surface toolpaths

[Santa Fe]

I like to speed up feed as much as I can but on 3d toolpaths when the tool gets to the end of a surface and is time to step over I don't want my machine to move .008 to do the next cut at 160ipm. Is there a way to instruct MC to do the step over at say 30imp instead of 160imp?

 

Some times I run surfaces at 300imp and I certanly don't want the step over at the same speed for acuracy reasons.

[Ocean Lacky™]

what kind of toolpath? if your using a parallel or high speed raster, there's an option to put a loop at the transition. It's much smoother than straight line stepovers.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Are you using a high speed machine?

 

My high speed servos slow down at the transitions

you describe. (for most paths and softwares)

 

using a higher surface tolerance helps like .0002

[Santa Fe]

usually the ones I have trouble with are parallel, flowline and contour.

 

Ocean Lacky

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there's an option to put a loop at the transition

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do you mean gap settings>>smooth>> or what option you mean?

 

and no our machines are not HSM they will not slow down by them selves.

[Ocean Lacky™]

Yes, Gap Settings/Smooth

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Moving .008", your machine will never get to 160IPM anyway. I would not worry about this. The Accel/deccel on the machine will take care of it.