Hey, I am using a 3 axis VMC and mastercam 9 with solids. I have a part that has a concave radius on its front end, that is drafted outward 5.3 degrees.
What i am tryig to do is perform a cleanup on that drafted radius.
In mastercam when i attempt to use the surface parellel toolpath, it gives me a toolpath with negative z movement towards the middle as seen in this screenshot:
I understand why this is happening, because the parellel toolpath cannot follow a radiused surface..
I have also tried using the contour surface toolpath, but it immediately tries to machine both sides of the surface, and because of the compound radius and draft, i have been unable to control this with tool containment boundaries.. is there a better way??
please help, and thanks in advance