X4 smoothing

[Cuda84]

Yesterday I ran a mold cavity with the smoothing option set to best finish. Mold turned out great could not get a no polish finish with this machine without it.

 

Today when I set to best finish and close the form it reverts back to better. It will not stay on best finish. Is there something I am missing?

[peon]

I noticed that too cuda. I turn the setting to Best finish, but when I reopen the toolpath, it simply goes back to better. How do I know whether it actually generated to the best finish setting?

[peon]

Cuda, Instead of moving the vertical "surface quality" sliding bar to "best", move the horizontal "smoothing tolerance" sliding bar till the vertical sliding bar moves to "best". Seems to stick. Don't know it doesn't stick moving the vertical bar.

[Ying Jiang]

I've set my defaults to "Best".

 

Never the less, the vertical "Surface Quality" slider works for me. I just tried all three options, and they all "stick" even after restart X4.

[peon]

I restarted X4 several times yesterday and the parameters always stuck. I shut down the pc overnight and restarted this morning and noticed that the parameters won't stick anymore unless I make the adjustment as described above in this thread.

[Jim at Gentex]

Why can I not find these settings?

 

I do not see the preferences box at all.

 

I click on the 'Yes, I want to activate it' box and nothing happens. I looked in the help file and that shows the preferences box, but I am not seeing a preferences box.

 

Am I looking in the wrong place?

[peon]

In the arc filter/tolerance section, click the "refine toolpath" radio button

[RObert TImby]

First,you will have to open a fresh MC 4 in design, making sure you do not have a machine type active. Go to settings/control def/ then look in the control topics (on the left)you will see operations defaults click that metric or inch (what ever you are using)/go to 3d surface high speed and hit the plus to get the parameters and open the parameters. Go down to arc filter/ tolerance and set the tol. and surface to were you want. Hit the green check twice, but you have to make sure you save it using the save default settings first then exit out of there.

[Jim at Gentex]

Thanks guys.

 

Geez...you think they could have made it a little harder to find?

 

[/sarcasm]

 

So where is this 'preferences' box with the little slide thingys?

[peon]

They are in the surfacing toolpaths, not the 2d toolpaths

[Cuda84]

Thank's all for responding.

 

Peon, I tried that horazontal slider and that made it stick.

 

I went back to the file that I ran yesterday to check and see if it really stuck, and it seems that when I open that dialog box it jumps to the better position. If I look at the numbers below the horazontal slider they are what they should be for the best position, so it seems to be sticking until I reopen the dialog box. These files were all made in X3 and modified in X4 because the machine that automatically gives a great finish is down. I will just have to see what happens with a new X4 file.

[peon]

I'm working with X4 files and have the same problem

[Jim at Gentex]

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They are in the surfacing toolpaths, not the 2d toolpaths

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Yes, I realize that.

I open surface > finish> parallel, and I get the 'New 3D Advanced Toolpath Refinement' window.

 

The choices are

*Yes, I want to activate it. Show this dialog again.

*I've tried this feature and want to keep it. Don't show this dialog again.

*Supress this feature. Do not show this dialog again.

 

There is nothing else there.

No slide bars.

 

I click on 'Yes...' and the green check box, and it takes me to the surface parameters page. No slide bars anywhere.

[peon]

Ok, after that, then you must click on the "refine toolpath" radio button in the "arc filter/tolerance" section. There you will find all your sliders.

[Cuda84]

When creating high speed toolpaths there is a button on the (arc filter / tolerance) page. this is where you can see the slide bars.

[Jim at Gentex]

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high speed

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Got it.

 

I thought it was available for regular surfacing toolpaths which is why I was confused.

 

I will play around with it tomorrow.

[Chris Rizzo]

Those sliders at the top are really a guide to get someone up and running, it will modify all the other values underneath. It is a little mysterious how values are not sticking. I am seeing some of that myself.

[Saultspics]

Jim,

For regular surfacing toolpaths click on the total tolerance button.

[Jim at Gentex]

Thank you, Stephen!

 

That's what I wasn't seeing.

 

I will try this today.