advanced 5-axis toolpath help

[dgriffiths]

I am having a problem getting a 5-axis path to machine all the way to the floor of my part. I have a toolpath that looks pretty good other than it does not make enough passes down the wall. I need it to machine all the way to the floor and finish the radius at the bottom of the wall. I put the file on the ftp in the MCX2 folder called DG_MOLD. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[jerms]

dgriffiths,

 

I could not open your file. There is a "chook" called floor5axis you might try this.

[Guest]

I would use a 5 axis swarf on that instead

[crazy^millman]

Why did you grab the whole solid to drive the toolpath? Try grabbing just the walls and see if that makes a difference. I agree with John use swarf and depth of cut and will do the same thing expect better.

 

HTH

[Guest]

I placed DG_MOLD_JMP.zip in the same folder with the swarf done

[dgriffiths]

Thanks guys. John, I looked at your file, thank you. That is what I was looking for. Just for future knowledge I would also like to figure out how to accomplish this path using advanced multiaxis so I may have a few more questions coming your way. Ron, I tried selecting the drive geometry a couple of different ways with the same results. I selected the solid faces and then created surfaces from the solid and I was getting the same results both ways.

[Guest]

I also placed on the FTP DG_MOLD_MULTI.zip

 

done using the multi surface path as well

 

check out the drive surfaces, I include the lower radii, that was what helped drive it to the floor.

[dgriffiths]

Thanks again John for taking the time to help me. I have been experimenting with that myself this morning and you are correct. When I use the lower radius I am getting much better results. The multi surface paths are very powerful but with so many options I have found it frustrating finding the right combo of parameters and settings for each toolpath I am working on. Through some trail and error I think I am headed the right direction.