I have a .060 radius that I need to mill with a corner rounding cutter. I just want to do two profile cuts and have my tilting tables B and C axis maintain the right normals as I machine.
I tried the FreeForm - Composite but do not have it right yet. Is there another feature I should create to do this operation?
I am working with Esprit 2011 to create the toolpath for a Mori Seiki NMV5000
I have been working with someone so I was able to email the file.
It seems 5 axis composite cycle is the one to use. I will see more on what it looks like tomorrow.
I did not see a way to upload a picture of dptechology website.
The 5 axis composite feature is extremely powerful but the problem is that it has a lot of options all in one feature that can make it difficult to easily create toolpath. It takes a lot of time to become efficient using the composite cycle if you are unfamiliar with it. I've had good experience with their support staff.
I actually prefer the way composite works for several reasons and find it easy
- less icons, more of my screen
- no redundant data entry, I can fill out the page settings and if I need to change a type of strategy, rather than go to a new icon and new op page, I just change the one setting there and make a few adjustments and not re-enter a ton of stuff
- all in one place, its easier to remember one icon for me
- power, the composite is very powerful
also, when they created the knitted surface tool this was awesome.
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