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Another good option would be to use a small dia endmill and contour ramp. It would be like single pointing it all around. That would keep the load very low.
rib meaning .036 thick and .62 tall? If so, use a small diameter cutter (to reduce load) and take thin finish cuts. If it's supported on the ends if won't be too much trouble.
Well if it's related to having X5 installed on the same PC then that means that CNC could release a patch for this to work but I don't expect they would do that since it won't help their sales getting people to move to X5.
I just tried it. I have a SW 2011 SP2 (64 Bit) native model (created in this version) and it won't open in X4 MU3 " Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidworks file"
My guess is, the files you guys did open where probably not created from the start in 2011, just a guess.
Bob, Acetal cuts great. Here is a trick we use: At the end of the cycle, run the drill backwards before putting it aways - it will sling the chips off.
This Question comes up all the time.....The number of decimal places comes from the Windows enviorment - you need to go to lang. setting and change it there.
I remember seeing a program for swiss/screw machine type parts but in the end I think it was just as much work as programming the part to get the cycle time.
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