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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: metal_twister on May 02, 2007, 12:26:13 PM

Title: pocket with islands
Post by: metal_twister on May 02, 2007, 12:26:13 PM

How do you pocket with islands?

I watched the Lazycam pocketing video.

They demonstrate pocketing inside a square and Lazcam avoiding another square inside the first one.

See attached dxf. It has three small squares inside of one large one.

I want to pocket inside the large square and avoid the three smaller ones.

How to do this?

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: Graham Waterworth on May 02, 2007, 05:50:19 PM

Load DXF.

select layer 2

Select Pocketing

enter tool dia, eg. .125

click create pocket.

Graham.

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: Chaoticone on May 02, 2007, 11:53:26 PM

Metal twister, I love your avatar. ;D

Brett

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: ta1dr on May 03, 2007, 06:48:38 AM

 :)

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: metal_twister on May 03, 2007, 03:46:59 PM

Graham, Thats great it works! I have no idea what I was doing wrong.

Brett, That avatar is actually a picture of me taken after two hours of trying to figure out LazyCam pockets by myself.

It pays to throw out the Machsupport lifeline.

These guys are great.

Thanks for all y'alls help.

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: metal_twister on May 07, 2007, 11:11:36 AM

I pushed the pocket routine to the max this weekend. I thought I could make it crash but it did this pocket
with 25,454 lines of code without complaint.

That is a 7" long nameplate x 1" wide. Did the complete thing with a 1/32" end mill with 70% stepover.

Lazy Cam and Mach3 ROCK!

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c350/metal_twister/nameplate.jpg)

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: Chaoticone on May 07, 2007, 12:17:38 PM

Good job Metal Twister. Now I don't know which I like best, your avatar or that name plate.  ;) Thanks for sharing that with us.

Brett

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: Brian Barker on May 07, 2007, 10:44:44 PM

 I think you get the prize for the best pocket done with lazyCam up to this point :)

Keep up the great work!
Brian

Title: Re: pocket with islands
Post by: ART on May 07, 2007, 11:05:23 PM

Wow, first prize..

Thanks for that, its helps us when we're beating out heads on the wall..

Art