Sequential mill mirror path with climb milling without repicking the geometry

[gani009]

Hi All,
Is there any way to do mirrored sequential tool path to climb milling cut direction without re picking the geometry. Some of
Presently I am doing sequential mill for mirror part with repicking the geometry to match the climb milling. Most of my parts have sequential mill paths where I can't use contour profile due part geometry

Regards,
Gani

 

[joycejo]

You can edit the tool path and reverse it.

John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX7.5, NX9.0, NX10.0(Testing)
Vericut7.3.3

 

[cnc07]

Careful! If you have some complex 5-axis tool-motion then you may have to repick the geometry especially if multiple check surfaces are used at any given point in the belt of drive surfaces. A few other examples such as your regional fanning while approaching and leaving the corners or even between contiguous tangent drive surfaces, changing part surfaces, etc... So there are a few more factors to look at before hitting some easy click button.

In Catia's Multi-Axis Flank Contouring command (which is actually an NCL routine) you could simply reverse the belt of drive surfaces with a single click. It works because in Catia you can't pick multiple check surfaces in your belt of drive surfaces. And Most of the times it could produce a good climb cutting tool-motion for the mirror part as long as designer/modeler did a good job.

Maybe UG folks can add such capability in the future versions of Sequential Mill as long there are no multiple Check Surfaces.

 

[gani009]

@Joycejo, Present I am doing that way but it's taking some time to reselect the geometry. Apart form this I would like to know if there is any other simple way

 

[capnhook]

Future versions of Sequential Mill...?

Say it ain't so.

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[markrief]

I don't understand why you need to reselect the geometry when you reverse the path.
If you mirror the solid after it is programmed, I would expect te selections to remain intact.

Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

 

[gani009]

@MARK, Once we mirror sequential tool path then cut direction will changed from climb to conventional. But I need cut direction should be climb. Do get the path in climb mill direction I have to re Select the geometry

 

[capnhook]

We have asked this same question a few times here, gani009. I feel your pain.

There is a lot of work required to mirror NX toolpaths. To get mirrored paths to climb mill has always been a lot of work, unlike Brand "C" software, as you may have noticed.



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[gani009]

Yes Capnhook, I like sequential mill very much but when it comes to mirrored path I hate it

 

[capnhook]

Don't get used to Sequential Mill, gani009.

I've heard it will be going away for at least the past 15 years.

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[gani009]

but some of surfaces instead of contour profile this works awesome, Contour profile will act bad if our design model is worse by that time its hard to control my tool path. That's the reason I liked sequential Mill

 

[markrief]

@capnhook, There is no plan to retire sequential milling.

Sequential Milling, although dated in its interaction, is still a valuable milling module that provides unique functionality not found in our other milling processors. For the advanced user who requires complete positioning, tool axis, and looping control (ala APT), it is invaluable.

The Contour Profile drive method was introduced to provide a more automated way to do what Sequential Milling does. If Contour Profile will do the job, this is our recommended processor. But we know that there are complex cases where the manual control provided by Sequential Milling is the only way to get the desired tool path, so we continue to support it.


Mark Rief
NX CAM Customer Success
Siemens PLM Software

 

[gani009]

Hi Mark,
What ever I am following the procedure is good for sequential mirror path, there is no other simple way to change from conventional to climb cut (for mirror). Please suggest me