Curved Channels Help

[david.tunnard]

Hello,

I am very new to the CAM side of Fusion and I am having such difficulty creating a toolpath for the curved channels in the attached part. If anyone thinks they have the answer, please take a look and tell me where I am going wrong!

Also please tell me of any other improvements that I can make!

Thanks in advance

[balsmen · Accepted solution]

Hi @david.tunnard,

Check out the file I have attached, specifically the parallel operation. You may want to adjust the stepover in the passes tab to fit your needs. I used the 3mm Ball mill in your tool library to do the machining.

Let me know if this helps!

Noah

[david.tunnard]

Thank you for the quick reply!

Parallel seems like the way to go! However, as with most of the other operations I have tried, the tool does not go to the bottom of the 3mm channel. do you have a solution for this?

[balsmen · Accepted solution]

Hi @david.tunnard,

I think this is because of the tolerance value set in the passes tab of the parallel operation. You're using a 3mm tool to fit into a 3mm channel so you don't have much wiggle room there. If you change the tolerance value to be smaller, do you get closer to what you are wanting?

Thanks,

Noah

[david.tunnard]

Hi, Noah!

Ah yes, I understand what you are saying. I have changed the tolerance in the passes tab to 0.001mm and that seems to have got it close enough for me! Thanks very much for your help!

David

[balsmen]

@david.tunnard,

Glad to hear that helped! Just let us know if you have any other questions in the future!

Thanks,

Noah