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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.