5 AXIS CUT

[dforsythe]

MCX 5 MU1

 

Haas with 5axis trunion

 

 

I tried drawing two lines and projecting them around the angled surface. Then I used swarf and chained the lower and upper rail. The toolpath look terrible. The vector seem to slowly change and it is gouging in the corners. The front rad appears to have large scallops. I was wondering what a good setting for wall following method is. Any suggestions?

 

 

Thanks, Damian

[mayday]

try untrimming the surfaces first, then create a clean lower rail. The better you simplify the surfaces the better the toolpath

[dforsythe]

try untrimming the surfaces first, then create a clean lower rail. The better you simplify the surfaces the better the toolpath

 

 

Wes,

 

that is waht i did before i projected the lines.

[mayday]

whats your tool axis control set to? try lower rail or try tilt lines created at the suface intersections. if you use tilt lines, chain them from the bottom up or the ytool will come from the bottom. works backwords

 

edit. have you tried morgh between to curves? that tool path will do about anything

[Colin Gilchrist]

Swarf should do that nicely. What kind of Syncing did you use? Are there equal numbers of elements in your chains?

[dforsythe]

Swarf should do that nicely. What kind of Syncing did you use? Are there equal numbers of elements in your chains?

 

Thanks for the help guys. the sync on the chain selection was the issue. chaged to by entity and its all good.