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Programs, toolpaths, and the software that makes them.

Program stop for a manual flip with no written stop Solved Op 2 is a flip. The program has an M0 and a comment that says 'flip.' It does not say which face goes against… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Ball mill gouge at the bottom of a vertical wall blend Solved A vertical wall blends into a floor with a small radius. The ball mill gouges a dip at the tangent. The simul… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Feedrate of a drilling cycle posted in the wrong units A shop that programs in metric posted a drill for an inch control by accident. The cycle ran, the feed was ab… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Roughing stock left on a floor the finish tool never visits Solved The floor is still 0.5 mm high. The finish operation is walls only, which the tree makes obvious after the sc… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Post that swaps G2 and G3 around a rotary Solved A wrapped toolpath on a fourth axis posts arcs that cut the mirror of the feature when the rotary is on the f… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Helix entry that is too tight for the end mill Solved The pocket entry is a helix of 1 mm diameter larger than the tool. The tool screams on entry and the bottom o… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Using wear compensation when the CAM already output the wear Solved The programmer output the finish path at nominal and told the operator to use wear. Another programmer includ… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Surface that facets because the tolerance was loosened to save time A 3D finish was recut with a looser toolpath tolerance to shorten the program. The machine runs smoother and… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Linking moves that rapid through a clamp Solved The pockets are correct. The link between pocket three and four rapids through a clamp that was added after t… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Chamfer toolpath that cuts the thread crests Solved A chamfer mill deburrs the top of a hole after tapping. On some holes it kisses the first thread and the gaug… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Finish pass that climbs on one wall and conventional on the other Solved A boss is finished in one profile. One wall is bright and the other is gray in the same 6061. The tool is sha… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Drill cycle posted as a peck that the control treats as a deep hole Solved We posted a chip-break peck. The Fanuc-style control is running a full retract deep-hole cycle because of the… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h High feed roughing with a holder that does not match the tool assembly The posted code uses a high-feed cutter. The holder in the magazine is longer than the assembly in CAM by 15… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Stock model that never saw the real casting Solved The CAM stock is a rectangular block. The real part is a casting that is thin on one ear. The toolpath is hap… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Feed on the lead-in that is the same as the cut Solved The lead-in arc is posted at the cutting feed, and the tool dwells into the wall at the start of every pocket… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Stepover scars on a shallow 3D surface Solved A shallow surface shows a stripe at every stepover of a 10 mm ball mill. The scallop height in the CAM was se… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Rest machining that ignores a fillet the ball mill cannot reach Solved A 2 mm internal fillet is called on a floor-to-wall. The rest path keeps trying to drive a 6 mm ball into it… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Toolpath that machines the fixture in the simulation only at the end The simulation is clean for twenty minutes and then the holder clips the vise jaw on the retract of the last… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h Adaptive roughing that leaves a thin wall the finish tool snaps on Solved The adaptive path looks beautiful and leaves a 0.3 mm wall of 316 standing in a pocket corner. The finish end… Zoryra Forum · Lead · 3 replies · 1 view · 7h