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Adding a control to the menu with settings<\/a><\/p>\n 4th axis mill info…GeoPath Mill doesn’t automatically know you want full 4th-axis vs.<\/p>\n indexing 4th-axis. Unlike GeoPath Lathe, which presumes ZC mode (turning and milling), GeoPath Mill presumes you want indexing only unless you do something special.<\/p>\n + You’ve activated the 4th-axis setting correctly.<\/p>\n + You’ve made a Contour cut correctly.<\/p>\n To make this a full 4th-axis mill cut, add the following:<\/p>\n + Put the Contour cut in a Macro (add a number to the Contour Cut Info<\/p>\n window’s “Cut is in Macro” box).<\/p>\n + Make a Macro Cut > Convert to rotary axis, and enter the radius to the<\/p>\n OD of the bar in the “Radius” box.<\/p>\n Attached is an example of this.<\/p>\n With the “Convert to rotary axis” Macro, you can control \/ have separate<\/p>\n wrapped 4th-axis cuts vs. just indexing 4th-axis cuts in the same program.<\/p>\n Remember that if everything is wrapped in the entire program, you can<\/p>\n just cut the part flat, then use Save+Make Program > NC-Utilities > Wrap<\/p>\n XY Around Rotary Axis to output a wrapped 4th-axis mill program.<\/p>\n Please let me know if this answers your question.\u00a0 You can reach me at<\/p>\n tech@solution-ware.com<\/a>, or at (408) 249-1529, x241.<\/p>\n MORE INFO ON 4th AXIS…<\/p>\n + if converting to G-code, use a post that is full 4th-axis (M901, M904<\/p>\n for example).\u00a0+ the round(-ish) corners become helical arcs when wrapped, so these<\/p>\n output as dozens of small XYZB moves.\u00a0 In Mazatrol (as a Manual<\/p>\n Process), this is a large number of shape lines – you might want to<\/p>\n activate the MAZMAC.INI setting “ManPgmAsEIA=1”, so that this makes a<\/p>\n Mazatrol main program and an EIA sub-program (with 4th-axis mill cuts in<\/p>\n the EIA sub).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Click on link below for info Adding a control to the menu with settings 4th axis mill info…GeoPath Mill doesn’t automatically know you want full 4th-axis vs. indexing 4th-axis. Unlike GeoPath Lathe, which presumes ZC mode (turning and milling), GeoPath Mill presumes you want indexing only unless you do something special. + You’ve activated the … Continue reading GEOPATH<\/span>