How to mill connect pockets with different Depths?

[jda70az]

Hi.

I can't figure out how to mill out 2 pockets that are connected but have different depths. I tried

both 2 d and 3d pocket strategies.  It either crashes Fusion or  hangs there with 0% processed

or Pending or... it leaves material at the edges.

File included.

Would someone here please explain what I am doing wrong?

[daniel_lyall]

It makes it easy to help if we can see where you are going wrong, as I can get a toolpath with no problem.

See if this helps See this video for selecting toolpaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATs4rsI_TPc

[jda70az]

I select 2d pocket and select all 3 pockets in the Geometry TAB 3 chains

Set the bottom Height to the deepest pocket

turn off stock to leave

and that's it.

[daniel_lyall]

You do not need to touch the hights and this is the fail, reset it back to selected contours. 

[jda70az]

ok

Ok so

I select 2d pocket  and in the geometry tab I select all connected pockets

and hit ok. It either crashes, sits at 0% or says Pending and does nothing.

And yes I did what you said.

So my question is HOW do you properly mill a feature like this?

What would be the best  set of operations in what sequence?

Thanks for the help.

[daniel_lyall]

Can you post the model with the tool paths done? I need to see it to have a chance of working out what is wrong.

What are your computer specks?

[jda70az]

Yup

Win 10

Intel Core i5-6600K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW

https://www.evga.com/products/specs/gpu.aspx?pn=262a811f-d3e9-4e51-af12-f808ec0a3b56

16Gig of DDR4 Ram

GA-Z170X Gaming MOBO 7

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-rev-10#ov

[etfrench · Accepted solution]

Is there a reason you chose the deepest pockets to machine first?  Try using the top profile as the selection.

[jda70az]

Yes

When I would select the bottom of the pocket it would sit at 0% and not create the tool path

or it would say Pending or crash Fusion. Which is really weird. I don't know why it was doing that.

I looked at your file and I see you selected the TOP line so that the pocket is all blue

I was selecting the bottom and that is the problem.

I will mark this as ACCEPT SOLUTION

Thanks for the help.

[etfrench]

It did the same for me, so I changed the inputs and that worked.

[daniel_lyall · Accepted solution]

@jda70az Did you looked at the video I posted in it it had how to edit the toolpath so it went where you wanted it to go?

[jda70az]

Thanks for the help.

Yes I did watch it and that was helpful.

marked as ACCEPT SOLUTION