sure can, ill draw something up when i get home from work, you would need a x5 file correct?

i would try solid sweep, with 2 chains that would allow you to draw a arc segment on a helix and cut you flute shape accordingly

actually i was referring to how some machines bang around at high feedrates and cut corners

is it a fanuc controller, i should be able to help for the parameter(s) to adjust, just did it on a kitamura hx400 and a doosan dhp400 both from '00, both machines are now a far cry from stock parameters its ridiculousness how some machines are setup

steep\shallow fixed that

can you show a pic on question #2, for q#1 i used containment on the toolpath1 no containment on tp 2&3, containment will limit the area the cutter can travel in x,y direction, so if u have large surface and only want to cut a specific area, draw 2d geometry around the area you want the cutter to stay inside, and set parameters accordingly in the toolpath page

yeah when it asks for you to pick the drive or check surface, to only pick certain faces on a solid you have to click that button then it changes to this un highlight the icon on the right, which disables the ability to select the whole solid, try that out

maybe your looking for the solid selection button , then you can beak a solid down by picking single edges or single faces

for which path?

ripped this out in 4min, very easy to surface once u know the process, this prolly wont work very well machining wise but i did it as and example of the how to surface on the 1st tool path the step up height will reduce or enlarge the stair step, 2nd toolpath, the scallop height will increse or decrease the cut width passes the 3rd toolpath was copied from the 2nd just has a finer scallop height and a zero stock to leave on the surface

as ray said the line is def caused by the delay from both axes reversing, on a lathe those times should be very short on the c and x axis, im thinking the simulated axis cycle is adding to that delay more then it should be, or maybe not calculating the feedrate correctly, can you try a x & c gcode program, maybe it will help, i def dont think you should be seeing a line like that, a witness mark yes but that is a little more then a witness mark imo, and on a brand new machine too id be a little upset about that

hockey guy, what unit of feed do you use in programs that use the c axis, ipm or inverse time?

sounds to me like a parameter is bunk or a mode is not activated

so it does that mark on all sides of the hex?, or just where your start stop point is at

id still check it yourself, a measuring tool is only as good as the person using it, also would try milling a triangle shape and a square shape, see if it does the same thing, does your c axis have a brake? i remember seeing a post no too long ago that the brake was on when somebody was trying to cut and rotate simultaneously, also check the machines programming book if you have one, maybe theres a specific cutting mode you have to be in or something, last time a ran a siemens was on an index abc and it had gaga g&m codes for just about anything

didint see the "10hrs on it ", theres no way it should have any backlash with 10 hrs on it, i would do a repeatability test on the x axis with a tenth indicator and see if it is infact a backlash issue, bieng a new machine its most likely a metric to english conversion error in the machines parameters

yes it can be fixed, but is this a new machine?

could be an x axis backlash issue, is at the point where the x axis is reversing?

i didnt get a chance to call em today, had to play detective then repair man on a machine tool crash that happened on friday night

adding a thread lead field to the tap define tool page , and when you use a tapping drill cycle add same field to the tip compensation, i think it would definetly make it easier to account for the chamfer on a tap

i think you may have found a bug of sorts, i just tried it on a few files of my own with some mixed results, 1st i tried to do it on a new file, i merged another into it and after i selected the file to merge i clicked that icon and it put everything on my active level along with my current color, line width, and type , basically worked as it should 2nd i tried on an existing file, that also worked kind of, it put everything on the active level along with all the other attributes, but since the imported file had some stuff on the same level numbers as the existing file it renamed them to what the imported file said, and it also created named levels from the imported file with zero geometry, so it created a mess with the level names on that one 3rd i tried to import on an existing file twice, then i got the same result you are having on the 2nd import, i clicked the current attributes icon a couple times and it would not do anything just as you stated, but if you click the current attributes icon and then click on the "select" icon (its all the way to the left of the ribbon bar looks like a mouse pointer) then pick a new geo location origin it will work, but it still renames any levels in your current file that are in the imported file im gonna call my reseller monday and see if were doing something wrong here or if its a bug

this icon i think is what your looking for, matches up the imported to the current attributes, including the level

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have a issue with my program for this machine, im not an expert lathe programmer but i have looked at this program vs the programming book for the doosan lathe and it matches what the book says to do, the problem is on the 2nd g71 line, the machine alarms out and and says "illegal command in g71-g73" im thinking its a parameter value of some sort, i cannot find the parameter manual, go figure hahaha! can it be one of my variables in the g71 needs to be input as a non decimal value? i've had this issue on the doosan hmcs that I regularly program O0120 G20 (OD ROUGH RIGHT - 80 DEG. INSERT - CNMG-432) G0T1212 G97S819M03 G0G54X3.5Z.35 G50S2500 G96S750 Z.0963 X3.25 G71U.1R.015 G71P10Q20U.02W.01F.012 ***this line will alarm N10X2.8215S750 G1Z-.0086 G3X2.8815Z-.0612R.0613 G1Z-.129 X2.975 G3X3.0975Z-.1903R.0612 G1Z-.756 X3.1034Z-.925 N20X3.25 G0Z.0963 ( ROUGH FACE ) G96S200 G0Z.045 X2.8862 G72W.1R.015 G72P30Q40U.02W.01F.01 N30Z0.S200 G1X1.748 X-.0625 N40Z.045 G0X2.8862 G28U0.W0.M05 T1200 M01 thanks for any help, and im gonna be out in the shop trying to fig this baby out so may not reply right away

find the keep relay descriptions in the electrical book that is where that would be if the plc is written to handle it