3D Finishing tool paths are grossly under calculated in CC Pro and CM

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Created a finishing tool path for a 3D cracker tray 12"x12"x1.5 "

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In CC Pro V8, the finish tool path for the top was calculated at 220 minutes (~ 5 hours). The bit is a 0.015 BN with 200 IPM for both the plunge and feed rates. Stepover is set to .003 (10%). The actual carve time for that single tool path took over 10 hours.

I am running the finishing pass on the bottom of the tray now with the same settings. It calculated 228 minuntes but has now been running for almost 3 hours and is only 38% complete.

Is this a known issue with finishing tool paths? Why is there such a larger discrepancy between the calculated time and the actual carve time?

Kind Regards,
Bryan M.

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The estimated value in Create does not account for the acceleration of the machine. We’ve got a simple multiplier in there, but if you have a part with a lot of little bumps or direction changes, the estimated values will deviate more from reality.

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OK got it. Thank you for the explanation Rob.

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