How do I machine two identical parts in one go both clamped to the table?

[ghiggsUVQ9T]

Hi there!

I have two wood blocks clamped to my table they are identical and I want the CNC to mill both of them one directly after the other.

I tried doing a setup in Manufacturing for each wood block, with identical tool paths.

when I run the simulation it shows it cutting both blocks of wood. but when I do a post process, I get a warning about

vises...…. I tried to run the program on the CNC and it just did the first block and then proceeded to try to cut the first block a second time, instead of moving to the second block. 

I'm currently unable to figure this one out on my own. Please see the attached file.

EDIT:  I just played with pattern and am going out to the shop to see if that worked !?!?!?

Thanks

Glen

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

In your Setup, you've only selected one of the blocks, and toolpaths are only applied to that one. If your machine supports multiple work offsets, you can enable that option in the Setup:

The other option, if your parts are an exact distance apart, such as they are laid out in Fusion, you can dump both toolpaths into a Duplication Pattern:

 

 

[ghiggsUVQ9T]

Hehe,

that is exactly what I ended up doing was the duplicate pattern. 

I'm going to try it out on the machine. Just saw your post after editing my original post.

Thanks for the quick response and advice!!!! 

[ghiggsUVQ9T]

Thanks Seth! 🙂

It worked out well using the duplicate pattern.

Glen