Originally Posted by
mars13
I've got aluminum forgings to machine with a countoured surface. The 2d pocket routine runs fast but it cuts too much air. What's the best way to rough the countoured surface to the flat with the holes? Naturally I'll need to run more pathes to get past the flat but I want to use an 1.250" dia. rougher/finisher to remove the most amout of material the fastest?
Looks like you have 2 different styles of "spokes". I would program it down to selected levels depending on depth of cuts you wish to take. This would involve a little time to get the geo. for the mat'l boundries and so on but in the end you will have a cleaner program. I would do this to both styles on one spoke only. Once you have your routines for both styles then you can transform-circular array to the desired angle and you should have your complete program. This is just at a glance, naturally with the model in hand and chance to play around with some cuts I could possible come up with some different scenerios and time savings.
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