Hi Turmite &/or Joakim,
I'm trying to machine this crown with dentil that I created. I can create a roughing operation but not acceptable finishing operations. I have .125" endmil, .125 ballmill, .25 endmill, .25 ballmill, .375 endmill, .375 ballmill. I attached the drawing in a shortlength to save size. It should be 120" long.
When I try to create a finishing toolpath, any of them, any tool, it freezes. I've let the pc run 2 hours with no result. Just hangs up. I'm running it on a P4, 2.4ghz dualcore, 2gb ram, nVidia 7600GS with 512mb vid ram. I have loaded and machined more complex parts in the past.
I have also tried removing the pockets between the squares that make up the dentil, just machining the overall profile. Same issue.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Chris