Ramping in a profile op with Edgecam

conceptdevelopers · Nov 6, 2018

I am cutting HPDE. It has large holes in a .750" thick sheet I need to mill. I don't want to use the pocketing function and whittle all the material out, I would like to just cut the profile of the hole and take the slug out. I can't figure out how to ramp gradually to depth. The only thing I can see how to is plunge in to a depth then start a lead in. Any ideas?

Tomped · Nov 27, 2018

If you got to the second tab in the profiling cycle called depth, you will see a tick box for 'helical'.
Tick that and the toolpath will spiral down dependnt on your cut incriment.
If the tick box is greyed out you need to make sure you dont have something else active such as multiple passes or break radius inside the corner option on the control tab.

Hope this helps

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Ramping in a profile op with Edgecam

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