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Two things to try set - point generator to create
more cut moves in the corner - enable fanning
which starts the tool leading into the corner before the corner actually starts
Axis substitution works for me
Just create a line in the top view starting
at the center of rotation - this line should be
pi x dia of rotation long - easy to get this by
generating a line then in the length box type
"L" and pick on a circle the diamter of rotation
now create as many points as you want and write
drill toopath in the top plane - the point at the end of the line in the center of rotation will drill at 0 at the middle of the line the point will drill at 180 be aware that if you want 4 equally spaced holes create 5 points because the the one at the far end drills at 360 which duplicates the the first end
awkward but - create a surface where the plane is
-note this also works with any surface - create
a plane normal to the curve - if it is a spline
extend the spline then put points on it and create a line through the points - then create
a circle at the endpoint then create a swept
surface using the circle and the line or spline
then trim the original surface to the swept
surface and create an edge curve on the trimmed
surface and put a point in the center of the edge curve
I have X4 - we have a customer that has X4 -
but some of the shop people are still using
V9 and they want to continue using it - I thought I had a copy of v9 demo disk so
said I would provide them with one - but
it turns out I dont have a disk
The edges of the surfaces have to meet and be
the same length where they meet - also the surface normals have to point in the same direction Maybe recreate the surfaces using a swept surface
Check to see if sorting is on
Also to do bolt circles select automatic and pick the first hole then the second hole then the
last hole and it will do them in order
If they are drawn as rectangular grooves just
pick two opposite crners on all grooves - they
do not have to be the same size
If they are the same size and shape program one
groove and translate the toolpath
If grooves are irregular shapes pick multiple
chains from the menu chain all using partial chain
If the holes are equally spaced create one
circle and do x form translate as many as needed
To create center points - go to setting - configure - cad settings - and set automatic center lines to on then create a fillet on two sides of the octagon with a radius equal to the hole radius this will create points at the center location of the holes - if circles needed
create them at the points by locking autocursor
to points and locking the raduis setting
I know this has been covered in the past - but
my search didn't find it - How do you edit
toolpaths that have been exported to the ops folder- and how can these toolpaths be deleted from the folder
Thanks for any help
Set autocursor to nearest
Select beak two pieces
Select entity to break
Move cursor along entity to any position
click mouse - it will break at that point
Set cut depths absolute max to below top of part
If using incremental set adjustment to top cut
to a positive value equal to amount of first cut
wanted - a negative incremental number will set the first cuts above the part
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