[mfg-smartcam] Cutter comp

[Jeff Pieper]

Your best bet is to do interpolation from tool center. Depending on what size pocket your milling or just a circle. Here are a few examples. I use wall offset quite a bit to offset half the tool dia. This way the cutter deviation is always '0' to begin with. I feel the offset should only be used for correcting the cutter diameter that is off a few thousands. If you need G41 and D offset, just add it in with a user command. When just roughing, I don't turn on the offset at all. Jeff Pieper CNC Programmer ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Smith To: 'Vance Qualls' ; Smartrcam users (E-mail) Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Cutter comp Vance Just a thought... I have done this by starting the cut above the pocket/slot.  Then, move down in Z. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vance Qualls Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Cutter comp How can I get SmartCam 11.5 Production Milling to output code with cutter comp to initiate before the first move in Z before starting a profile.  For example; entering a pocket which is not much bigger than the diameter of the end mill.  (Using a Haas VF-0 vertical machining center) Can I do this in Machine define, or is there an edit in the .tmp file I can make?

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