X4 SURFACE FINISH PARALLEL

[chrisdavala]

Does anyone know how to force the toolpath to climb mill? If i let mastercam pick my start point it does climb mill, however, when i choose the start point i want it only conventional mills. Cutting angle is 90 degrees and setting that to -90 degrees doesn't change anything. Thanks for any help.

[K2csq7]

Between picking a start point and playing with the machining angle (0,90,180,270 for starters), I have never not been able to get what I was looking for.

More info is needed, a screenshot of the surface would help and the more info the better...

[chrisdavala]

Between picking a start point and playing with the machining angle (0,90,180,270 for starters), I have never not been able to get what I was looking for.

More info is needed, a screenshot of the surface would help and the more info the better...

 

I am unable to send a screenshot due to confidentiality agreements. However, it is about 10 inches wide, 5 inches long surface on about a 10 degree angle. I have to use a 1/4" b.e.m. due to corner radius constraints and the tool protrudes from the holder 2". Mastercam forces the start point at the top and climb mills down, but deflection going from top to bottom causes surface finish issues. Feeding from bottom to top still has slight deflection but since its pushing away instead of into the part surface finish is not affected.

[chrisdavala]

Between picking a start point and playing with the machining angle (0,90,180,270 for starters), I have never not been able to get what I was looking for.

More info is needed, a screenshot of the surface would help and the more info the better...

 

I am unable to send a screenshot due to confidentiality agreements. However, it is about 10 inches wide, 5 inches long surface on about a 10 degree angle. I have to use a 1/4" b.e.m. due to corner radius constraints and the tool protrudes from the holder 2". Mastercam forces the start point at the top and climb mills down, but deflection going from top to bottom causes surface finish issues. Feeding from bottom to top still has slight deflection but since its pushing away instead of into the part surface finish is not affected.

[bhayden10]

Can you use a flowline pass? They always seem to work better for me.

[MotorCityMinion]

"I am unable to send a screenshot due to confidentiality agreements."

 

Trim the surface to a plane, take a screen shot and crop the picture, post the pic, and you haven't broken the agreement. We won't tell.

 

It's very easy to make up a extremely close representation of what your trying to accomplish without breaking any confidentiality agreements. Trust me, lol, the parallel tool path isn't that confidential.

 

Anyway, pick your start point at the other end of the surfaces, you have four corners to work with, and play with the 0, 90, 180, 270 settings.

[K2csq7]

Trust me, lol, the parallel tool path isn't that confidential.

 

What???? Others know!!!!!!!!!!!

[Redfire427]

Just use the HST raster toolpath and call it a day.

 

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