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currently using a t490 iscar 2". looking to see what people have tried. material to be cut varies alot from low carbon steel, 300 series stainless, and rarly tool steels usually a and s series. ...

might have to do with the diameter of your tool not being able to reach or cut the material. not 100% sure on your strip of material being left. got a pic?

opti core one of my favs ya do .003 for roughing shortens the program length and runs quicker. upcut rocks too. waterline works wonders if u add cuts and set your stepover u may have to isolate some...

personaly id use waterline and contain to the outside depths of .005 and add cuts max profile step over of .005. could scream if you got a decent spindle and look ahead.

oh and you using clamps on the inside? or a bolt pattern to hold it down? oh ya and max rpm and feedrate of machine :) im board with the bath tub im making out of 316 ill toss something together for...

what type of material, is there a previous rough, version of mastercam and mill level you have?

have alot of '12 machines on the floor a few '11 and ive used about '04-'07 before. the new ones the interlock is annoying. the latest version for renishaw .03 isnt that great if you dont do...

you can delete/select all points at once. on the masking tabs "all" or "only" select "all" check entities,wireframe, points hit ok. should select all the points and nothing else :) then just delete....

you can with a 3d highspeed toolpath then create a containment

ive only been able to print the current wcs view, iso, iso world, tplane or screenshot as idividuals. and having to use leaders etc to show dimensions (created them on a seperate level). if you right...

is your "top of stock" set to incremental?

thanks for all you help. with 16 different machinists in a prototype shop you get to see alot of different approaches and options selected lol. again thanks for your time

the resellers i beileve still offer a one day course covering the subjects. i know your pain had 12 different machines at one point years ago ranging from fadal to mats. yasnac to fanuc and had to...

got it someone had shade settings different. using a certain color not entity colors. thanks for help back to masking i go. 3d highspeed smoother sometimes then containment in tight spaces rather...

change the color of a face on the solid model. tried the highlight and right click over color pallet as well still nada. wondering if the model is uneditable?

bleh i meant to say using mcx6 mu2

meh just use dynamic core ;)

running mc10 mu2. importing .sldprt file extensions for solids.

i tried using the set solid face color, still does nothing for me.
recently upgraded and it reset my config file. does anyone know...

try running a coated/uncoated cobalt rougher around it first. cutting plasma burned edges can do a number on carbide endmills. rough it then finish with carbide. alot of times i wished for the plate...