is there a way to have a right click option to add comments to the toolpath? like 3mm ball rough , .25 flat finish C'bores?

the older Mcams, you were able to power delete.... press the delete button , press and hold both mouse button and use it like an eraser. plus it had simple sound effects...

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yeah i have all my tools labeled, i have always added comments for every toolpath. i have to use subs in all my programming, thats why i do it.... keep everything minimized in the Toolpaths manager, and just quick select those like commented operations and then post....i have used that word document in the past as well. maybe import operations already with those tools and comments already inputted?

Anyone know a way in the comments section of the toolpath, to have a right-click menu, that allows you to select predetermined comments? for example: 3mm ball rough or .5mm ball finish?

we use orbits when burning... so we dont need any roughers....spherical orbits.

we mainly design electrodes already with overburn subracted from the electrode. this way we cut at zero, leaving tool libraries standard. on ocassion there are electrodes that cannot be offset in soildworks, then we just subract the overburn from the cutters....it makes all small difference on the geometry, but we like to keep Z zero , at zero.

maybe try the hi-feed option as well

myself i rough, semi, then finish rough with a diamond burr .005/s left, 300ipm 25k rpm semi finish .001/s left finish

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when you get to the side, just use a endmill about .500 down. skim both ends. then stand it up on a small dowel or ejector pin on the sidemilled surface. then face cut the ends finished. there are other ways like use a the skim flip turn rotate method, but that is hard to explain in text,

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i emailed my rep, and i will see what he comes up with.

3-4000 rpm, about 20-30 feed rate, .o1 ramp sounds good. can you rough with a square 1/8 em first, down to a depth of .067 ( .130- radius of ball endmill)? going into solid with a ball cutter puts a lot of pressure on it, by roughing first, the ball will have less to go, and less pressure on it. ( air or oil/air mix would be best, but flood water is 2nd choice)