#Mastercam x4 3d contour software

Rest material operation: The rest material is calculated as the material left behind by one or more earlier operations.

Choose this to carry out a regular operation. The following options are available:Дisabled: Defines that the current operation is not a rest machining operation. The dropdown menu rest material source lets you select the method for calculating the rest material to be removed by this operation. When the trimming option is selected, toolpath will be trimmed away in areas of holder collisions. The following is an example error which is provided to help the user in removing the gouge:

#Mastercam x4 3d contour software

With the option fail on collision, the toolpath generation fails in case the software detects a holder collision. вЂњWarning: Tool flute must be increased by 53.04 to avoid holder gouge.вЂќ With the option detect lenght, HSM Performance Pack checks toolpath and suggests a flute length to the user for which any holder collisions are avoided.ДЄ warning such as the following will be provided to suggest a tool:

The mode avoid stock is supported for 3D roughing strategies.

It is important to notice that with this method, some stock might not be machined because of the collision protection. This allows to avoid holder collisions at every given time by moving the tool away from the surface. In the mode avoid stock, HSM Performance Pack generates toolpath with knowledge about the current stock at every cut (in addition to just the part itself). With the option Ignore, collisions between the shoulder, shank, holder and the work piece are ignored. The following options are available (depending on the selected strategy): The dropdown menu lets you select how HSM Performance Pack should react to a detected holder collision. For tapered tools, the tool definition is straightforward for ball nosed and flat bottomed tips, but for bull nosed tips the standard convention is more complicated: the shaft diameter refers to the diameter of the bottom of the conical surface and not the diameter of the virtual toroidal shape that would be within the tapered shape. The bottom of the (truncated) cone is tangential to the shape at the tip, and the top is at the flute length above the tip. Tapered tools add the shape of a cone of the given taper angle from the vertical axis. The flute length doesn't have an effect on the shape of the cutter paths unless a taper angle is applied. The right click menu is also used to access the HSM tool library, described below. The tool drawing to the right is updated each time a field is exited, to reflect the changed value. The fields below are automatically updated from the tool selected above. In the large area, the tool is selected, or a new tool can be created from the right click menu. In addition, both the ramping and linking moves are freely configurable to match your tool, machine and part. HSM Performance Pack generates lead arcs with optimal smoothness to minimize the tool wear. You can freely configure the lead-in and lead-out moves of the operation. This means that you receive maximum cutting efficiency combined with an optimal preparation for subsequent finishing. Through this, the algorithm ensures that the maximum length of the tool is used for every cutting level and remaining geometry. When step-up is activated, the tool performs a cut at the maximum cutting depth and then steps up at constant Z-levels along the contour of the part. It can machine both open and closed pockets as well as cores by machining from outside or from inside.Д¬onstant Cut features a step-up function, which combines the optimal use of the toolвЂ™s cutting length with the ability to machine complex geometries. Ideally you can use the entire cutting length of the tool for optimal efficiency.Д¬onstant Cut is a highly flexible strategy which can be used for all your 3D roughing requirements. Through this, a much bigger part of the cutting flute can be used, which in turn shortens the machining time enormously and assures a uniform tool wear. The intelligent algorithm of this strategy ensures that the tool engagement is constantly kept at the optimal engagement of the tool throughout the entire toolpath. Constant Cut is a roughing strategy which allows for much faster machining times than traditional roughing without tool breakage.