Helix Bore Verify

[Brian B 74]

Anyone know how to speed up the helix bore in verify? Takes forever over here!

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

You can loosen the .stl / tool tolerance

In verify too .004 /.008 (Tool)

I leave the stl at .001

 

That's what I do

[Guest]

Also make sure you're outputting helixes

 

If not you'll get a sloooowwwwwww verify because of all the XYZ positions of the linearazation

[Brian B 74]

Tried your suggestion Tony - no change.

 

John - I am set to output helixes. Still crawls along.

 

Have had this problem for some time. Was hoping that it was something easy to fix.

[K2csq7]

Try verifying with a dummy op right before it.... (face a face that's already faced, drill a hole out in space...)

Not all the time, but often enough if I am verifying one path and it is sloooooooooooooooooow, I will add a dummy op prior and it cruises right through...

[Mic6]

Change the refresh value to 10 or 100

 

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

I run 10 / 10 on the

On the refresh

[?Mark]

The bottom line is that something has changed with one of the earlier "X" versions. In MC9 and earlier it was cruising right along. Now anytime there is a ramp move (not only helix) it comes to a crawl in comparison to what it was before.

No setting change will help much. I suspect there was a change in the way mc is doing background calculations while verifying...

[Guest]

I don't see it.

 

I just made a quick 3 tool program, with 2 helix bores with multiple passes

 

It flies

[Brian B 74]

John - can you make screen shots of your verify settings? Help to see how yours is different. I agree with Mark@PPG - something changed along the way.

[Guest]

 

[?Mark]

For me it always significantly slows down while ramping no matter how I change my settings and whether I use simple block or stl as my stock.

Even on surface high speed toolpaths it's clearly visible while ramping onto the cut...

[headhunter]

edited... Nevermind, I was in the contour ramp menu, not helix bore...

[K2csq7]

@ Mark@PPG

 

I have contour ramp toolpaths all the time, custom wcs/t/c planes stl as stock, just checked an older one... verify flies through it (X5 MU1)

[Brian B 74]

I have zero issues with the contour ramp. My issues lie with the helix bore tool path.

[Chris In-House Solutions]

Hey Brian,

 

Try setting your Arc Filter Tolerance values to 2:1 and loosen up your total tolerance value. Upon regenerating the toolpath you will notice it is smaller. That should help speed up the verification process.

[Brian B 74]

Hey Brian,

 

Try setting your Arc Filter Tolerance values to 2:1 and loosen up your total tolerance value. Upon regenerating the toolpath you will notice it is smaller. That should help speed up the verification process.

 

Are we still talking about a helix bore tool path? I don't have arc filter settings in my helix bore tool path settings. I only have output arcs.

[K2csq7]

Here is a simple helix bore zip2go, verifies in about 3 seconds.

 

See how long it takes for you to verify this.

[Brian B 74]

I don't see the mcx file in your Z2G file. Wanna try again?

[K2csq7]

Sorry, I always forget to save the file before creating the zip2go...

[Brian B 74]

Still don't see the mcx file. BUT - to recreate my toolpath draw a 1" circle. Using a 1/2 bull nose (R.125) do a .010" step down with starting at center to a depth of 1.38".

 

I am machining hardened 420ss at 55hrc using an OSG feedmill for roughing some leader pin holes. See what kind of results you get.

[Guyinthedesert]

Tried your suggestion Tony - no change.

 

John - I am set to output helixes. Still crawls along.

 

Have had this problem for some time. Was hoping that it was something easy to fix.

 

This is a problem I've always had. I did some work at a shop where they had a fairly lame computer, but with a high end Quadro video card

(don't know which model, wish I did) and the helix bore verify zoomed.

 

IMO it's all in the video card

[K2csq7]

With the .125 rad it took 61 seconds to verify.

Change to a 1/2" flat end mill and it takes 6 seconds...

[Brian B 74]

Must be a video card issue then. I am running a Quadro 2000D and to do that 1 hole takes 27 sec.

[Guest]

I am running a Quadro 2000D

 

 

Me too