Originally Posted by
etzz
Hi,
I ran my first parts on Madcam, and was very happy with the results. See pics below:
A couple of real time savers that I learned:
- Use the rhino trim function to create part tabs (profile milling along curve). When creating your part, draw a rectangle over the contour path to create your tab. Then trim the contour path. When creating the machine paths, omit the trimmed curve on the last z level. See pic below.
- To panelize multiple parts, you can simply cut n paste as many as you want. Madcam pastes the new functions into the same layer. So the tool sequence is preserved properly. All tools changes will work out (ie first tool makes all cuts to multiple images).
HTH,
Eric
Hi Eric,
I apologize for not having been here much, but as I have explained in some other threads, my wife has been under going chemo treatments since June, and that has been my priority.
Another option for holding the parts in place is to use the skin function in your 2d tool path strategy. Joakim added this function due to the request of another user who cut sheet goods and needed a way to hold them until the last pass of .020". I have personally used this function on lots of mdf parts that are veneered. Cut to the bottom veneer then let the skin pass cut thru.
I don't know if parts as small as what you have shown will hold or not, but again, just another way!
If you have learned anything new, let us know.
Mike
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