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Rotary Surfacing help needed


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Hey Guys, Is it possible to surface the sample attached with a BEM and use 3 or 4 axis.  I've tried a few Multiaxis toolpaths "rotary", "curve", "morph between 2 curves"   When looking at my sample, the dashed green line extends to the origin so it's basically a can.   TIA  I have an HA5C rotary for this.

 

 

Rotary Help Sample.mcx-8

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Ok JP, I just moved the part to the system right side and positioned it how I want it, and changed the rotary axis in the OP to X.  Motion and toolpath, retracts look great.  I never used a rotary with my current Post and I keep getting this error:

 

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I unchecked C and B axes in the MD machine configuration.  I still get the error.  Do I need to turn a switch on in the post?  I'm using MP Master Generic 4 axis post

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Okay, I went deeper into the MD and in the config tree turned, unchecked b and c axes.  I finally got code and does this look correct?   I just posted a snippet.  From the looks of the code, it's going to have a hell of an unwind in the end, or can I set it to not?  The last rotary move is :

X-1.2402 Z1.9807 A91260.
G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90
G91 G28 Z0 ( MILL FLOWING RADIUS )
T13 M6 (  1/4 BALL ENDMILL | T: 13 | D: 13 | H: 13 | DIA: .25 )
G0 G90 G54 X.05 Y-.1 S6500 M3
G43 H13 Z5.3125
/M8
Z2.8125 A180.
Z2.4125
G1 Z2.3325 F30.
X.0231 Y-.0724 Z2.327
X.0059 Y-.038 Z2.3201
X0. Y0. Z2.3125
A181.429 F75.
A182.857
A184.286
A185.714
A187.143
A188.571
A190.
A191.429
A192.857
A194.286
A195.714
A197.143
A198.571
A200.
A201.428
A202.857
A204.286
A205.714
A207.143
A208.571
A210.
A211.5
A213.
A214.5
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