Cutter Comp not successful on hole contour

[Zbuilder]

Why can't a hole be countoured on any quadrant except the one at the 3 o'clock position (start & end points of the hole creation) ?

 

Doesn't matter is you use cutter comp or not, I always get a Citter Comp Not Successful error.

 

Right-click your geometry. Right click your chain then click Start Point, then click the Dynamic Start/End button & select another quadrant.

 

If you select anywhere else then it will work but never on the other 3 quadrants.

[Guest]

Why not use circle mill, that's what it's there for and choose whatever angle to start you'd like.

[Zbuilder]

Oops, old habit mostly. Keep forgetting that there's a nice Circle Mill button now.

But this doesn't explain the error using contour. Must be a bug.

Thanks

[Guest]

It's not a bug, your settings are incorrect to allow it to happen or your tool size is to close to the cutting size, if the movement on your lead/in lead out move interferes at all you will get this error every time it is something in your setup however, no bug.

 

 

BTW, that "new" circle mill button goes back to at least V8

[Zbuilder]

My hole size is 1.156" diameter & the tool is 1/16 diameter endmill.

[Guest]

If you want to send me the file I'll tell you what it wrong but like I said it could be one of several things.

[Zbuilder]

Actuall its a 1/4" x 90° chamfer mill set to .060 diameter at the tip to keep the point .030 away from the wall of the hole.

[Zbuilder]

No, that's ok. I jsut need the use Circle Mill more often. Did you try it on your end to see if my problem repeats?

[Guest]

If you're trying to chmafer mill there is an option when using contour to set a width and depth for a chamfer, on the parameters tab look down to the left at the drop down, look for chamfer

[Zbuilder]

Can I make a request? I really like your idea of that No Hillary picture there but can you make it smaller? She's ugly as hell & I hate seeing it. :-)

[Zbuilder]

yeah but I'll just get the cutter comp error again & it won't work. Better to use Circle Mill & use extra depths & offsets because at least it works.

[Guest]

OK, here

 

code:

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N100 T1 ( 1/4 CHAMFER MILL)

M6

(MAX - Z2.)

(MIN - Z-.09)

G00 G90 G54 X.012 Y.25 S3000 M03

G43 H1 Z2.

G08 P1 (LOOK-AHEAD ON)

Z.1

G01 Z-.09 F25.

G41 D1 X-.238 F15.

G03 X-.488 Y0. I0. J-.25

X.488 I.488 J0.

X-.488 I-.488 J0.

X-.238 Y-.25 I.25 J0.

G01 G40 X.012

Z.01 F50.

G00 Z2.

G08 P0 (LOOK-AHEAD OFF)

M05

G91 G28 Z0.

G28 Y0.

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NAH, I need to get my point across

 

Just think you'll only have to suffer until she either drops out or loses.

 

Could be what.. 2 yrs

[Zbuilder]

Is that the code using contour?

[Guest]

yup

[Zbuilder]

I do have arcs set to Don't break Arcs in the Control Def setting. Maybe that does it. We like to swing them in one line. Makes it easy for the setup guy on the floor to make small changes & doesn't waste 30 minutes trying to figure thigs out.

[Guest]

30 minutes and he's a setup guy, huh?

 

Isn't that the purpose of the cutter comp so he can adjust size?

 

Don't get me started on things being driven by the some guy on the floor who doesn't know what he's doing.

 

[Zbuilder]

Oh you've worked with those guys too??? ha ha Half if it is that & one guy will purposely change things (on a 2nd or more times running of a job, in a great running program that's been saved back), just to waste time so he doesn't have to setup up too many jobs. Then he try's to brag about how many things he "had" to change to make the oprogram run or run better. Don't know why he hasn't been fired yet, but that's managments call.

[doyleg]

another thing may be to use "computer" for your offset instead of "control". I use this exclusively with the chamfer option. I have had alot of probs with using cutter comp on the chamfer (usually a gouge somewhere) so I defined my chamfer mill tool to what it actually is and then used the chamfer parameters to adjust how much of a chamfer I want.

[ToolMan184]

Thats what I do too doyleg. I use computer exclusively for chamfer mills. Never have a comp error. I also use Circle mill as John said with no problems either.

[foolsh]

did u have your cutter enter at an angle?or with a straight line entry before cutter compensation takes effect.