Can it be done in Mastercam

[connormac]

I will try to make this fast.

Deep drawn round can welded onto an flange. Have to drill and spotface can side of flange. We have found we get less marking on side of can if we drop down away from the side of the can. Move to position. drill and spot face. move away from side of can then retract Z. Is there to get MAstercam to move to position before and after a cycle without having to write it in long hand???

[Guest]

point tool path

[connormac]

How do you use it.

[Mike S @ S4A]

Create the points where ya wanta go...then chain 'em in an op inserted before your drilling... tool goes there first, eh?

[MLS]

I am not sure if you need this much control in this situation(4 or 5 axis?), but we use Curve 5-axis with lines for tool vectors(no comp and no retract) to control the exact motion of the tip and orientation of the tool in many situations.

[Guest]

Kyle,

 

Did you get this done?

 

Check yer mail - bad email addy, just kicked back to me

 

plus it is up on my FTP

 

point path.mcx if any one else is interested

 

[ 06-14-2008, 10:05 AM: Message edited by: JParis@CNC Programming Solutions® ]

[connormac]

Thanks John I will look at it this weekend. I don't know what is wrong with email I hate TW Road Runner!!

[connormac]

Thank you for all your help,John

Yes that is just what I wanted. But now I need to figure out how you did it. You had 4 points, a point tool path, a locked contour path, a drill cycle and a contour path that wasn't locked. Which points did you use for your point path.( is there a way to tell?) It looks like the locked path from Z0 to Z-3.5( sorry I'm doing this from memory I can't get on your FTP site from work). I know the drill path but don't know about the last contour path. It posted out great but I kneed to be able to duplicate it for 5 holes with 3 diffrent tools.

[Guest]

I used the point path to get to the TOP point, I then used a 3D contour, the 2 lines, to get down and then move in, I then did the drill, then used the 3D contour to move away and retract up.

 

The locked path, I used the tool path editor to remove the clearance and retract move from it, so it just stayed down and went into the drill cycle.

 

drop me an email at

 

jp at s4a dot us

 

and I'll email it if you'd like