5-axis routine to add to mastercam

[j.nguyen]

It would be nice of there was a 5-axis routine that looked past the edge curves of the surface and extended the U and V of the surface out with out having to create geometry to do so. Also a way to use a thick past a surfaces to drive past of near a surface. A way to control wear your tool is tangent( ring value ) would be nice as well rather then using the top of the radius and the top of the tool to be tangent.

 

Most Aerospace parts are 80 percent 3-axis and 20 percent 5-axis. It take me 20 percent to do the 3-axis work ( contouring surfacing pocketing ).However, it takes 80 percent of the time to do the 5-axis work. This is because I am constantly untrimming trimming and extending the drive part and check surfaces and creating drive curves.

 

Does anyone think this would be a Value added routine to add to the 5-axis operations. If so, I am going to put a suggestion in with qc.

 

Using X4

[tedly]

hi j.nguyen,

it seems like you are going thru a lot of trouble just to cut your parts. i am running mazak variaxis every day. i am using existing geometries. it's so rare that i ever create new geometries.

[Jim at Gentex]

j.nguyen,

 

You can extend multi-surf surface toolpaths beyond the edges in X4.

 

On the 'Surface Paths' parameter page, check the 'Extend / Trim' box, then click on the 'Extend / Trim' tab and a new window will open that allows you to specify a start and end value as either a percentage of the tool diameter, or simply a distance value.

 

Enjoy!!

[j.nguyen]

Tedly- If you are not recreating geometry to drive your parts, I must be using the operations wrong.

 

Jim- I am aware of the trim extend on the Multi surface, but is there something simular in Advanced swarf?

 

Thank you for your suggestions.

[Jim at Gentex]

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but is there something simular in Advanced swarf?

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For the swarf toolpaths there is an entry / exit option or a lead-in / lead-out option you can use, but it's not quite the same as the multisurf extend / trim feature.