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  1. #1
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    Question Milling an angle chamfer around slot with ballnose mill

    Started using solidcam in addition to solidworks becouse it was confident and now i have run into an issue. I have 40 mm ball mill and pretty old Mori Seiki MV-65 machine. Main issue txt files that get post processed are too large(over the memory capacity of the machine) is there any way to make the toolpath files smaller?
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  2. #2
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    Re: Milling an angle chamfer around slot with ballnose mill

    Check to see if Solidcam will output arcs when calculating tool path, otherwise you'll have to convert them yourself.
    this tool path was easy to convert. This is the first slot:

    G17 G21 G40 G80
    (40MM CRB 2FL BM 38 LOC)
    T01 M06
    S2374 M03
    G54
    M08
    G90 G00 X-87.257 Y3.619
    G43 Z5. H01
    G01 Z2. F787.104
    Y3.525 Z1.256
    Y3.431 Z.956
    Y3.244 Z.548
    Y2.869 Z.016
    Y2.494 Z-.342
    Y2.119 Z-.598
    Y1.744 Z-.781
    Y1.369 Z-.905
    Y.619 Z-1.
    Y-50. F1049.472
    G3X-32.741 R27.2575
    G1Y49.962
    G3X-87.257R27.2575
    G1Y.619
    X-86.82 Z-1.154
    X-85.984 Z-1.472
    X-85.163 Z-1.826
    X-84.784 Z-2.
    Y-50.
    G3X-35.212R24.786
    G1Y49.758
    G3X-84.784R24.786
    G1Y.619
    X-84.359 Z-2.217
    X-83.573 Z-2.643
    X-82.952 Z-3.
    Y-50.
    G3X-37.044R22.954
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-82.952R22.954
    G1Y.619
    X-81.22 Z-4.
    Y-50.
    G3X-38.776R21.222
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-81.22R21.222
    G1Y.619
    X-79.488 Z-5.
    Y-50.
    G3X-40.508R19.49
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-79.488R19.49
    G1Y.619
    X-77.756 Z-6.
    Y-50.
    G3X-42.24R17.758
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-77.756R17.758
    G1Y.619
    X-76.024 Z-7.
    Y-50.
    G3X-43.972R16.026
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-76.024R16.026
    G1Y.619
    X-74.292 Z-8.
    Y-50.
    G3X-45.704R14.294
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-74.292R14.294
    G1Y.619
    X-72.559 Z-9.
    Y-50.
    G3X-47.436R12.5615
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-72.559R12.5615
    G1Y.619
    X-70.827 Z-10.
    Y-50.
    G3X-49.168R10.8295
    G1Y49.719
    G3X-70.827R10.8295
    G1Y.619
    Y-.131 Z-9.905
    Y-.506 Z-9.781
    Y-.881 Z-9.598
    Y-1.256 Z-9.342
    Y-1.631 Z-8.984
    Y-2.006 Z-8.452
    Y-2.194 Z-8.044
    Y-2.288 Z-7.744
    Y-2.381 Z-7.
    Z-4.
    G00 Z25.


    compare with your code to see how it was done

  3. #3
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    Re: Milling an angle chamfer around slot with ballnose mill

    Thanks a day late but still thank you. Made the slot a bit rough set 1mm step but it was okay.

  4. #4
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    Re: Milling an angle chamfer around slot with ballnose mill

    I too am a fan of arcs in the toolpath.
    It made big differences for me with 3d machining injection mould tooling
    I've also found that the machines run smoother (particularly at high feeds) and also finishes improved from not being faceted.
    If it helps for future reference, it's worth considering getting an old pc to act as a slave computer which could then drip feed the code to the machine as needed.

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