surfaces

[BOATDUDEGUY]

im having trouble machining this because it appears to be going over all surfaces, including the bottom, and wiping out the part completely

 

how can I import it and and get only the surfaces I need

 

I can get a stl igs or dxf

 

igs seems to be best but there are surfaces at the bottom that don't need to be machined

 

any and all advice is appreciated

[BOATDUDEGUY]

works ok with the top surface alone

 

then did one of the bottom surfaces and it wants to cut through instead of indexing

[Jayson Kramer]

Share your file sir are you making a ring in a rotary axis?

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Share your file sir are you making a ring in a rotary axis?

 

yes

it won't let me upload it

[crazy^millman]

Can you take just the surfaces you need and use the create/surface/trim/to curves using the boundary for what you want from the top view? I do this a lot when I am doing multi axis work. Trim the surfaces to the area I want then program from there. Then if it repeats then I just transfrom rotate. Also look to your depth limits they will help you stay in a zone to machine in.

 

HTH

 

Happy New Year

[BOATDUDEGUY]

o looks like I can upload it

 

I couldn't get the trim to surface to work either

133.MCX

[crazy^millman]

Well what version of Mastercam are you using? I am on X7 and could go back to X6, but looking at the extension you are pre X5 so I can make up a bunch of stuff, but unless you are up to date not going ot do you much help.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Ya its x4

[crazy^millman]

I looked at the file and each one of the sections are surface bodies and you can pick them and separate them out to levels and then work from there. Pretty straight forward can make a check surface out of cylinder to keep the tool from going through if you want.

[Jayson Kramer]

is this what you are trying to get. this is just a finish path ran at top then copied and set the new plane 3 times.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

is this what you are trying to get. this is just a finish path ran at top then copied and set the new plane 3 times.

 

that was the end result i was looking for, i would not have thought you would have to do that though, the copying and setting new planes, it wont do 4 axis simultaneous ? or is that alot more work than what you did there

[Jayson Kramer]

Sorry here if you have multiaxis you can use the rotary 4 axis for this. Notice I created a under surface to geek the tool from diving on both ways.

[BOATDUDEGUY]

Sorry here if you have multiaxis you can use the rotary 4 axis for this. Notice I created a under surface to geek the tool from diving on both ways.

 

ya when crazy mill man suggest that id never heard of a check surface, but i get it

but thats what my intent was to do it on a 4th just like that pic shows

[Jayson Kramer]

So you know I did not use it a check surfaces as I did not want the tool to keep jumping out of the path. So I used it as a drive surface for such small detail.

I do not have X4 installed or I would save the files and given them to you.

[crazy^millman]

Do like Jay has suggested and you should be done in no time. I cannot even load X4 on my box being it is a 64 bit system so why I could not help you there either.