Solar71
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
- Location
- Hermosa Beach California
Hey all...
Seems like i am never abble to create a canned cycle for cutoff cycles...
when i make a canned cut off cycle it never comes out canned... its always long hand...
so i have been trying to trick mastercam into giving me a canned GROOVE cycle, but using a cutoff tool instead...
I tell it to peck and retract and all that...
and i tell it the width of the groove is the same as the width of the groov tool... so it basicly pecks STRAIGHT DOWN!!!
Thats perfect...
Then i tell it to NOT do a finish pass...
But even though its a canned groove cycle... it still comes out long hand...
Is it possible... That if i do a canned groove cycle, but choose a cut off tool, instead of a groove tool... that maybe masterCAM knows what im trying to do , and stops me from doing it ?
I can just stand at the machine and type in a canned cut off cycle with a G74 ( i think ) and its not a big deal... But it would be nice to have mastercam more automated...
Can someone help me to get a canned cutoff cycle with G74 please!!!
Also i tried a drilling cycel... and told it to use G74 peck/chip breaker cycles... but it will only drill into the front of the tool, not from the top... I choose drill, but then i pick a cutof tool... hahaha
im trying to trick mastercam but its not letting me... any help appreciated...
thanks
Seems like i am never abble to create a canned cycle for cutoff cycles...
when i make a canned cut off cycle it never comes out canned... its always long hand...
so i have been trying to trick mastercam into giving me a canned GROOVE cycle, but using a cutoff tool instead...
I tell it to peck and retract and all that...
and i tell it the width of the groove is the same as the width of the groov tool... so it basicly pecks STRAIGHT DOWN!!!
Thats perfect...
Then i tell it to NOT do a finish pass...
But even though its a canned groove cycle... it still comes out long hand...
Is it possible... That if i do a canned groove cycle, but choose a cut off tool, instead of a groove tool... that maybe masterCAM knows what im trying to do , and stops me from doing it ?
I can just stand at the machine and type in a canned cut off cycle with a G74 ( i think ) and its not a big deal... But it would be nice to have mastercam more automated...
Can someone help me to get a canned cutoff cycle with G74 please!!!
Also i tried a drilling cycel... and told it to use G74 peck/chip breaker cycles... but it will only drill into the front of the tool, not from the top... I choose drill, but then i pick a cutof tool... hahaha
im trying to trick mastercam but its not letting me... any help appreciated...
thanks