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- Thu May 17, 2018 4:08 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Ramp entry (helix) too steep
- Replies: 26
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Re: Ramp entry (helix) too steep
I thought you were one of them, haha
- Thu May 17, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Ramp entry (helix) too steep
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4963
- Thu May 17, 2018 3:49 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Difficulty with full depth pockets...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5984
Re: Difficulty with full depth pockets...
Your path comes out wrong on my mainstream system as well, but a recompute really does fix it: Markering_020.png However, I fail to understand why recomputing would be an acceptable process? On a complex part, little errors like this may well pass unnoticed and you only find them when you try to ass...
- Thu May 17, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Ramp entry (helix) too steep
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4963
Ramp entry (helix) too steep
The ramp entry dressup is a fantastic feature, but it looks like it dives into the material too steeply: Markering_019.png This is an oval, but circles are the same. The first level is reached in just 1/2 lap (counting from material contact), the others in a full lap. Do you agree this is an imperfe...
- Wed May 16, 2018 7:57 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Difficulty with full depth pockets...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5984
Re: Difficulty with full depth pockets...
I have seen the same thing. Unfortunately, it resolved itself and, embarrassingly, I don't know what I did...
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: G43 tool length compensation
- Replies: 54
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Re: G43 tool length compensation
I am using LinuxCNC with a "remapped" tool change command that probes the tool length and sets its offset as part of the change command. I think most people just do this manually instead. So for LCNC, that would mean setting the offset there.
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:41 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Tool-Library: Cutting Edge Angle
- Replies: 26
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Re: Tool-Library: Cutting Edge Angle
"Cutting Edge Angle" is totally confusing - just watch the debate here! "Point/tip angle" is much more intuitive, although it still lends itself to be understood as zero being flat. Maybe that can be managed? Also, I feel we should remember what we learned in elementary school ab...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Operation Suggestion
- Replies: 13
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Re: Operation Suggestion
I typically create a helper object. In this case a slab with the large center pole would do. Then you can use either a pocket or facing operation, I think. Then finish the center with a profile operation around the pole for smoothness. The way the facing and pocket operations work today, they requir...
- Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:20 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Vertical Feed rates in partially-vertical cuts
- Replies: 55
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- Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:16 pm
- Forum: Path/CAM
- Topic: Vertical Feed rates in partially-vertical cuts
- Replies: 55
- Views: 10043
Re: Vertical Feed rates in partially-vertical cuts
For example, if there are Tags added with another dressup, the ramps on the tags will get the same ramp feedrate as well. I suppose that is not too much of a problem? I was thinking about this, too, and I think it might actually be an issue. Typical ramps and helixes are in the order of 5-10 deg st...