3D Radial Milling

[dougied03]

In 3-D RADIAL MILLING how about you make it so you can go CLOCKWISE or COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.

This is a handy toolpath feature to have so you can always be climb milling if you need to.

This is something MASTERCAM has had for years and you simply put in a negative value for the direction you want to go.

[Steinwerks]

You can already do this using One Way, Other Way, and Up or Down Milling selections.

[dougied03]

Can you please send me an example of RADIAL MILLING going clockwise?



Doug

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

@dougied03 

Which software do you use?

[Steinwerks]

Sorry, I believe I was mistaken. I can't get it to go Inside->out in a clockwise fashion. You can get it to always climb by going Outside->In but that's different.

Didn't try in Inventor HSM but I have no reason to believe it's any different than Fusion 360.

A workaround though would be to have a plane pass through your center point and add the toolpath to a Pattern, select Mirror, select your plane, and unselect Keep Original. Just tested and this works in both HSMWorks and Fusion 360.

[dougied03]

HSMWorks



Thanks, Doug

[dougied03]

I am using HSM Works

Doug