David Colin
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lathe boring bar insert orientation
David Colin replied to cherokeechief79's topic in Industrial Forum
You can't do it with 2D parameters but you can easily make a custom tool as explained above. With 2020 you also can make a custom 3D tool easily if you can download your boring bar model on manufacturer website. I guess this is something like this one from mitsubishi https://www.mitsubishicarbide.net/mmus/enus/boring/10000612/20055774 -
Mastercam 2020 lock on arc,point,ect
David Colin replied to Born to machine's topic in Industrial Forum
You also may activate hotkeys in autocursor settings then just press 'C' key to only select arc centers. -
I used "net" surface creation
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Hi, I offset a few original model surfaces, create edge curves then make splines which will be pattern surfaces edges. Then surface creation from wireframe. This can be a lot of work...
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If you have a multiaxis machine you should go with it. ModuleWorks toolpaths have more control on toolpaths (lead-in/out, collision) and you should give them a try. Here is your file modified with a legacy multi-surface toolpath showing what i tried to explain about pattern surface. Surface_test.mcam
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With that toolpath i think you will need to create a cleaner and simpler 'pattern surfaces' for your tool axis control then compensate your tool tip on your model surfaces. However your condition 'that the tool is always positioned perpendicular to the surface' will be approximate...
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You should give more info on toolpath type you need to apply (3axis?which toolplane? 5axis? what tooling?) One thing that jumped out at me is that a few surfaces normals are reversed and that probably causes issues to your toolpath.
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I guess you already looked at mastercam events log after startup and there is not error... I have no idea where to look for and i know that can be a difficult task to track what is wrong.
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My hardware seat is a few years old and not state-of-the-art (Xeon [email protected]/32Gb/SSD/K4200). However, 2020 cold launch time is below 30 secs (a 2nd launch around 20secs). Sure, 2019 is a little faster to launch (20sec/15sec) though. Perhaps there is an issue with a specific Mastercam start task that is slowing down (nethasp/custom menus) and should be investigated
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Today I tried my Spacepilot on a windows 10 seat with no luck. I also asked for a brand new Spacepilot enterprise to IT. Christmas is almost there but...^^
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I tried a few ones (10.5 and 10.6) and my Spacepilot doesn't work at all in Windows 7 10.4 is not officially supported but it's OK... except with Vericut 9
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That s what told me Cgtech support but my issue is that last drivers (above 10.4) doesn't work with spacepilot which is a discontinued product. Looks like I need to buy a brand new 3D connexion hardware even if mine still working great with Mastercam.
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I can't make my 'discontinued' Spacepilot work with Vericut V9... Anyone knows what to try? I'm using 3DxWare 10.4.3 driver which is the last working release.
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Workspace file name is "mastercam.workspace".
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i'm looking for adapters KM63XMZ to Capto C6 or C5. Anyone knows if that thing exists?
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Undercut with a T-Slot Cutter Overcuts the Bottom Level
David Colin replied to zachlancy's topic in Industrial Forum
You can compensate on floor OR ceiling but not both in one operation. -
Toolpath for machining a fillet without a form tool?
David Colin replied to average_jonny's topic in Industrial Forum
I've never seen that either. I still wonder how and why this is working! -
Damned... i'm still waiting for my V9 license ^^ I can play with Reviewer though...
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It looks like Vericut 9 is released
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There are some valuable info on Sandvik website about turn milling https://www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-gb/knowledge/milling/pages/turn-milling.aspx They also have available carbide cutters with ground flat (R216.T4)
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How to view more tool info in Tool Selection window
David Colin replied to Tinger's topic in Industrial Forum
I'm afraid that's all that can be displayed for now. And i'd like to display other fields too...- 1 reply
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Toolpath for machining a fillet without a form tool?
David Colin replied to average_jonny's topic in Industrial Forum
Here is zip file Test_piece2-mod.zip -
Toolpath for machining a fillet without a form tool?
David Colin replied to average_jonny's topic in Industrial Forum
You should try Morph toolpath if you have it Test_piece2-mod.rar -
I always programmed leading edge. 3D tools can be easily set that way compare to standard 2D tool parametric and backplot correctly.
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Hi Colin, thank you for the extra info. This is a 2x lathe without physical 2nd chuck. Here, I mainly wanted to be able to use stock flip command into Mcam to program 2nd part side. This will be manually done on the machine so there is no need to modify post.
