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have a look at http://www.camaix.net/5_axis_machining.html
they have extended 5x posibilities, also gouge checking. it's really impressive
best regards
Markus
Helle Winnieh,
that looks excellent! really! :-)but, if i understand your answer right, then rough/pocket is the only way to rough it? no flowline or contour roughing out this profile from the full material? i had something in mind like the 2dswept and then use the swept2r chook. but there, i have the problem with the gouge of upper half..
best regards,
Markus
Hello Forum,
with search, i found some topics, which helped me to get almost done, what i want. If possible, have a look at tslot-undercut.mc9 on the ftp. It looks pretty nice, but has on the "upper half" of the path some strange retracts, i cant explain myself. Anybody can figure it out?
Also, is it possible to rough this part with the t-slot mill? I tried rough/contour and rough/flowline, but had just no luck, when i applied the settings under gaps/check collision like in my programmed finishing flowline..
best regards,
Markus
Hello Scot,
i also assume, it's the helix moves. As Henk already said, linearize the helixes. Your NC-File will get bigger because of that. If you dont wish that, you have to change the post for polar output.
good luck,
Markus
hi Leith,
as far as i remember you have to use G51.1 for starting the mirroring and G50.1 for ending it. But refer to your control documentation for the details!
best regards,
Markus
hi Merlin,
it is also possible to output your desired comment with a modified post. with the variable opcode you can detect, what type of operation you're doing. so it would be easy to write a procedure, which comments the nc in dependancy of the opcode.
regards,
Markus
Hello Forum,
i should do following:
i have a chain made of lines and arcs. now, i should have points on that chain with about 0.1mm distance to each other. i looked through the chooks, but didnt find any, which could do something like that.
does anyone of you know, how i could do this? it havent to be a chook of course, just a method how i could do this with not too much effort.
best regards,
Markus
Hello Iskander,
here's my reply..was away today. Hey, this works, i'm so stupid, i should have found out that by myself. Thank you very much! You're great :-)
best regards and wishes
Markus
hello forum,
my english is a little bit too bad to explain, why i should use such a strange way to mill the pocket". But it's just the way, i have to mill, so it will work in that titanium stuff.. perhaps i'm doing it with subprograms.
but thanks for your input
regards,
Markus
Hello Forum!
i have to mill a contour pocket with several depths and thin walls. My goal is following:
-do a rough cut at a z-depth
- do a finishing cut at the same z-depth as before in roughing, but with a new tool
- do the next rough cut at new z-depth
-and again a finishing cut at this z depth wit the second tool.
now, i imagine, because of the fact, i use 2 different tools, i need to program the two operations (rough and finishing) for each z-depth (copy, paste and then change the z-depths)
i wouldnt have a problem with that, when there would be lets say 6 depths or so. But i will have about 30 depths to mill in this pocket. So it's a big amount of time to copy paste and change the z-values.
i'm just wondering, if there is any posibility to do such a strategy with less work?
best regards,
Markus
Hello everyone,
may i ask a question concerning 5-axis tool vectors?
if you have made a 5-axis toolpath and the nci is generated, is there any posibility to change one or more vectors on the toolpath?
best regards
Markus Roth
hi all,
hope you had a nice weekend. so, i put my problem on the ftp in the mc9 folder, it's named: pckentry.mc9
feel free to take a look on the entry in this roughing operation..target is, to have ALL the entries on just one point.
best Regards,
Markus Roth
Hello Code_Breaker,
thanks for your input. the part looks like a big outer circle and an inner circle. an there in are some island, everything as surface. So, my boundary chain is the outer circle. Hmmm...i can't use the helix entry, because of the material and tool wear. My stock has already one hole in it, and just there, i should have my entry for roughing the part.
But i'm sure, i can use your tricks in other parts as well. so, thanks for that :-)
best regards,
Markus Roth
Hi Ron,
i have no chains, just the boundary chain, as its a surface roughing pocket, so i dont think, this has an influence on the entry point(s) as i said, i need all entries on just one point, and not on some.
i can mail you the part, if you want to have a look at it?
best regards,
Markus Roth
Hello Forum,
when i do a surface - rough - pocket operation, there is the posibility, to check that mastercam arranges the entries to one point, so i can use a drill before roughing.
Now, this does work, but still, there will be more than one entry point. But i have a part, where i really just should have one entry point. I have four at the moment.
Is there any posibility to achieve that?
best regards,
Markus Roth
Hello Rick,
can you tell me, how you could import ipt files of inventor release 8 in mcam 9.1?
because i didnt get it working till now.
best regards
markus
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