5 axis Drill Help

[TeccBoxx]

Doing my first five axis work, and I am stuck.. All I am trying to do is drill 8 holes all at different angles. I got a toolpath put my cutter is upside down, not sure if it is the post I am using or not.

 

I uploaded a file in the mcx_mr2 folder and it is named 5axisdrill.mcx.

 

I was wondering if someone can explain on what I am doing wrong.

 

Thanks

[deckerc]

how are you selecting your geometry? If you're using points and lines, your points should be only at the bottom of the lines. In V9 we had problems if our holes were vertical (3 axis) it would try to do them upside down, so we would seperate the 3 axis holes from the 5 axis holes.

 

can't look at your file right. I'm blocked from the ftp at work.

[TeccBoxx]

Thanks for the look, I am selecting point and lines, however I tried selecting the bottom of the point then the line and vise versa, both times the cutter cuts upside down. I know it is porbably something I am doing wrong though.

[deckerc]

You might need to select the line from the other end. when selecting the line there should be a direction arrow that shows up. try to get that arrow to go the other way by selecting the other end of the line.

[MLS]

We create point and lines with the line along the tool axis in a positive vector direction from the surface. The point HAS to be on the end of the line. When we select the geometry, we set it to points/lines and select the point only, the system will recognize the line.

 

Can't get to the FTP site, but I hope this helps.

[TeccBoxx]

Ahh that did it, awesome

 

Thanks a bunch you made my day