5 Ax Curve Faceting...

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How do I eliminate (or lessen) faceting on a curve 5ax path? I tried filter, to no avail, and the curve following method didn't seem to help much more. Is there something else? I changed from .005 step along entity to chord distance of .001 and it didn't help I tried a filter with .001 tol. down to .0002 I am pretty positive it's in the code and not in the machine, as I have not really had issues with faceting that I couldn't get solved with code before.

 

Thanks

[DavidB]

Try the last page in the toolpath "Point Generation" and use a distance value or angle value.

[Bruce Caulley]

Try using control points. Under the point generator tab. I usually use this to remove facets if nothing else has.

 

Bruce

[HEED]

Thanks guys, I knew I could count on ya ! What is the concencous on how many control points to create ? every .005? every .05?

[HEED]

Bump it up for a new month