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Are you picking the surfaces that you want to machine as flowline surfaces? Well, thats not the case how you should do. You need to create a driving flowline surface (Inside or Outside your port, what ever the case may be) and this surface will direct your toolpath pattern.
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Seems like you need to have a surface model of the shell and do a 3D project with the cutter you intend to cut. Then save to toolpath as geometry.Then after that use that geometry and do a 3D contour Operation.
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Xactly what Mr M said.
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Solid Works can translate exact model with facets as triangulated in the stl.
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http://www.klubersolutions.com/pdfs/Tribol...t_Selection.pdf
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I used Kluber ( Made in Germany) A Very expensive! grease for our Japanese HSM Center. It is made to overcome such situations. I never greased my machine as recommended by the manufacturer( which recomends couple of weeks or so many thousand hours). Rather I pumped little every few days depending how I used my machine. My work envelope was proportionally small and long cycle time. On some situations I have even pumped grease during machining of my part. Today reading your problem I exactly realised that I could foresee and I can say why I did this to my machine.
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In SurfCam u can copy toolpath/s from one session and instantly paste in other session. Mastercams Software engineeers should be able to do this I suppose if they want.
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Id say 150-200SFPM
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Copy the same toolpath and turn the ramp option ON. (Look near the bottom left corner)
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There is the basic color pallet but the 256 Color pallet gives more colors/shades. Do your own exercise , pick and practice the available colors. You'll develop a taste for few and they will become your favourites. You can also customize shades and store them. Customize tab is on top. Colors that I dont use in Geometry:- Red-Its a MC change color Yellow-Its a selection color, Rapid color Purple-Its a MC change color White-Its higlight color Black-Screen background Every color is customizable though in your config.
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Never had trouble detecting arrow,however advise not to use green and red colors in your geometry - which happens to be arrow colors I suppose..
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During backplot you can tick the option to simulate rotary.
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You can switch these lines off from your config file (same as f9) and use the grid instead. Grid is visible with your current WCS where ever it goes. WCS axis marker is another little good idea.
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What Gaijin said about softwares supporting it. It is similar to posting a 5 axis simult program without TCP active in the machine , where the CAM system and post takes into account pivot point and outputs pure xyzac for the repective machine to read and run. Its possible thru CAM system, no doubt.
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B Axis contouring! It has to be a function in the machine.
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Misc Integers can do it. Ask your post guy to do for you.
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What I mentioned gives you continous spiral move,starting 2" circle and ending 2.5" circle. No air move in the middle. No Trimming required. Hope you tried.
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Kunfuzed, It is possible with the same circle mill you talked about. With 3/8th cutter for eg. Rough Tab=tick Step over=10% Helical Min R 100% Max R 200% XY 0.008" Z 0.010" ( play with these numbers to get what u want for ur need) In the first parameter page, do not need to tick start from center.
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Thanks CAMmer, Seems this feature is new with X3 or X4? because X2 does'nt show this. I'll have a look though.
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U are not using computer/wear/control. Use Centre as u are using already. XY allowance should work for you. Mention Left or Right what ever side u want to offset. Thats MarkV said so.
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To GCode ""Purge? How do we do that in MC? Where is the command? "" ""right click in the Level Manager"" Still cant find this "Purge " thingy!! Can any one suggest about this command, where to find in MC.
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Solid works can do it.
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"Opened in x4 (just loaded) same thing. Purged - still there." Purge? How do we do that in MC? Where is he command?
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"" A bad design is a bad design. I would prefer a good design than getting used to something less.... "" Very wise statement!!
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May be check your config file and check your autosave file path . May be auto save is happenning and you may be unaware. Have a look.