Creating Custom Profile Tools in Mill

[jimspac]

Hello,

I am currently working in X3 MU1 and am having hit or miss results creating custom profile endmills. I have looked at the files in Mill\Tools and have tried to create along the line of how these standard tools are drawn. I have tried to use custom file or custom layer when building tools in Tool Manager.

 

 

When using Custom file, what geometry/criteria is needed to make it work? I have seen open profiles with no centerline, some with and without defining dimensions.

 

Any help here is greatly appreciated

[Guest]

Draw in Top. X+ Y+ quadrant

 

If you use a centerline it must be dashed.

 

Make sure there is a top line and that it's all trimmed together.

[Glenn Bouman]

No Splines allowed, make sure geometry is all one one level. For an easy check do an Analyze Chain and check the enitity count and make sure it matches what shows in the level manager. It is usually a stray piece that will mess it up.

[Chris In-House Solutions]

No duplicates - delete duplicates.

 

No overlapping entities - Alt + C - Findoverlap.dll

 

Make sure when you analyze the chain it starts at one end and ends at the other.

[jimspac]

Draw in Top. X+ Y+ quadrant

 

If you use a centerline it must be dashed.

 

Make sure there is a top line and that it's all trimmed together.

 

Is the actual centerline attribute not acceptable? I spent an entire afternoon trying to make this simple tool and I made more complicated tools than this one. My company is transitioning over to Siemans NX and so far it seems to have some great features along with all the complexities. I do not have the confidence to jump into programming in it yet just after basic mill and lathe training

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Custom tools work fine. Just obey the rules outlined above.