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I am trying to use Curve to corner round as much of this part in one smooth motion. the tool is transitioning too slowly around the 90 degree corners. Sadly my shop only has curve so it's my only option. Does anyone have advice on how to get the transition to happen 100% on the corner? I added extra tool axis control lines but it still doesn't orient correctly until it gets to the middle.
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Has anyone else seen this? It appears to be a bug going back to at least X5 and still present in X7. We are running 4-axis horizontal Makino A61's. All paths are set with WCS to TOP and any Tool/Const Planes set as needed. i.e. Front, Left Side, Custom, etc. In the 5-Axis Drill operation parameters under the Tool Axis Control there is a Rotary Axis setting for X, Y, or Z. Mastercam Help says this setting is based on WCS so since our B-axis (rotary) is about the Z-axis that is what is selected and Mastercam says it's valid. However, the code is wrong and back plot reflects it. In order to get the correct code this must be set to Y-axis. However, when you reopen the file it goes dirty because Mastercam says the path is not valid with the Machine Definition. Is no one using 5-Axis Drill? Or are we doing something wrong? I have tested this on the supplied Mastercam MD/CD's as well as the custom ones we use. No change. We have tried all logical WCS, TP, CP combinations with incorrect code results. Thanks, -Pat
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