3d toolpath ?

[zewanil]

Hello everyone

i am trying to make my tool following the spiral that i have made ...
and its not following ...
i tought that i could draw the spiral in 3d and the toolpath would follow the line by itself...
it did not work ... what am i doing wrong ?

thanks for your precious time

Patrick

[txcncman]

Upload your file as DXF format.

[MMTZ]

Well I'm not at work right now but from the top of my head, the first thing I see wrong is your trying to do a 3D contour but you kept your contour toolpath defined as a 2D cut.

Just go to your toolpath parameters, then to the next bracket after your holder definition I think the 4th from the top down (sorry, I can't remember the actual name) and on the top right hand there will be a a drop down menu. It should read 2D right now as that's what I see on your pics. Change that to 3D.

After this go to your Linking parameters and set your depth value to 0 incremental. Sometimes you have to define your depth as incremental before you change your cut to 3D mode.

That should do the trick.

HTH.

[nikolaiownz]

MMTZ got it right.. your using 2D contur..

Go to the Parameters > Cut Parameters and under contur type use 3D.

[zewanil]

That was it ... the 2d contour
i had just to put 3d contour .. and it was ok

thank u so much guys


ps : now i have another question and i wonder if i could post it here
maybe i should do a new post

[txcncman]

If it is related to 3D tool paths, post here. Otherwise, please start a new subject thread.