I'm try to ramp down, on an arc, from z0 to z-.5 as per the attached Production Mill .pm4 and .jof files.
What I would like is the ramp down arc to output as lines with Z moves. The way I do it is to explode the arc and MANUALLY and input the Z moves per line. Is there an easier way? Before exploding ramp arc element 2... % O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) N7M98P1 T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 M08 Z0.1 G01Z0.0F20.0 G02X3.0Y0.0I-2.1213J-2.1213 Z-0.5 G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 M98P1 G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) G90 M30 % After exploding ramp arc element 2 % O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) N7M98P1 T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 M08 Z0.1 G01Z0.0F20.0 X2.2229Y2.0147 X2.319Y1.9032 X2.4096Y1.7871 X2.4944Y1.6667 X2.5732Y1.5423 X2.6458Y1.4142 X2.712Y1.2827 X2.7716Y1.1481 X2.8246Y1.0107 X2.8708Y0.8709 X2.9101Y0.7289 X2.9424Y0.5853 X2.9675Y0.4402 X2.9856Y0.2941 X2.9964Y0.1472 X3.0Y0.0 G00 Z-0.5 G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 M98P1 G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) G90 M30 % This is what I would like SmartCAM V11.5 Production Mill to code... % O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) N7M98P1 T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 M08 Z0.1 G01Z0.0F20.0 X2.2229Y2.0147Z-.0313 <-- can this be coded? X2.319Y1.9032Z-.0625 X2.4096Y1.7871Z-.0938 X2.4944Y1.6667Z-.1250 X2.5732Y1.5423Z-.1563 X2.6458Y1.4142Z-.1875 X2.712Y1.2827Z-.2188 X2.7716Y1.1481Z-.2500 X2.8246Y1.0107Z-.2813 X2.8708Y0.8709Z-.3125 X2.9101Y0.7289Z-.3438 X2.9424Y0.5853Z-.375 X2.9675Y0.4402Z-.4063 X2.9856Y0.2941Z-.4375 X2.9964Y0.1472Z-.4688 X3.0Y0.0Z-0.5 G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 M98P1 G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) G90 M30 % <<TEST.jof>> <<TEST.pm4>> Regards, Michael Senack, X354 Your local friendly neighborhood CNC Programmer
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