Tip Comp

[jcnewbie]

Does it matter if I set Tip Comp to Center or Tip ? If it does matter, does it depend on the tool and the toolpath I am using ?

[salt03]

This is an excerpt from the reference guide in mastercam and should help to explain what tip comp is meaning.

[jcnewbie]

I've read the excerpt before... However for some reason I believe that it does matter if you choose tip comp or center comp depending on the tool one uses.

Wanted to make sure with the experts here.

[Superman]

IMO, I would program to how the guy's on the floor would be setting the tools

but sometimes I would use TIP Centre, just to make the program shorter and readable

link to previous post may help somewhat

[ObrienDave]

I used center comp once just to see what it did.
Then I realized I had to lower each tool length offset by the radius of each tool.
That made using center comp a bigger PITA than it was worth.
I never used center comp again.

[Toonz]

It makes a huge difference if you are using ball tip tools. We have only used center comp once for a lollipop cutter cuz it made the programming simpler in that one case. Otherwise we always use tip comp.