Reply with QuoteI should specify I'm talking about in the toolpath box where it says stock to leave
Stock to leave function
If I'm cutting inside a hole, and I want to leave an extra .020" I would enter .020" in stock to leave box?
If I'm cutting an outside of a square and I want to leave. 020" same thing? Just enter .020"?
Madcam knows if I'm cutting inside or outside of a part?
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Last edited by williamsmotower; 01-29-2017 at 03:12 PM.
Re: Stock to leave function
I should specify I'm talking about in the toolpath box where it says stock to leave
Re: Stock to leave function
Yes, that is correct.
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Something just wasn't right.
This is what i've found. I'm using contour curve command in 4th axis indexed in newest version. let's say I'm machining the female shape of a bullet in a chunk of aluminum. I already have the shape close, but now I want to cut it in 2 stages. I set stock to leave at .020" for first stage, then 0 for second stage.
well with the stock to leave at .020", it just changes the Z depth by .020". the dia stays the same in both operations. I wanted the whole 3d shape to be shrunk by .020" which is not what's happening.
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You might have to post the model. It shouldn't just make a change in the Z.
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As of right now I just made a cutter a bigger diameter, kept the tool number the same and made different tool paths with same cutter. that seems to be working good so far
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I am using Stock to Leave every day and it works as expected for me but it might be something with the latest version. Can you make a test model with paths that doesn't do as expected?Originally Posted by williamsmotower
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I just did it again today and it's working like it should.
I duplicated layer before, then recalculated toolpath. this may have been the issue before.
