TheePres
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GI, We are currently machining Alum forgings about 40" x 80". The owner of this company does come from a mold and die background though.
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I have the finished part nested inside forging model. Need to rough part using a z-level (water line?) style approach. I have been trying surface finish contour toolpath, but tool will feed down unto forging at places. Should I be using another style toolpath in X4 that would recognize forging and feed down away from it?
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Get yourself a Heli-Alu Iscar Mill. you wont need replacement inserts for quite awhile.
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During drafting creation in V9 i could hit "G" key on the fly to get to drafting globals to change setting ssuch as witness extension gap...etc.. Is there a hot-key in X4 to do same after having selected geometry to dimension?
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Got a new job now using X4, determined not to ever open V9 again. Having a problem with STL coming in at wrong orientation during verify, but when i go to xform STL to position it comes in at proper place. Am i missing something simple here?
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Would Old NoHist in FTP work on X4?
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If you see a quote with 5553...burn it and toss it before boss see's it. nasty stuff
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Sounds all awesome, perhaps by the time X6 is out i will be experimenting with these X4 toolpaths.
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I have a plate of A36 4" x 36" x 170" thats all pockets. Would peel-mill be efficient toolpath to cut pockets, or stick with high-speed pocket with trochoidal moves?
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WARNING: changing graphics view in verify window
TheePres replied to ostie01's topic in Industrial Forum
in Verify turn on "true solids"..this might help you out. -
Sorry had to laugh at this one. Would a 90 day subscription be sufficient to get X4 installed????
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Thanks GCode, So by using this format i could transform any 2-d toolpath into a 5axis movement?? Its no different than working with a rotab then!!!
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Has any of you accomplished this operation? Any tips on how to begin, would i use a construction plane normal to hole to create toolpath, then change tool plane to top and this would give me the required A and B moves?
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Im with you Crazy Mill-Man, I have been sending a few 5-axis programs out to shop now and feel that sending home for clearance stuff a bunch of bull, its lazy and a cop out. I want my toolpaths to hug the part on positioning moves and love to have the operators sweat it some and keep back end muscles tightened while setting up my jobs. The Catia programmers here use VeriCut software, but they are of no assistance in helping me intergrate this into MasterCam. Could you tell me if Vericut works with MC or only with final G-Code?
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Need some advice on how you 5-axis gurus handle adding a clearance move to a 5-axis program. Drilling at 1 end of large radius, then i would like tool to swing about radius to position for holes at opposite end. I was playing around with 5axis curve some,is this the method to use or is there a better way? File is in X3 folder 5axis-clearance.mcx.
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any advice on machining these parts?
TheePres replied to cherokeechief79's topic in Industrial Forum
This Cutter will cut 4340 like butter: Iscar HeliDo Upfeed. .06 depth of cut with .05/.06 chip load/per tooth on a 40 taper machine requires very little horsepower. -
any advice on machining these parts?
TheePres replied to cherokeechief79's topic in Industrial Forum
Cherokee, My 1st job was at place that made this type of part for the nuclear industry. With some quite a bit larger than picture shown. The thread end was cut 1st on large behemoth lathes. Then we would screw the part unto base with matching threads (with monster size wrench) and face both sides and bore hole on horizontal mill. The direction of cuts was important so as to not un-screw part from base. -
Perhaps, 5 axis swarf with 4th axis enabled
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Mike, Thank you fpr uploading program manual, i tried to google for this with no luck. MlS, you are correct that this code is writing a variable to parameters. In this case the "42" was activating a dwell time of V.1 seconds. Im thinking of just posting programs in point-to-point mode for this machine. Hoping that its just a switch in post as in V9 and not have to deal with CD's and MD's, as i am still completely baffled by the purpose of these.
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Old programs here for Cinncinati with Acramatic 950 that have following code in programs prior to drill cycles: G10=[CYP, 42, V] V.1 Anyone with any idea what this code is?
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at chain selection dialog box enable 'sync by entity' comes out nice
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Ron, I got it working..both with curve slice and project as you explained. I had not noticed the "enable solid selection" button.
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in V9 to create cross section used create curve--slice. Cant seem to get X3 to create this for me. Mastercam prompts me to select surface or curves, do i select solid at this point? or would i select curve 1st? Would someone please explain procedure..
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90-100 deg for regular thread. 120 degrees for threaded inserts.
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How to add chamfer to model? or to what dimensions do you chamfer part at machine? As a general rule, I use .01-.02 bigger than the radius of major diameter.