How to use tip insert tools in fusion 360

How to use tip insert tools in fusion 360

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How to use tip insert tools in fusion 360

firebloodphoenixHRBBH
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Let's say I want to use a tip tool in fusion to do a scalloping operation how would I do this?

As you can see this tip tool is part of a high-feed milling cutter

It has 2 radii, 8mm and 1.2mm for the corner. I tried to make a "Form tool" but when I try to use it it will not allow me to scallop or even face (it just says form tools are unsupported).

 

Is there a way I can insert Tip tools for Milling, The button cutters are easy (use a Bull nose), but tools like this High-feed and those Dorito inserts are difficult to use in anything but simple operations.

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generally the tool manufacturer has information on a "Programming radius" that you should use to create a Bullnose cutter.

For instance in the following link there is a callout RE (Radius Effective) which basically means you should create a Bullnose tool with a corner radius of 1.3mm.

https://www.imc-companies.com/taegutec/ttkcatalog/Item.aspx?cat=6334254&fnum=10644&mapp=ML&GFSTYP=M&... 

 

I don't think there is any Cam software that will use form tools for surfacing/ 3d adaptive.

Feed mills are only a roughing tool and approximating them this way is perfectly adequate

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I'm assuming you are talking about something like this?

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But how would I determine this if they don't give it? draw a circle tangent to the 2 radiai? 

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yea that's what I'm talking about,

 

I have never seen a feed mill that doesn't give that information somewhere, its kind of a requirement for using them,

 

the circle wouldn't be tangent to the radii necessarily, it would be tangent to the vertical/horizontal lines that are tangent to the radii, this will depend on how the insert is tilted over in the cutter body

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