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Mastercams3DAdvancedToolpathRefinementAQuickQ&A
MastercamX4s3DAdvancedToolpathRefinementgivesyouasinglecontrolpanelfortwopowerful
methodsoftoolpathimprovement.Thefirstmethod Line/ArcFilteringyoumayalreadybefamiliar
with.ThesecondmethodoftoolpathrefinementSmoothingisnewtoMastercam.
Note:TheCutParametersSmoothingoptionusedtoroundcornersinhighspeedtoolpathsisunrelatedto3DAdvanced
ToolpathRefinement.
HereareafewcommonlyaskedquestionsthatshouldhelpyoudecideifthenewSmoothingfeatureis
foryou:
WhattoolpathscanuseSmoothing?
All3Dsurfacetoolpathsandsurfacehighspeedtoolpathshavetheoptionofusingthenewtechnique.
Thisincludesbothroughingandfinishingtoolpaths.
WhatdoesSmoothingdo?
Smoothingdistributesatoolpathsnodepoints,avoidingtheclusteringandgroupingofpointsthatcan
causemarksandotherimperfections.Itdoesthisthroughshifting,removing,and/oraddingnodepoints
alonganalreadygeneratedtoolpath.
Whatarethebenefits?
Smoothingdeliversthreeclearbenefitsoncertainparts:
1. Superiorfinishquality.Testsshowamuchsmoother,consistentfinishwithfewervisibletool
marksonmanyparts.
2.
Reducedmachining
time.
Smoothed
toolpaths
eliminate
many
of
the
small
moves
common
to
3Dtoolpaths,lettingyouruntheprogramatmuchhigherfeedrates.
3. Reducedtoolwear.
HowdoIaccesstheRefineToolpathoptions?
Choosea3DsurfacetoolpathorasurfacehighspeedtoolpathfromtheMastercamToolpathmenuor
toolbar.
Thenchooseoneofthefollowingactionsbasedonyourtoolpathselection:
Fortreestyletoolpaths:
ChoosetheArcFilter/Tolerancepage.
EnteraTotalTolerancevalue.
ThenclicktheRefineToolpathbutton.
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Fortabstyletoolpaths:
Choosethetoolpath'sparameterstab(forexample,RoughradialparametersorFinishproject
parameters).
EnteraTotal
Tolerance
value.
ThenclicktheTotalTolerancebutton.
Whyisthisnewfeaturenotincludedasthedefaultmethod?
Sincegreaterbenefitsareseenwithsomepartsversusothers,youhavetheoptiontochoosewhich
techniqueisbestforyourpartsthestandardmethodorthisnewtechnique.Also,toolpathsthatuse
thenewtechniquetakeslightlylongertocalculate(approximately10%).Fortunately,youcantryoutthe
newtechniqueasmuchasyoulikebeforedecidingtosetitasyourdefault.
Weencourage
you
try
out
this
powerful
new
technique
and
see
for
yourself
the
smoother,
faster
results
itcandeliver.WealsoencourageyoutouseitinconcertwithMastercamsstandardLine/Arcfiltering,
asthetwotechniquesworkwelltogether.