HSM Ideas - Page 3

instrumentmakerij-santing · ‎06-28-2017

Hello everyone, Wouldn't it be nice to be able to program the reduced feedrate in feed/rev as well? Especially if everything else is programmed in feed/rev. regards, Geert Pieter

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2017

While programming and trying to get the tool path you desire, it would be nice to be able to use CNTRL Z to undo the change in the tool path. As it stands now you have to duplicate the process so you don't lose your tool path settings and test out the new settings on the new duplicated process.

Anonymous · ‎02-03-2017

Hi, As the title, I have a lot of collisions during the milling of the fourth axis, caused by the remains of bodies that fell off during milling.

Anonymous · ‎01-15-2017

My face grooving tool is curved and by definition has a minimum and maximum cutting radius otherwise sad days ahead. It seems that in the tool definition you could set a toggle to add maximum and minimum dimensions that, when set, could be checked against for crash potential.

LibertyMachine · ‎12-16-2016

Tool Orientation is a really slick setup for allowing multi axis machining. Whether this is a simple old Toyoda F450 horizontal or a new 3 axis vertical with a 4th rotary, HSM has provided us with a way to sufficently gain access to all sides of a part and program it. Well, almost... This Idea spawns from some trouble I am having IN THIS THREAD. While Dynamic Work Offsets and increased "machine intelligence" are the direction that the industry is headed (and how HSM currently is setup for), I'd imagine there is a large enough segment of machine shops out there with older or more basic equipment. It's not like everyone goes out and upgrades their equipment just becuase new technology becomes available. When dealing with any complexity or accuracy, 4th axis work will typically involve the use of several work offsets to successfully process a part. The way that HSM is setup is that it's calculating everything and posting everything from your initial Setup. While some of this can be circumvented via clever post edits, I think it would be a good benefit to include the option of "Use New WCS" and define it. Alternatively, perhaps something along the lines of a coordinate system which can be assigned a work offset. Open to ideas and discussion, as well as criticism 🙂

Anonymous · ‎11-27-2016

It would be great to have the ability to offset the face milling operation, EG. using an 80mm face cutter to face 60mm plate, so HSM generates a single tool path on center-line of the part, this was no good for the material or cutter i was machining so I had to manually edit the G-code to offset the Y value, being able to do this is HSM would be much better.

chjade84 · ‎08-17-2016

I've got a project where I need to engrave outlines (.svg import) and there's far too many separate entities for me to select them all. It seems very odd that there would be no way to either select a whole sketch for the tracing operation or marquee around the contours you wish to have traced, especially since this functionality is part of every CAD operation already. I've turned to Inkscape and a plugin written by one guy to turn vectors into gcode; which is hardly ideal.

Anonymous · ‎03-08-2017

I'd like to see if one can have the viewcube change orientation based on the Work Origin in HSM's current setup? My setup has a certain orientation where the top of my part setup conflicts with the view cube. I can reset the view cube to"top", but it would be nice if that were automatic.

Anonymous · ‎02-15-2017

I see this was discussed a few years ago, before my time, and it has not yet been addressed. Please change the units from in/min to in/rev. I just bumf__ked a grooving tool and my have shat my pants at the same time.

Matthew-R · ‎02-06-2017

Hello! I have an idea to improve the Compare and Edit command. Would there be any interest in implementing a Compare and Edit across multiple files feature? This would be very helpful to diagnose differences where some operations solve and others do not, but where they are not in the same file. Also, any interest in being able to export the Compare and Edit list as an Excel file or some type of the like?

Anonymous · ‎02-02-2017

This is one that has been bugging me for a while - we all know that math is inconvenient, so could a field be added to to the "multiple depths" page where I could simply say how many step downs I want, and the software figures out what that step down value needs to be? Often times, even if I do the math, I still end up with either 1 cut that is larger or 1 extra small cut based on starting/ending height, stock allowances, etc. Seems like it would save some headache to be able to say "3 even step downs - GO!"

carlos_lima · ‎12-16-2016

In Brazil the need for Inventor HSM in Portuguese is coming up, it would be very good if this idea were accepted. With language pack in Portuguese.

Anonymous · ‎12-11-2016

Hi all , When we selecting geometry there must be a point to point option. We can make a comfortable and quick choice for every geometry. We are using 2B Sketch for now. Best Regards, MEHMET CAN YILDIRIM

SouthernCrossSmallArms · ‎11-28-2016

I would love to see a 3 axis chamfer feature with a ball nose, sort of a morph tool-path but simple selection of the chamfer surface or edges. Would make life so much easier. I know I can run a few 3D strategies to get the job done, but when you have many such chamfers to do would be great to have a simple solution for complex parts. An example is this 3 D model chamfered edge.

lenny_1962 · ‎08-30-2016

The trace tool needs to have an option to compensate for the tool edge. this way when you create a 3D spline or use an existing one the tool will not gouge the part. Yes you can use projection but that does not always work without having to make a bunch of un-need geom.

