Originally Posted by cadcam  Did you setup a aggragated head tooling and setup the proper post for this? |
Originally Posted by tobyaxis Well your first time is never for many of us. I never used one because most shops are too cheap to buy one.
This will be an interesting thread. |
Originally Posted by Superman cadcam is correct, your post must be modified, and the machine have an aggregate head added to it's configuration
With the tool vertical, all interpolation is done in the G17 or XY plane with Z being the 3rd axis, in this plane arcs have I & J values to get their swing
eg
G0 X0. Y0. Z0.
G17 G2 X0. Y-6. I3. J0. F10. ( Semi-circle from top to bottom )
eg
G0 X0 Y0. Z0.
G17 G2 X0. Y-6. Z-1. I3. J0. F10. ( Semi-circle from top to bottom with Z going deeper by 1)
But
When you machine from the right side, all the interpolation is in the G19 or YZ plane and X is the 3rd axis, arcs have J & K values.
eg
G0 X0. Y0. Z0.
G19 G3 Y0. Z-6. J0. K3. F10. ( Semi-circle from top to bottom )
eg
G0 X0. Y0. Z0.
G19 G3 Y0. Z-6. X-1. J0. K3. F10. ( Semi-circle from top to bottom with X going deeper by 1)
( not sure if the following will work )( it may open it up for some other suggestions )
You may be able to fudge it by using a ballnose ( WCS = top, cplane=top, tplane=right or something similar and manually modify the output )( you may have to turn off gouge checking in your ops ). |
Originally Posted by cadcam Superman, has hit the correct thoughts to look for. I have done some preaty wild things with them in the past including full 3d work going bake ten years ago on version % of mastercam.
I am going to share a video on this subject, this was put together by a friend from this board named Degmc. this is a very helpful and on this exact subject. this will be much easer then trying to write it in a post.
Download and extract this a 51 meg file.
http://www.mastercam-cadcam.com/video.zip |
OK i did change the config and added the aggregate head, but Super hit it on the nose! I had a bad feeling i would need to Change the post. I was wishing I could use the post I had configured for this shop, but looks like I get to do a new one for free this time ><. Oh I did try to fudge it didnt seem to work for me.
If anyone has a hass post with this setup feel free to email me at
inkydo69@netzero.net and thanks for the help.
I am going to check out the video its down loading as I type. "Takes years at this shop I am consulting for lol"
