Circle Toolpath Problem

[G Caputo]

Hi all,

 

I had a little problem with this function today and just wanted to share to maybe help someone avoid the same problem I had. I had a 1-3/4" counterbore that was 3-1/2" deep in a drilled hole. I used and 1-3/4" carbide indexable drill and drilled .005" away from the finished depth. Then I used the circle mill function to make the bottom of the hole flat with an indexable apft cutter. I picked my center point using the manual point entry with only the solid visible on the screen. I entered 1.75" in the circle diamter box, and it cut a 1-7/8" diameter hole. The toolpath was associated with the size of the chamfer at the top and it didn't matter what was put in the prompt. Called my reseller and he said he would report it, but just wanted to let others be aware so that it doesn't happen to them.

 

Greg

[mayday]

We had the same OOPS.

What I do is let the cursor find the center of the hole instead of clicking on the arc. seems to work good that way