solid turning

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Do I have to create a 2d cross section to be able to turn the profile, id groove etc, if a model imported does not have the wireframe?

 

[cadman2112]

Create >> Turn Profile

 

 

[BOATDUDEGUY]

O ya that worked great thanks

 

Now another thing ive been told you can turn and then mill Program in one file.

So if 8 were to turn a part, how would I go about milling, , wouldnt I need to oriente my model for milling, , wouldnt the lathe construction lines be in the way? Or should I give them all different levels so o can hide them,

Im jist trying to understand this bettwr

 

Mind my spelling, I usually post from my phone and dont think ill ever get used to the touch screen phones, this is my first "SMART PHONE" the note 2

[cadman2112]

Nope, create a new WCS for your Milling origins and program on them, this moves the WCS to the part instead of moving the geometry to the origin.

 

The caveat, if it have a 4 axis simul rotary axis cuts, I will do those in a separate file. 4th axis simultaneous and created WCS origins don't play well together. If it is however just 2 and 3 axis ops, all int he same file using the WCS

 

hth

[BOATDUDEGUY]

I got cha thanks again

[cadman2112]

Here's a video Jay did if you're unsure on using the WCS system

 

http://www.emasterca...164#entry803845

[Jayson Kramer]

Do I have to create a 2d cross section to be able to turn the profile, id groove etc, if a model imported does not have the wireframe?

Did you also try picking the solid chain option to see if you got the profile?

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Did you also try picking the solid chain option to see if you got the profile?

 

Yes that was wat I tried first

[cadman2112]

I feel that solid chaining in lathe is really only good for the most simplistic geometry.

 

Beyond that it falls down.

 

I have always just relied on chaining in lathe because it gives me much greater flexibility and toolpath control

[Jayson Kramer]

I agree chaining solids on lathe are for simple profiles that do not have interrupted profiles from say side windows and so on.

That is one of the biggest reasons for the Turn Profile option.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Okay ive had this problemin the past and dont remember the solution or why it happens

 

The one with the radius I did the turn profile

And tells me tool will collide with stock

 

Well the other one with the angle I do the same thing but I get no collision alarm

I would upload the files but cannot at this moment will soon as I can

 

It rapids down to x0 when the canned cycle starts for some reason

And this happens all the time with a part that has a good size radius at the front

[BOATDUDEGUY]

O ya I forgot for some reason I cannot upload the x6 hle file wth?

[Jayson Kramer]

Save the file then zip it and upload but not all will be able to review. I can and will.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Im not really sure on how to do this so let me know if they are not in there

but backplot them the one with the radius is where the problems come in and the other i did the same thing and no problem

T1.zip

[RayD]

Im not really sure on how to do this so let me know if they are not in there

but backplot them the one with the radius is where the problems come in and the other i did the same thing and no problem

 

You have 0.01 defined as stock to leave on Z,and Clearance of Z set to 0, technically a .01 crash. Set Z clearance to 0.01+ to get rid or warning.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

 

 

You have 0.01 defined as stock to leave on Z,and Clearance of Z set to 0, technically a .01 crash. Set Z clearance to 0.01+ to get rid or warning.

 

Just finally got around to this again today

Ya that was it thanks alot that bugged me for so long