Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
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The Sweep-Cut using Toolbody seems to be limited to swept cylinders.
I tried a simple example using a Chamfer cutter and a fillet cutter that failed (see attached).
(Before someone states, "Why don't you simply use Chamfer or Fillet feature" - it is pretty easy to devise scenarios where this doesn't return the same geoemtry as that created on the mill by a swept tool.)
I tried a simple example using a Chamfer cutter and a fillet cutter that failed (see attached).
(Before someone states, "Why don't you simply use Chamfer or Fillet feature" - it is pretty easy to devise scenarios where this doesn't return the same geoemtry as that created on the mill by a swept tool.)






RE: Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
RE: Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
I use the Solid Swept-Cut quite a bit and have run into some quirky things but can usually make it work. I just tried the chamfer and fillet like yours and got it to work just fine. Make sure to click off the merge button when creating your endmill. Also, I would make the endmill form without the shank, just to keep things simpler.
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I'm not a complete idiot. (CSWP since 2007) (Hmmm, does that make me an "incomplete idiot"?
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RE: Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
mncad just wrote, "I just tried the chamfer and fillet like yours and got it to work just fine."
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I'll have to try a simplified toolbody and post back - but the message about convex doesn't encourage me that it will work as mncad stated.
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Good workaround to know, mncad.
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Were you able to get this to work in 2011? We are looking to upgrade to 2012 and I will be testing in that, just curious if it worked in 2011.
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Your trick worked on my install of 2011 SP5.0. Nice work-around!
Joe
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RE: Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
RE: Limitations on Swept Toolbody Cut
How accurate are they showing the toolpath geometry these days?
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