Hsmworks 2016 update#

Fixed potential generation failure for Adaptive Clearing.Fixed wrong linking issue for Adaptive Clearing when using rest machining.Fixed missing area issue for Turning Profile when cutting at an angle.Improved performance for stay down linking for Adaptive Clearing.Reduced memory usage for Adaptive Clearing when using holder pull-away.Improved linking to find more places to ramp for Adaptive Clearing.Reduced memory usage for Adaptive Clearing when using holder pull-away feature.Improved minimum retracts for Turning Groove and Profile.Improvements for chip thinning for Face.Improved Adaptive Clearing toolpath when using ball cutters to avoid cutting of small fragments resulting in more linking motion.To make the toolpath appropriate for machining the curves will be fitted with the biggest possible arcs. Note that depending on the stock to leave values used the tool will have to follow elliptical curves. The new algorithm supports all combinations of positive and negative values of the radial and axial stock to leave.

Hsmworks 2016 update#

Major update for stock to leave support for turning Profile and Grooving.The chip thinning moves are now shortened automatically such the they start at the engagement position. The stay down linking will now try to avoid cutting stock when chip thinning is enabled. Many improvement to chip thinning and linking for Face.Improved performance for Adaptive Clearing when using holder pull-away.Added support for tip offset of 0 for 2D Chamfer.Added support for chamfer tool without flat tip for 2D Chamfer.Posts can optionally handle rewinds using the onRewindMachine() entry function. Force error by default when rewind is required for multi-axis simultaneous toolpath.Improved output for post processor log to highlight the first error more clearly.Improved performance during dependency analysis to avoid long loading and editing times for parts with many rest machining operations.Fixed check for out of range spindle speed when using constant surface speed for generic HAAS turning post.Fixed issue when the Origin Selection for Turning Jobs was not preserved.Fixed potential issue when using Distributed CAM where a server could incorrectly be marked as do not use.Added warning message if no selections were made for Thread, Circular and Bore strategies.Updated generic HAAS post to force work offset output at each tool change to allow restart of program.You can turn off the behavior by setting the property 'homePositionCenter' to No. Updated generic HAAS post so the part is centered by default in the table at program end.Updated relevant generic posts to force work offset at tool changes to allow restart of NC program at the tool changes.Updated 2D Contour and Trace so Keep Tool Down is disabled by default when using chamfer mode.Ask for tool before showing other errors when no tool is selected for a given operation.Added Feed Optimization support for 2D Chamfer.Added finishing overlap for 2D Chamfer.Added support for tangential extension for 2D Chamfer.In Control compensation is explicitly not available for 2D Chamfer. Added Wear and Inverse Wear compensation for 2D Chamfer.Added support for setting the tool orientation for an operation using the explicit Z-X, Z-Y, and X-Y axes respectively.When enabled, the tools in use will be called in sequence allowing the operator to easily measure the tools before running the program by enabling BLOCK DELETE lines. You can enable this behavior by setting the 'optionallyMeasureTools' property to Yes. Added support for optionally measure tools for the generic HAAS post.Chips stay cool and due to their larger mass carry most of the heat away from the cutting edge. This is because the chip is thick enough to not overheat. I even took a video cutting one of the parts: It lasted for aboutР’В 2 hours and completed the whole run of more than 20Р’В pieces. To be honest IР’В was not sure the tool was going to last very long, but it exceeded all my expectations! So IР’В adjusted the cutting speed to 170% and feed to 150% (which accounts to heavy roughing): But the tool was not new and IР’В decided to sacrifice it in the name of science andР’В maxed it up to see how long the tool was going to handle it. I started out by calculating Speeds and Feeds with HSMAdvisor and come up with the following starting parameters: About 43RC hard.Р”Вue to an island in the middle (leaving only 3/4' room for the tool) I could not use a bigger indexed cutter, so i decided to use the adaptive clearing toolpath. The job at hand was to machine out a 5' disk out of pre-hardened 4340 steel. HSM with MasterCam Dynamic Milling has long been one of my favorite toolpath strategies when machining hardened and tough to machine steels.