What good is this toolpath??

[Bob W.]

I use dynamic facing on a regular basis because it can remove a huge amount of material quickly without overloading the tool (much like dynamic milling). If I am removing .050" from a work piece it will mill it with a face mill. If I am removing 1" I will use dynamic facing in one pass (with an end mill) to .01" then use a face mill. The scallops are a real PITA and I hope they resolve that soon.

[cobra95kev]

I believe they are working on it Bob. I love the dynamic toolpaths too.

[bob flat]

for the problem with small memory on the dinosaurs i believe there is a way to feed it from the pc.

[Verndog]

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I gave up on using the facemill definition a long time ago because I couldn't get it to do a 90 deg facemill with a corner radius which it still looks like it will not do.

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Yep...still true. This facemill bug has been in Mastercam for 8+ years at least . We have stairs, doors, and art now but still cannot define a 90 deg. facemill. The trick to workaround this is either use bullnose, or define the facemill as a 89 degs. with a slight difference in upper and lower dia.