[terry5357]

I don't understand why you have your scallop heigth and your checking to 1 1/2 tenths. That is your problem right there, with a half ball a .005 step over will giv you as good a finish as you would need. also the checking does not need to be any less than .025 an such a consitant surface. That my friend is what's taking so long

[Mcam Nut]

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with a half ball a .005 step over will giv you as good a finish as you would need

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He has a scallop height of .00015 not a stepover. if he had a scallop height of .005 it would look like crap, i would think thet that scallop height he is using would probally work out to be between .003-.005 stepover.