Allowing rapid retracts on the grooving operation while using partial stepdowns

[Damien_Deline]

i cant seem to figure out how to get the cam to output the grooving toolpath with either a G0 rapid movement or a hi feed movement in the picture you can see i switched to the high feed linking movements in hopes it would work instead of the G0 Rapids . does anyone know any simple work arounds to this issue . i have also provided a picture of the code thats being output with the current parameters  . The highligted portion of the code thats moving in the Z axis is a retract but as you can see it doesnt change feedrates so it is still going at the cutting feed rate of 0.005 IPR

[seth.madore]

Could you share your file?
File > Export > Save to local folder, return to thread and attach the .f3d file in your reply

[Damien_Deline]

i can not share the file im working on so i made a sample file that produces the same results

[akash.kamoolkar · Accepted solution]

@Damien_Deline I can't correlate the code you posted to the file you attached but one guess is you're looking at direct feed moves that are rapid moves that occur within the "safe distance" parameter of the model. you can try reducing your safe distance and see if those moves turn to rapid / high feed moves.

Regards,

Akash Kamoolkar

[Damien_Deline]

i found out what it was . operator error . it doesnt allow the rapid retract on the first plunge in the material im assuming because it is essentially running a spring pass as it pulls out. i was working with aluminum so no issue with fast retracts . i just manually edited the code . i didnt happen to look further in the coding to see the high feed was in fact working after the initial plunge retracted from the groove. i apologize for not looking far enough into the issue.