Face Milling Roll in

[Anonymous]

I would like to be able to roll a face-mill into a cut using simultaneous X and Y movements along an arc to reduce forces on the cutting edge. 

The face-milling tab has very few options for cutter position along the stock. For example, I would like to be able to control the position of the face-mill by more than the width of cut and the transition type. Is there a work around anyone has used that doesn't involve the creation of a model that would guide my face-mill with more control?

Is this something that can be added to a future update?

[zodiaceng]

Use the 2D Adaptive toolpath and select the top face as your geometry, not the profile but the face itself, then stock contour to your stock/model size. 

[Steinwerks]

Or 3D Adaptive and get to select nothing! 

One can also use the Chip Thinning box on the Passes tab, but generally I agree that there need to be more facing options.

[zodiaceng]

True! I always forget about how powerful 3D Adaptive is. Gotta love model aware toolpaths. 

[Steinwerks]

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@zodiaceng wrote:

True! I always forget about how powerful 3D Adaptive is. Gotta love model aware toolpaths. 

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Agreed!

Also here are a few Ideas based on improving Facing. Everyone please vote for them!

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-ideas/face-milling-climp-option/idi-p/6752676

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-ideas/morphed-spiral-option-for-facing/idi-p/6491107

[zodiaceng]

Voted. I definitely don't spend enough time on the other forums either. 

[Anonymous]

Update..

When using the face mill function the chip thinning option forces the cutter to roll into the part with a radial move equal to the radius of the cutter (which is the Sandvik preferred method), However, to control the path of the face mill I found that I had to create sketch geometry that reflects the path the cutter should take. It's still not perfect but it's much better. 

Thanks everyone for your input.