I work with several 6M controls at work and have been around them for years
Like you stated many options can be turned off, but I have never herd of a fanuc 6M not to have the standard option of the G17, G18, G19 codes
but it is possibel
A lot of the Fanuc 6M controls are set for 2.5D milling, however a arc in the X/Z axis is a 2D move set on a secondary plane.
One way you can tell right away is to right a short program somthing like this
START CODES
SEND SPINDLE TO MISC HIGHT WITH A H CODE DEFINED
FROM THERE TELL THE MACHINE TO DO THE BELOW
G1X1.0Y1.0Z1.0F2.0
This will tell you right away if the machine is set for 3D
Even if it is not set to mill 3D you still should be able to Change to a G18
and use a G18 / G19 To alter the constant machining plane
So insted of the machine seeing that X/Y are the feed axis it will see the X/Z or Y/Z as the feed axis
If you could post your program of what you have with a small description of the part or print, we can look things over and see the possible options.  |