When does sharpen corners not work??

Davek0974 · Post by **Davek0974** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:06 pm

I have a job with some small internal details that have three rounded corners and one sharp corner.

The rounded corners have a 1.1mm radius applied and I'm using a 2mm cutter.

When I check "Sharpen Corners" it's sharpening all the corners, is there a way to stop this?

The angle threshold slider does nothing.

Thanks

Post by **Les Newell** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:31 am

Rounding the corners should work. Are you using a finish allowance? Finish allowance increases the effective cutter radius.

Davek0974 · Post by **Davek0974** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:22 am

Ah, thats a possible,

I will check that.

I used a 1.1mm rad in CAD but then requested a 2mm cutter plus 0.1mm finish allowance in CAM.

I guess I should have gone for a bigger radius?

Post by **Les Newell** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:18 pm

Yes in that case your radius would have to be a touch bigger than 1.1mm