Oldwrench
Titanium
- Joined
- May 21, 2009
- Location
- Wyoming, USA
The cavity in the model is basically a funnel: a tapered extruded cut blending into a straight extruded cut with a fillet. For scale, the small end of the cavity is 3/8 inch radius. The radius of the fillet is 6 inches. Ideally, the surface of this cavity should be finished with continuous cuts end to end, which is supposedly the pattern of the "Flowline" finish toolpath. However, I absolutely can't get it to stop subdividing the toolpath into sections, which leaves facets and start/stop marks in the work.
The response of the MC expert is, of course, that "There's something about the surface that Mastercam doesn't like, therefore the model must have surface errors" but I have verified that all sketch elements and surfaces are tangent and gap-free (those of you familiar with Solid Works know there's no way it will propagate a fillet across surfaces that cannot be made tangent, let alone a fillet that big). Anybody have any ideas about flowline; is there some parameter I am obviously overlooking? Appreciate any suggestions.
The response of the MC expert is, of course, that "There's something about the surface that Mastercam doesn't like, therefore the model must have surface errors" but I have verified that all sketch elements and surfaces are tangent and gap-free (those of you familiar with Solid Works know there's no way it will propagate a fillet across surfaces that cannot be made tangent, let alone a fillet that big). Anybody have any ideas about flowline; is there some parameter I am obviously overlooking? Appreciate any suggestions.