Need Help!- cooling fins still

[juniormachinist]

hey guys need more help still try to do those cooling fins i manged to get the cutter to go inbetween the fins now i just need it to get rid of some of the areas around the countersunk bolts

in the picture the parts that are highlighted in yellow are the parts that we need to get rid of.

[metlshpr]

Why not use a pkt toolpath with the fins as bosses inside the pkt? Then use what you have done already as a "finish" cnt path.

[juniormachinist]

Originally Posted by metlshpr Why not use a pkt toolpath with the fins as bosses inside the pkt? Then use what you have done already as a "finish" cnt path.

thanks mate i think it worked but it keeps crashing when i go to verify it

[metlshpr]

Does it crash at a rapid move or a lead in/out? If at the rapid the change your retract hight. If at the lead in/out change length rad sweep ect.... You can control the lead in/out even at the pkt tool path finish prams.

[juniormachinist]

Originally Posted by metlshpr Does it crash at a rapid move or a lead in/out? If at the rapid the change your retract hight. If at the lead in/out change length rad sweep ect.... You can control the lead in/out even at the pkt tool path finish prams.

it crashes even before you hit the play button

[Superman]

Sounds like it is when it is loading the stock model

what stock have you defined for verify ?
are you defining a box, or using the actual solid model ?

Too fine a stock model can cause this to happen
-you could use a more basic solid as the stock
-to eliminate if this is the problem, use a box, and see if you can get to run the path

[juniormachinist]

Originally Posted by Superman Sounds like it is when it is loading the stock model what stock have you defined for verify ? are you defining a box, or using the actual solid model ? Too fine a stock model can cause this to happen -you could use a more basic solid as the stock -to eliminate if this is the problem, use a box, and see if you can get to run the path

nah mate it only crashed on one thing and all it was, was the fact that it go down 17.5 and it was only going down 17 it sounds stupid but its true

[metlshpr]

Can you post a pic or something of the crash? I'm not quite sure wat you mean.

[juniormachinist]

Originally Posted by metlshpr Can you post a pic or something of the crash? I'm not quite sure wat you mean.

nah its alright now it now only crashes because its overclocking my cpu
time for a new one i think lol