Get zig zag back after trim toolpath

[Thee Rickster ™]

I made a waterline zig zag toolpath. trimmed it through the front planE.

 

How to I get it to rejoin the path like it was.... a zig zag waterline?

 

Cheers

Rick

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

If you mean keep the tool down after trimming, I do not think you can Rick. Trim screws up the transition moves. I would try creating a surfaces for what you are triming too, use them as drive surfaces and and you tool containment to keep your tool from cutting them.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Its to bad there wasn't' an option to join path some how as when you trim a path

you are usually always off the work piece.

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

You can try the the rest material tab in the waterline toolpath and trim to stock and that might get you what you after. Can you post a pic?

[Thee Rickster ™]

jeremy, i doubt that will work as it is separate data for an adjustable ingate in a mold.

 

Cut mold over night last night so it is history now, .....too busy to mess around any more with that one

 

I'll get back to you in Thee Circle if need be since you are the only one, who have any idea

of how to get MC to do this.

 

Cheers

Rick

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

I hear ya. Membership has it's privledges.

[Thee Rickster ™]

I should just asked you, in the first place since you help us out so much!

 

BTW, .....You know too much...fer a redneck........

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

ROR! I just had a ton of good teachers, many from this forum.

[crazy^millman]

Nope just the only one willing to answer a question about something that just does not do what it should.

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

^^^ hey look, there is one them now...^^^

[crazy^millman]

LOL how to be a crazy person I can really help in that department.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

trim toolpath is the legacy operation.

It is from the time when check surfaces not existed

Do not ecxpect it to work perfect

I would build check surfaces instead

[Guest]

I really agree with the Bear.

 

Trim Toolpath is the absolute LAST option I will use, I will find a bunch of other ways to do it if I can.

[Thee Rickster ™]

These aren't long paths, i was just hoping I could join it in one extra quick fix

 

But here is the area i was trimming the 1/2" bull 0.06 waterline, in-gate path.

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Now that i re-look at it, if I created 1 -U- shaped surface i could have probably achieve

my desired result with a flowline path.

 

3 mold a week at 60+hrs..... No TV and No Beer Make Rickey go something something.....

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1° taper from top to bottom

 

 

Cheers

Rick

[Ron Branch @ 5th Axis]

Flowline, Pencil or Surface Finish Contour.