Must sync sharp corners

[tgunkel]

Can some help me? What is mastercam looking for when machining swarf 5 axis and I get an sync sharp corner message?

[MLS]

Basically if it the cutter has to generate a sharp corner then the vector of the cutter in the toolpath has to match the vector of the edge when it cuts around it.

 

Depending on what geometry you are driving and preference, there are different ways to sync the upper and lower control curves.

 

I prefer to use wireframe upper and lower control curves with the same number of entities in each chain then use the sync by entity option. I spend quite a bit of time making sure my geometry is clean though using this method.

[tgunkel]

I converted my top and bottom rails to spines and connected the two with some vert lines then picked the option to sync the chains with branch points and got it to run.

 

I would like to take credit for figuring this on my own but MK at prism rocks

LOL

[Superman]

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I converted my top and bottom rails to spines and connected the two with some vert lines then picked the option to sync the chains with branch points and got it to run.

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I do similar, wireframe bottom then top, with sync "By Branch" ,at where I want the tool axis to lay along ( ie before and arter a corner or rad ) # of entities do not have to be identical