[stumpy1807]

Hi.

I have a program that has a almost a hour and a half cycle time. The problem is the rough and finish parallel toolpaths generate a Lot of unnecessary
retracts. I am sure this would help reduce the cycle time if I can figure out how to eliminate them. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Bm150]

Many ways to skin a fish...
Seeing the part/surfaces in question would help, but normally the gap settings will help with controlling when retracts happen!

[mikenaturalice]

I agree with Bm150, you can change gap settings to only retract at a percentage of stepover or a set distance. Also, I almost always check the optimize toolpath box.

[stumpy1807]

Many ways to skin a fish...
Seeing the part/surfaces in question would help, but normally the gap settings will help with controlling when retracts happen!

Here is a pic of the tool paths and my settings. Hope this helps.
Thanks

Attachment 216440

[Bm150]

Try setting gap size to distance and put a nice figure in there say 0.04.
See what you get.

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[stumpy1807]

Try setting gap size to distance and put a nice figure in there say 0.04.
See what you get.

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Thank you!

[mikenaturalice]

I would try to use constant scallop for that part. It may take a little more effort to get it to work correctly, but your toolpath will probably be much smoother.

[stumpy1807]

I would try to use constant scallop for that part. It may take a little more effort to get it to work correctly, but your toolpath will probably be much smoother.

I will try that Thanks.

[cadcam]

I would put it to distance and 1. and most of it will go away. but watch to see what the tool does in the transitions.

[stumpy1807]

I would put it to distance and 1. and most of it will go away. but watch to see what the tool does in the transitions.

Problem Solved.

Thank You!