Anonymous · ‎05-27-2017

In any of the simulations to be able to simulate the "reorder to minimize tool changes" that gets posted by the post processor. I do multiple operations in multiple vices using G54,G55 etc. I program each operation in separate Jobs then post using the reorder to minimize tool changes to use the same tool as many times with out tool changing. It would be nice to be able to simulate in Stock simulation or Machine simulation what the post is going to output. As it is now the simulation just follows the workflow.

KyleJansson · ‎04-12-2017

I can add comments to my program by going to Drilling > Manual NC > Comment, but what if I want to add in a line of code in a specific spot? I can do that manually in my g-code, but it would be a time saver to be able to input a custom line of code right into HSMWorks where I know I want it. Can we add this functionality to HSMWorks 2019? For one example, our Hurco mill has machine accuracy is controlled by a "G05.3 P#" - where # is a range from 1-100. For roughing, we set this to 80, every single time. For finishing we set this to 20, most every single time. I manually enter a comment in the HSMWorks tree where I want to modify it, then in my g-code I go and delete the parenthesis. I would like the ability to just go to "Drilling > Manual NC > Direct Code" and type in "G05.3 P80" and have it show up right there in my code and not have to go find it to delete my comment parenthesis. Is this feasible to implement and do you folks think this is okay to add? Thanks, Kyle

denis_q · ‎03-21-2017

Often, I have to navigate to tool vendors online catalogue to look for tool properties that are not represented in tool-library. Sometimes I simply wanna know, for an specific material what parameters the tool provider suggests. I think a selection box within tool library for an path to a pdf, jpg or even a hyperlink would be a good idea?

Anonymous · ‎02-08-2017

I started programming initially with Cimatron, a 10+ year old version of it at that several years ago. Cimatron has an operation called "Remachine" with an option of clean up that worked great. Similar to Rest Machining, you would enter in a previous tool size, say a 1" ball, and the operation would clean out any stock that a 1" ball had left behind. You would then specify values for down and side steps separately. The operation would then clean out all vertical corners/fillets as HSM's 3D contour strategy does, but it would also clean out any corners/fillets that were more horizontal just as the pencil strategy does. The way I do it now is to use Rest Machining Contour first, selecting or drawing up all boundaries encompassing vertical corners, then creating a separate pencil operation for the areas with lower slope. I can't allow the pencil strategy alone to clean out all excess stock in corners, especially in cases of having undrafted walls because the shaft will clash. This approach produces great results but is more time consuming than I'd like. I've also tried using Pocket to do this because it should work as I've described above but I haven't gotten very good results. I think part of this is there isn't a Rest Machining option of From Tool like there is within contour. When I'm working on a part with 2000 surfaces and 20 operations, generating the Pocket operation which looks at all previous operations takes an incredible amount of time. If the toolpath isn't ideal or comes with too much noise, even with the Ignore Cusps value adjusted, I end up spending far too time on just one operation. There are times I need to clean out corners stepping down in tool size 5 times so this can be a very lengthy process which is why I do the 3d contour/pencil approach. I also seem to get much more choppy, gaps in between segments of toolpath than pencil gives me. Photo is attached of Cimatron's Remachine operation (1.jpg) and a quickly made example of HSM Pocket results.

Anonymous · ‎02-07-2017

Hi All , I wanted to do two different operations in one operation. Example ; 3D Contour + 3D Horizontal operation. Some other CAM programs have this option. Indeed a very useful option. Regards , MEHMET CAN YILDIRIM

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feedrate for parting (turning operation)

UNDO FUNCTION WHILE TESTING TOOL PATHS

simulation: please add option trim remains of material

Face grooving tool cutting diameter limits

Allow new WCS value at tool orientation

Face Milling Offset

Use marquee selection for Trace, Contour, etc.

View Cube in HSM Reflect WCS in current Setup?

Reduced feedrate for turning parting

Compare and Edit across multiple files

Evenly spaced cut depth in "multiple depths"

Inventor HSM package in Portuguese

Point to point selection geometri.

Compound Chamfer / 3 Axis chamfer

Trace tool path need enhancement

HSMWorks-Simulate actual Reorder to minimize tool paths.

Create ability to add a line of g-code in HSMWorks, like a comment without ( )

data sheets for tools / holders

A strategy combining Rest Machining Contour & Pencil for cleaning out corners

About Operations Combine

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