X3 advance 5 axis question burning the midnight oil

[ERIC14779]

Utility tab

 

Smooth surface normals...

 

This is used if you get jerky motion between surfaces Right ????

 

OK I checked it and entered 1 for a value

 

did not seem to do anything should it be less than 1 or more than 1

 

I am working in Inches and the area that I am cutting is about 3" x 3"

 

hope someone is working late tonight

[Bruce Caulley]

Eric,

A bit busy, but I can probably have a look an about an hour. Any chance you could send the file to:

 

brucecaulley (at) hotmail (dot) com

[ERIC14779]

OK Bruce

 

I will send the STL stock file and the Zip to GO file with only the 2 5 axis tool paths I am having problems with.

[ERIC14779]

Bruce

 

you've got Mail !!!!

[Bruce Caulley]

Eric,

Are you just trying to finish the floor?

 

Bruce

[ERIC14779]

NO up the radius as well

 

the second 5 axis multi is a 5 axis conversion of the locked op. that does the floor it works good.

 

the problem is the first 5 axis multi... it jerks around bad. I am using a tilt curve.

[Bruce Caulley]

Ah, OK. doing a path now.

[Bruce Caulley]

Sending now.

[Bruce Caulley]

Eric,

I think I get what you were doing so I combined both ops into a single toolpath that does it all. If I didn't understand right, just let me know.

 

Bruce

[ERIC14779]

Yep thats it

 

thanks

[bmilford]

I would be interested to know what you did to make a better toolpath, I use the Advanced 5 axis toolpaths some as well.

Did you change the settings or use a different toolpath?

 

Brian

[Chipmakr]

Can one of you put the finished file on the FTP so we can see a good example of the combined paths?

[Bruce Caulley]

Up to Eric to post up the file.

[ERIC14779]

I am off the rest of this week

 

If I remember I will post the file Monday