Reply with QuoteAre you able to attach your file so we can try a few things? I can think of a couple of ways to do this but don't want to waste time recreating what I see to test. If it's proprietary I understand that you may not be able to send the file.
David
Which strategy for this cut in fusion
Hi
For quite a while (at least an hour now) i have been trying to choose a cutting strategy for this cutout highlighted in blue.
It is 1mm deep and i have chosen a 4mm flat end mill and the material is Plywood.
I have tried most ways that i thought might work but they all come out wrong for one reason or another, some have really weird effects but as a novice i am not yet able to understand what it is i am doing wrong.
On the other side of the piece i have cutouts using a 'pocket' strategy but only one end is open and they are just like a slot but one end terminates in the wood (inside the outline of the piece), no other cut-outs on or in the slot profile/outline to complicate matters like this one which has 3 holes in it.
Can someone please just tell me which strategy to work with that would simply cut the slot out, i will play until i get it if i can at least know which one should work.
Many thanks bernie
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Re: Which strategy for this cut in fusion
Are you able to attach your file so we can try a few things? I can think of a couple of ways to do this but don't want to waste time recreating what I see to test. If it's proprietary I understand that you may not be able to send the file.
David
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Re: Which strategy for this cut in fusion
hi david
i tried to seperate from a large file and its coming up with lots of errors, i will continue to try though
cheers
Re: Which strategy for this cut in fusion
What I do is save it as a new file and then just delete everything but that one piece.
David
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Re: Which strategy for this cut in fusion
Yep... upload the model and I'm more than happy to offer some solutions as well.
Many times, it's easier to create a sketch that defines the outer boundaries of what you're trying to cut, and then just select the sketch profile as your "geometry" to drive the tool path.
PM
Re: Which strategy for this cut in fusion
Hi PM
Thank you for your reply, i literally only cut the piece out last night :-)
So first off David looked at the file and noticed that i had the 'leave stock option' ticked which created a problem since the cut was so shallow, also i did exactly what you said about creating a sketch to use as an outline and it has worked
thank you very much both
