uncle_dolan
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I am not running X6 myself yet, but for everything I have read...this sounds very dangerous!
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+1, the other thing you can do is if you are certain that you will not need to change/suppress any of the features of your solid, you can use the NOHIST.dll c-hook to remove any associativity that your extruded solid has. I have found this helpful on many occasions! HTH Brendan
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Yeah me neither! great trick to know!
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All values are metric obviously
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Bingo!
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but more like this
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Gotcha! Sorry Im a little slow! Yeah I would say without drawing your engage line and doing a 3d contour, the first ramp method (doing the 2 passes) would be the closest method i know how to.
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What did you think of the webinar ninja?
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Is this more what you were thinking? This just has the ramp set steeper and no finsh pass at full depth
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see picture
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Have you tried just doing a contour(ramp)??? This will follow your geomtery with compensation set to off, and get it to do a pass at final depth
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you need a post processor to convert toolpaths to gcode
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yes it is, but it involves a bit of work from the operator, you need to create toolpaths, and assign tools etc...not as simple as pressing a button and you have gcode though.
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What sort of part is it? If you can share the igs file perhaps you may be able to get a little more help from here
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Have you used mastercam before? Are you familiar with creating toolpaths?
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You mean without programming it???
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can you use simplify curves? or the join function to get them back together?
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eyecandy / verification
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depth problem in Surface contour toolpath
uncle_dolan replied to bucketbot's topic in Industrial Forum
If you use the surface high speed Waterline, you can set the maximum stepover as well as the step down which can help to keep the surface fairly consistent. -
are you using shielded eternet cable to transfer your programs?
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I use activereports setup sheet, takes a bit of time to sort out, but definitely well worth your time
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depth problem in Surface contour toolpath
uncle_dolan replied to bucketbot's topic in Industrial Forum
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Prob the main advantage I see is that the machine def can be accessed from multiple workstations, instead of requiring multiple versions on every local drive. This also means any modifications you make, you only need to make once. Brendan
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Hi Daniel, How did you go with your activereports? I have been playing around with them for a little while and have created a working setup sheet close to 12 months ago. Im always tweaking it to make it better. If you are still looking for help i can see if I can assist you. Below is an image of my current setup sheet. Brendan
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Wow this thread is a little old! I've never really had problems importing step files. I usually select the import option for mastercam to attempt to heal the solid and they come through great 99.5% of the time. I've sometimes run into these issues with CATIA files though. Brendan