This version now supports multiple unconnected surfaces for finishing to make programming your job that much easier! Don’t worry about needing to create multiple operations, just select multiple surfaces, to use the same settings and reduce inter-operation linking.
New options in the 4 Axis Advanced Finish allow you to choose between a Radius Constant finish, or the new Cylindrical or Conical Surfaces finish! This additional option gives you the tools you need to focus on the desired machining surfaces!
This new option allows you to automatically tilt the tool so the tip is not used in the deburring process. Since the very tip of the tool is the least efficient contact point in material removal, this is the perfect way to avoid it without needing to actively choose a specific contact point to use!
In order to give you as much control as possible, this new feature allows you to set how the tool is oriented moving into or out of the lead moves! Just set the Tool axis orientation to User defined direction, and choose between x, y, z, or user defined to choose anything in between! The tool will then move through the lead an morph into the orientation defined for the operation.
The Flatlands toolpath just got even more power with the ability to handle inverted flats! When using a capable tool, simply select the undercut option on the Parameters page to handle all your flats at the same time.
The Over Machine option allows you to optimize the milling conditions for hard metal milling to compensate for long tool deflections and cutting forces. This helps to avoid chatter caused by thin walls generated by tool deflections and helps prevent tool and spindle damage!
The new Remove Stock Pillars option, for the Advanced Rough Adaptive pattern, allows you to finish the last of the stock on a given depth by leaving a cylinder of stock which is then finished with a single spiral ramp motion. This helps eliminate adverse cutting conditions, like vibrations and heat generation in small areas, which can be created when the pattern whittles down the stock to a thin walled island before finishing it off. With this new option, you can create optimal cutting conditions and help extend tool life.
The new Minimum Depth Step option in the Advanced UI of the Advanced Rough toolpath adds extra control to intermediate steps by allowing you to remove steps under the main depth, that are below the specified amount. This enhances the cutting conditions during roughing and reduces vibrations and chatter.
A new feature has been added to the Mill 3 Axis Pro toolpaths allowing you to define the home position of the operation, and even how the tool moves from and to that home position! There are tons of reasons you may want to define where your operation begins, and how you approach and exit the workpiece, and in this new version, we allow you full control over how it’s done!
With Barrel tools becoming more and more common place, the Mill 3 Axis Pro toolpaths have been updated to support the three barrel types which were previously unsupported. These operations can now utilize all seven barrel types!