Originally Posted by bevinp  Hi GR,
1. Select Machining tab on left hand side of screen, and then select the Machining group (or the machining operation that is the problem).
2. Down the bottom of that left hand panel should be a window with a list beginning with Main Parameters. Expand that item, and the subitem Approach/Return.
3. You should see a title "Tool change position" and probably no entry beside it. Left click that title and then enter your preferred position for all three axes or just the z axis.
For a newbie, it sounds like you have done well to get a machining operation working without any help. And perchance you have not found the help that is available on-line, there are some good videos on using SC located on the Tormach website (and for free). SC is a very powerful and feature rich CAM, but the learning curve has been made much easier by the Tormach videos.
Also there is Sprut UK website that offers a much wider range of video topics for a modest monthly access fee.
Good luck.
Bevin |
Bevin, or anyone else....
I have a similiar problem with Sprutcam 2007 and my Tormach. When doing a drilling opperation with a long drill and a higher work piece the machine is not going high enough for its safe jog position and I have snapped drill bits when it trys to jog from one position to another.
The simulation run in SC passes and there is no interference. It seems to jog at the tool change position and not what the Safe position called in the simulation.
Is it a problem in the post, or in Mach? Any idea if the above advice for changing tool change position might fix the problem?
David