Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] toolpath creation problem or wrong interpretor setup?

Can you post the g-code as part of your message assuming it is not a huge
file? That would make it a lot easier to understand what is happening.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

----- Original Message -----
> I am using the Surfcam 2d free version. When I import the dxf and
> lay out the toolpaths for the contours and pockets, they all
> simulate fine within Surfcam. But when I go to cut the part with
> Master5 or Turbocnc, it tries to start motion from the bottom and
> center of the stock which is not possible considering a piece of
> metal is there!
> When I zero the machine at the center and top of the stock and start
> the first set of pocketed arcs, they cut the way they should. But
> when it rapids to the second set at safe Z on the opposite side of
> the part, the machine starts to plunge into the stock diagnally
> about 1/2" from the actual plunging position, which caught me off
> guard and snapped a very expensive little end mill off at the shank
> ;(
>
> The part origin is set at X0 Y0 Z0. And the manual for Surfcam says
> that you can set the part origin wherever you want to but it doesnt
> say how.
>
> Maybe Im missing something. But shouldnt I be able to make the first
> move thats in the code,where it starts from the origin 0,0,0 ,and
> move the machine to X0 Y0 and safe Z(1)before starting the spindle
> in motion and be able to continue the cut from that position without
> problems? How do I do this correctly, because Im obviously doing
> something wrong.
>
> I am hoping someone can help me figure this out, as Ive spent alot
> of time and a pretty sizable chunk of change converting my machine
> and buying the software to do this work.And Im really anxious to put
> all of my hard work to good use.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
>
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