Levels in parallel finishing
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:01 pm
I'm running RhinoCAM 2012 on Windows 7.
Parallel finishing. The part is 16.632mm high at the highest point, and I want to leave 0.5mm stock. But I'm starting with stock 20mm thick, and I want to take 2mm successive cuts. So the first cut level should be at 18mm, then at 16, etc.
I set box stock height to 20 mm. In Parameters, I set Stock = 0.5, highest Z = 20, lowest Z not specified. Multiple step-down Z cuts with distance 2mm.
Then the first cut is at height 14.784!!! (both the Toolpath and the simulation window agree.)
What's going on? How do I do this?
(I had this kind of thing working before, but I haven't used RhinoCAM for a while. Did I forget something?)
Thank you.
Parallel finishing. The part is 16.632mm high at the highest point, and I want to leave 0.5mm stock. But I'm starting with stock 20mm thick, and I want to take 2mm successive cuts. So the first cut level should be at 18mm, then at 16, etc.
I set box stock height to 20 mm. In Parameters, I set Stock = 0.5, highest Z = 20, lowest Z not specified. Multiple step-down Z cuts with distance 2mm.
Then the first cut is at height 14.784!!! (both the Toolpath and the simulation window agree.)
What's going on? How do I do this?
(I had this kind of thing working before, but I haven't used RhinoCAM for a while. Did I forget something?)
Thank you.