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infoVGDMP
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Side Mill along Y-Axis

Please can someone tell me how to side mill along the Y-Axis. None of the 2d/3d processes allow you to select this face???? You can select every other face!

sidemill y-axis.jpg 

Thanks

Alistair

LibertyMachine
in reply to: infoVGDMP

Select the lower (or upper) edge. Press the CTRL key and select the edge you want to machine. The toolpaths aren't driven off of faces, but edges (with some exceptions)


Seth Madore
Owner, Liberty Machine, Inc.
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infoVGDMP
in reply to: LibertyMachine

Hi Seth

Thanks for the reply but still does not work. I have Fusion 360 Basic so perhaps this is the problem? I have tried 2d Contour,Face........all with an Endmill, and it still does not let me select just the upper/lower edge on the Y-Axis. Instead it selects the entire lower/upper perimeter. Am at a bit of a loss here and thought this would be a basic function of Fusion 360 as this is required as one of the fundamental processes for squaring off stock! I have my vice mounted on the Haas table as shown in the picture below (please ignore facemill) and want to use the side of an end-mill to run along the Y-Axis (highlighted in green in accordance with stock point origin) to square off the stock. I can select the other 4 faces in Fusion but it won't let me select the left and right faces running along the Y-Axis??????!!!!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

sidemill 2.jpg

Many thanks

Alistair

 

 

 

LibertyMachine
in reply to: infoVGDMP

Gah! I had a brain fart. Press the ALT key, not the CTRL key. That will allow you to select the single edge.


Seth Madore
Owner, Liberty Machine, Inc.
Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
infoVGDMP
in reply to: LibertyMachine

Amazing!! Thanks Seth. Funny how such a small thing can bring you to a halt.

Have a great Christmas

Alistair

LibertyMachine
in reply to: infoVGDMP

Same to you! Sorry I gave you bad info earlier, not sure why I typed that....


Seth Madore
Owner, Liberty Machine, Inc.
Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.