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Can someone give me some advice on how to force SWCAM to make this toolpath a spiral?

I am having some trouble getting a spiral toolpath for counterboring some holes. At one point, I was able to get a spiral toolpath, but it was in addition to what you see in the attached image, not replacing it. That took a lot of clicking, so I am not even sure how I did it anymore.

I am using a 6.35mm end mill on a 20x40 VMC with a Mitsubishi M64s control.

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Can someone give me some advice on how to force SWCAM to make this toolpath a spiral?

I am having some trouble getting a spiral toolpath for counterboring some holes. At one point, I was able to get a spiral toolpath, but it was in addition to what you see in the attached image, not replacing it. That took a lot of clicking, so I am not even sure how I did it anymore.

I am using a 6.35mm end mill on a 20x40 VMC with a Mitsubishi M64s control.

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Under your contour tab go to the depth parameters area and change your ramp to cut amount and enter a value in the First cut amt tab and the same value in the Max Cut amt. This will give you a spiral cut.
 








 
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