| Author | Message | ||
     alan stanford New member Username: Stanford Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2006 |
Hi I don't understand how the vtool setup works. You can enter a tool dia and an angle only. How does the program know how to make the offset if you don't include a tip dia.? I have tried it and the parts come out smaller by the dia. of the tool tip. Alan | ||
| Support Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 1266 Registered: 03-2004 |
StlWork has 4 basic tool shapes. Flat, full ball nose radius, bull nose ( radiused corners), and angled-Sharp angled with little or no measurable tip radius. The toolpaths will be properly compensated in 3D for each of these types. Fred Smith - IMService | ||
| alan stanford New member Username: Stanford Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2006 |
If I could make a sujestion. Most v cutters do have a tip radius. Have a look at www.bitsbits.net. . When cutting small details .005 or .01" makes a very large difference. Details disapear. Compensation would be fantastic. Stlwork is great and could compete with much larger systems if this could be added. I am trying to compensate with leaving an allowance, as used in roughing to compensate for the tip radius. But it is a bit of a head banger. Most of my work is on scale models so I inevitably have to deal with v bits to get the detail. |
