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creating toolpath..

Posted by Jens Swales
on 2003-05-18 11:56:07 UTC
hi group



i need to find out a conveniant way to create toolpaths for hi-gloss
polishing of glass and marble/granite surfaces (common size is
400x600mm). the rule is to never grind/polish the same path twice or
you will get marks, streaks etc. that will be visible from
particular angles.
the work sequence is:

1st rough miller diamond/nickel grit 60, could be any pattern, it
just removes the stock

2nd pre-shaper diamond/nickel grit 120, zig-zag passes to remove
previous scratches

3rd grinder diamond/resinbond grit 100, removes previous scratches in
a tight spiralshape toolpath

4rd grinder diamond/resinbond grit 200, removes previous scratches in
a less tight spiralshape toolpath

5th-8th, 500-3000 grit in a random pattern

so far, the results is ok, but takes an awfull time to hack the code.
i use a 2d cad to create a pattern for each tool, so its alot of
copy&paste

it would be sooo easy to just draw my square and hit a key that
generates the code with all the different tools pre-stored paths and
parameters..

g, its difficult to describe in english


js

Discussion Thread

Jens Swales 2003-05-18 11:56:07 UTC creating toolpath.. Tim Goldstein 2003-05-18 12:21:36 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] creating toolpath.. stevenson_engineers 2003-05-18 12:39:04 UTC Re: creating toolpath.. Fred Smith 2003-05-18 14:10:02 UTC Re: creating toolpath.. Tim Goldstein 2003-05-18 14:14:40 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: creating toolpath.. Indy123456 2003-05-18 14:46:45 UTC Re: creating toolpath.. Mark Thomas 2003-05-18 15:11:49 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: creating toolpath.. stevenson_engineers 2003-05-18 16:03:35 UTC Re: creating toolpath.. CL 2003-05-18 19:26:39 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: creating toolpath.. Tim Goldstein 2003-05-18 19:32:41 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: creating toolpath.. CL 2003-05-18 20:17:36 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: creating toolpath.. stevenson_engineers 2003-05-19 01:31:02 UTC Re: creating toolpath.. rainnea 2003-05-19 02:02:46 UTC Re: creating toolpath..