wrapped adaptive tool path is not aligned to part features in fusion 360

wrapped adaptive tool path is not aligned to part features in fusion 360

greg.kowalski
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wrapped adaptive tool path is not aligned to part features in fusion 360

greg.kowalski
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Hello hoping someone can help me out.    I'm trying to cam this round part to be milled on the 4th axis.   I'm using a 2D adaptive tool path to mill around the outside of these circular bosses.   Fusion 360 creates the tool path but is nowhere near aligned to the geometry of the part.      There is a screen shot showing misalignment of the cam toolpath (green) to the actual part (gray)

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Screen shot below showing 2D adaptive toolpath geometry selections.    The orange circle is the stock contour, the blue is the geometry I want to mill around.   The wrapped cylinder face is the outer diameter (not shown)

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a.laasW8M6T
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The Wrapped toolpaths are fairly limited in the types of geometry they can actually successfully machine.

 

The feature you have there probably cannot be machined with a wrapped toolpath, but probably can be with the rotary toolpaths(Rotary pocket/Rotary contour) and maybe Advanced swarf for finishing, these are all Machining extension toolpaths however so if you don't have that then you can't use them.

 

If you want to upload your file here we can take a look and see if the wrapped toolpaths can be made to work

Andrew Laas
Senior Machinist, Scott Automation


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greg.kowalski
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I do have the machining extensions, so I could give that a try again.   I tried rotary pocket but couldn't get it to work, and I was getting closer with 2D wrapped adaptive, except for this "alignment problem".   I was able to successfully get a wrapped tool path with swarf but I was looking for a way to remove the bulk of the material and then follow up with the contour pass.  I uploaded the file.   Thanks!

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seth.madore
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I dunno, Rotary Pocket is looking mighty fine right now:

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Seth Madore
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greg.kowalski
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That looks great!   I wonder what I was doing wrong.   I will try rotary pocket again and see if I can get it to work.  

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