First attempt to do 4 axis toolpaths from a 3D model

[Dragonfly]

Hey, I understood that   And noted Polish books on the photo too

[papslab]

That is amazing! What was the source of the 3d model?

Hello.
The model is from grabcad or similar page. I don't remember.

[papslab]

Hello

Nice job !

So the unwrap/wrap works in real ? and not only in my mind   .. (not yet tested on the machine)

did you notice distortions compared to the original model ?

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David

It works great.
A number of rotational step was 360. Unwrap model was 28MB. There were no visible distorsions.
I used 4mm tapered ball nose end mill. It's a little to large diameter.

Pawel

[dh42]

Hello

Ok, nice, so I'll continue to work on this plugin (currently, doing the surfaces without to have to run other plugins)

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David

[Bubba]

Well done, Pawel.

Fly, czytasz po polsku? 

[Dragonfly]

With some effort and guessing.
Anyway these are Slavonic words, although far from the way we write and pronounce them in Bulgarian

[Bubba]

Anyway these are Slavonic words, although far from the way we write and pronounce them in Bulgarian
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Yep.

[dh42]

Hello

A new version of the script ; now it creates the 3D surface itself.

a plugin version will follow soon

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David

[EddyCurrent]

Good effort  it's amazing what can be put in a script.

[papslab]

Hello

A new version of the script ; now it creates the 3D surface itself.

a plugin version will follow soon

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David

Works ok

[dh42]

Hello

I stay surprised that it works   ...

I see that your unrolled model is close to 250k triangles ! .. I assume it takes hours to calculate the unroll ?

Last night I do some job on the UI for the plugin (only the design, currently, code remain to add)

Thanks for the tests  

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David

[karst.drenth]

looks cool   

[dh42]

I wonder why it works bad on the same model in inches .. (the venus, resized to inches)

It's like too small triangles (absolute values) are not detected.

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David

[quoy25]

Very Nice and impressive tool !
i've started learning CATIA machining  to be able to use my 4 th axis for complex 3D milling , but i think here is the answer for my needs .
is it possible to use rought + finishing operations with this unwrap/wrap option ?
what i mean is unwrap a "cylindric" shape, make some rought and finishing operation ( wave rought + horizontal finishing for exemple) and then wrap the GCODE with CAMBAM WRAPPER ?
does someone test rought operations ?
thanks in advance
quoy

[dh42]

Hello

is it possible to use rought + finishing operations with this unwrap/wrap option ?

Yes, in fact it's exactly the same than using a 3D machining operation, except that you wrap the resulting GCode, so you can define rough and finish the same, and use as many 3d mop you want. (and also boundaries as for any 3D job)

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David