Face milling Climp Option

[Marco.Takx]

If you use Climp for Face milling it always starts on one side of the part like below.

Make a option availible to mill like below.

[Steinwerks]

I too wish for a Climb option that keeps the tool down. This seems far more efficient than lifting every pass.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see a cycle almost like an "adapive" cycle, but more aimed at facing, i just had a quick play and as you can see using 2D adaptive for facing gives a ugly looking path, but a consistent engagement facing cycle like my poor drawing would be nice to see.....

[Steinwerks]

Yes, something more akin to Sandvik's reccomendations:

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

This is what I've been trying to explain as the only way to have the chip thinning entry work.

Because always moving back to 1 side of the part is a lot of time wasted and both ways machining makes chip thinning useless.

So you have my vote but this is one that we cannot seem to explain the importance of to the dev team.

[LibertyMachine]

Put me down as another person who doesn't know why this isn't a thing yet.

[kb9ydn]

#WhyDoesTheHSMFacingStategyHaveToBeSoDumb

[lenny_1962]

I was at a Autodesk Featurecam, part maker and Powermill user group in Phoenix last Thursday and they showed this exact same thing as a new facing option in Partmaker.

now if you buy Featurecam ultimate, Partmaker is included and the cost is around $17500, before it would have cost you $90k for both.

being in education has its perks we had DFS, NOW DEAD, Featurecam was included, didn't like its UI,but know it is being updated to be more modern so now might be using for lathe since HSMWorks doesn't works so well for lathe.

guess there needs to be more collaboration between the two CAM sides of AD?

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Btw. I would still want the current way to be available for surface finish reasons.

[ArjanDijk]

Like the idea, but it must be clear that half of the passes have full engagement with the material

[ArjanDijk]

Hmm didnt look to well, no full engagement in your method

[Steinwerks]

@ArjanDijk

Wouldn't that be controlled by the stepover definition?

[Anonymous]

 I like this because when I'm facing graphite, any other method allows at least one edge to have chipped corners.

Brian

[Anonymous]

Tony, your way is usually the best. Why this hasn't been the default way of face milling from the very beginning is beyond me. Probably because straight lines are easy to program. Usually no need for any retracts either between the start and end points. This toolpath should also produce less or no burrs on the top, outside edge. I regard face milling just about the same as facing in turning - a finishing operation. But face milling could incorporate a similar constant force strategy on the face mill like adaptive clearing to be used as a roughing operation. If I had to take A LOT of material off, I'd use adaptive clearing first, then finish it ( and perhaps semi-finish it ) with a face mill. If you're working on any brittle material ( ceramic, stone, graphite ), you really must start from the outside and work your way towards the center, otherwise chipping will occur. ( Keep the workpiece material in compression! )

[Anonymous]

Any progress of this idea??  

[ArjanDijk]

@al.whatmough. This is the best voted idea of the CAM idea station. I talked today to the customer that proposed this to @Marco.Takx and asked me about the status. 

What needs to be done to get this implemented? I think implementing this would be the best evidence that the ideastation works.

[Anonymous]

is there any update of this?

[Anonymous]

Face milling Climp Option will be good for facing wood.

[Knaap]

No more updates? What's the deal with toolpaths like this still not being implemented after years and years.

This is what keeps me away from intreacting more in the HSM community with a personal account (this is works).

It sounds like ideas/worries that the community would like to see, with good arguments isn't taken serious.