dandrummerman21
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2008
- Location
- MI, USA
I have a solid file, that has 15mm and 20mm radii on some islands. I would like to surface them with a ball endmill, but I would like to be able to switch the machine to G18/G19 (depending on their orientation; this file would need G19).
Right now, the best I can figure out is to surface them using the surfacing operation, but it cuts up the code into .01-.03" long. That leaves a surface that is faceted, kind of looks bad. It isn't the end of the world with this part (black delrin, tolerances are not tight either), but if I knew how to make gibbs Change to G19 and use g2/g3 JxKx, it would be a lot smoother.
I could figure how to program it manually, but this comes up from time to time and would rather know how to do it quickly than do it manually (this part has 4 islands, 2 different size radii)
FYI the machine is a mid 90's Leadwell 760, with 0m control, so no smoothing out by the control like some new controls have.
The code I get looks as follows (very truncated, this code takes up 450k of memory, I'd have to drip feed this):
...
G1 Y2.8111 Z-.0384
Y2.8041 Z-.0463
Y2.7985 Z-.0538
Y2.7929 Z-.0627
Y2.7883 Z-.0715
...
Ideas?
Right now, the best I can figure out is to surface them using the surfacing operation, but it cuts up the code into .01-.03" long. That leaves a surface that is faceted, kind of looks bad. It isn't the end of the world with this part (black delrin, tolerances are not tight either), but if I knew how to make gibbs Change to G19 and use g2/g3 JxKx, it would be a lot smoother.
I could figure how to program it manually, but this comes up from time to time and would rather know how to do it quickly than do it manually (this part has 4 islands, 2 different size radii)
FYI the machine is a mid 90's Leadwell 760, with 0m control, so no smoothing out by the control like some new controls have.
The code I get looks as follows (very truncated, this code takes up 450k of memory, I'd have to drip feed this):
...
G1 Y2.8111 Z-.0384
Y2.8041 Z-.0463
Y2.7985 Z-.0538
Y2.7929 Z-.0627
Y2.7883 Z-.0715
...
Ideas?