Cut direction BUG.
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 5:54 am
There are two cut direction bugs in "Horizontal Finishing".
First, if you set climb mill you get conventional mill direction. This is easy to work around just select the opposite direction to what you want.
Second, optimised machining cut direction goes in the opposite direction to the non optimised tool paths.
Example use a model of a dome/sphere generate a "Horizontal Finishing" MOP without optimisation, set up to climb mill. When you simulate the tool goes in a anticlockwise direction, to climb mill it should be clockwise. Now set up the Optimise Machining and regenerate. When you simulate the new tool paths the Optimised fill in tool paths go in the wrong direction. This means when you set up to climb mill the optimised tool paths will conventionally mill and pull into the job and you get banding on the finished part.
I reported the bug in optimised machining a year ago in VM 4.0. If this is not considered a bug how about adding a cut direction radio button to the "Optimised Machining" tab so I can decide the cut direction.
Thanks Mark.
First, if you set climb mill you get conventional mill direction. This is easy to work around just select the opposite direction to what you want.
Second, optimised machining cut direction goes in the opposite direction to the non optimised tool paths.
Example use a model of a dome/sphere generate a "Horizontal Finishing" MOP without optimisation, set up to climb mill. When you simulate the tool goes in a anticlockwise direction, to climb mill it should be clockwise. Now set up the Optimise Machining and regenerate. When you simulate the new tool paths the Optimised fill in tool paths go in the wrong direction. This means when you set up to climb mill the optimised tool paths will conventionally mill and pull into the job and you get banding on the finished part.
I reported the bug in optimised machining a year ago in VM 4.0. If this is not considered a bug how about adding a cut direction radio button to the "Optimised Machining" tab so I can decide the cut direction.
Thanks Mark.