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How about just making hole axis on all of the screw holes, i select helix entry under roughing... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/102zxdlc6ypoebx/AABV539JRjYfMYjKOOzJs6c6a?dl=0
all you really need is something to tell the machine to cycle again. un clamp is an m code at the end of program. if you have a servo door you can use a prox. switch that can call the robot into machine when the door goes up. clamp is an m code at the beginning of the program. the only thing the robot needs to know to do a pallet pick is when the door opens. and all the machine needs to know is when the door closes
So you have a full 4th horizontal with a 5th axis pointed towards the spindle??? Start with a vertical 5axis post with a y tilting axis. More information?
http://www.harveytool.com/prod/Browse-Our-Products/Application-Specific-Designs/Mold-Tool---Die_185/Mold-Cutters---Ball---For-Steels_180.aspx
these ones go down to .015..
You could also transform your geometry to different z depths and chain the multiple levels you want to use. typically driving off the bottom of the tool you have to do some math for the top cut.
Sometimes, I chain the top chain of the undercut and put a minus on the floor of the cutter width of cut. Ill assign this a different H offset. Than in a different assign the bottom chain of the undercut the normal h number. This is good if you have to hold a tight depth and location for your undercut.
This is a problem that i think deserves it's own path with different variables to define and control the cut.
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