Surface finish vertical walls

[mayday]

I have a somewhat hard time getting finish passes to work on 90 deg vert walls when there is no floor below them. i have created floors for some jobs but this current one its not working to good. I get interuped finish contour passes on it. any Ideas?

[crazy^millman]

Surface/finish/flowline all the way. If up against other walls or features sue them as a check sufracc.

 

Crazy Millman

[mayday]

I just sent it to ya Crazy

[crazy^millman]

Sorry May^day been a day from hell and back so I will take a look and send it back your way.

 

Crazy Millman

[david b]

Just a thought if the wall is vertical can you create geomertry and use it to do a contour toolpath?When i have vertical walls in my modal i normally delete them. If there is a surface on top of the vertical the toll will drop down vertical anyway.MC slows down caculating vertical walls in 3d toolpaths i believe.

 

[SledGeek]

Been burned on that one before dave

 

Depending on toolpath, if i delete wall on surface model instead of picking or using as check surf., inevitably it'll see a surface(or should i say , i will somehow pick it) behind the space and go for it.

But ,hey , that's just me maybe you have better luck with it !

[Zero]

Try setting it to roll over all edges in the advanced tab on the Finish contour parameters page. This is how I set it on all my finish contours to get uninterupted revolutions around the part (floor or no floor).

 

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MC slows down caculating vertical walls in 3d toolpaths i believe.

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I dont agree with that. I rarely work without verticle surface walls on my parts, even if I know I can get away with it. I like to see on screen exactly what I'll be getting off the machine.

 

[ 10-17-2003, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: Zero ]

[mayday]

Thanks guys, soaked up your ideas

I wound up using restmill passes and reduced the stock to leave and it did a decent contour along the verts

[mayday]

Thanks guys, soaked up your ideas

I wound up using restmill passes and reduced the stock to leave and it did a decent contour along the verts

[crazy^millman]

Hey May day you got an echo lol Sorry I couldn't get soemthing back today got this hot job that is cruching toolapth right now been about 50 minuts on this frist one. Ok just finished back to cruching.

 

Crazy Millman