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#1
 
08-31-2003, 08:07 PM
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| Mastercam with *old* Hurco CNC Miller Hey all, I'm new here and new to Mastercam - please be gentle! I'm having problems running my very old Hurco CNC miller with Mastercam v8. My machine is one of the early 'manual G-code input' ones, but I am able to run it with an old DOS version of Mastercam (v2 I think!) Thing is, when I try to use the Hurco post-processor that comes with Mastercam 8, it seams to be generating different codes to the ones generated with v2. My Hurco just throws up input errors when I try to upload to it. Does anyone know what the problem is? I'm guessing that Hurco have changed their G-code standard somewhere down the line - but I'm just guessing. Does anyone have a post-processor that will work with my Hurco? or any info on how to 'edit' the existing one in v8? Like I said, I'm still very new to all this, so any info would be greatly received. Many thanks for any input!     |
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#2
08-31-2003, 11:04 PM
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| Have you tried contacting your Mastercam Dealer for a post change for V8 to run with the machine?
__________________ (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management) Cadcam Mastercam Instructor , Programming Consultant and ME (Manufacturing Eng) |
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09-01-2003, 12:42 PM
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| CHANCES ARE IT OUTPUTTING DECIMAL POINTS AT THE END OF ALL YOUR FEEDS IE F100. SHOULD BE F100 NO DECIMAL POINTS TRY THIS ON WHAT YOU ARE PRODUCING IN YOUR POSTED TOOLPATH IF YOU WANT EMAIL ME YOUR POSTED FILE I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG I HAVE A HURCO BMC 20 BEST REGARDS PETER |
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#5
09-03-2003, 10:37 AM
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| Thanks for your replies everyone, but I'm still no closer to solving this one...  Here are the G's generated by each version of Mastercam (and their respective Post's) By the way, I have tried opening v2's Post from within v8, but I just get an error and it won't open Here's v2's G's (these WORK with my Hurco): ______________________________________ % G90 G40 G71 M25 T1M06 G00 X25. Y0. S2000 M03 G01 Z-1. F50 G03 X-25. Y0. I0. J0. F200 G03 X25. Y0. I0. J0. G00 Z0. M25 M09 M5 M2 _______________________________________ And these are the codes for the SAME '25mm radius by 1mm deep' job generated in v8's Post: _______________________________________ % N10 G70 G75 G90 N12 G0 T1 M6 N14 G0 X25. Y0. N16 S2000 M3 N18 Z10. N20 G1 Z-1. F50.0 N22 G3 X-25. I0. J0. F200.0 N24 G3 X25. I0. J0. N26 G0 Z10. N28 M5 N30 G0 M25 N32 M2 E _______________________________________ Any more thoughts guys? This one's driving me nuts! |
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#6
09-03-2003, 02:14 PM
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 have you tried talking to mastercam to modify to your requirements? they should have one for your machine? you can modify the post file yourself in notepad or wordpad so it outputs what you want as the post files in mastercam are gerenic and you can adjust to suit ******CAUTION***** GET YOUR HURCO PST FILE SAVE IT HAS ANOTHER FILE NAME AND MODIFY YOUR SAVED FILE THAT WAY YOU DONT MESS YOUR ORIGINAL FILE you can email your post file with asample of what you require and i will adjust it for you but you should really contact mastercam to do it then you will know for the future what you need to do if you get another controller like you requested you are new to cadcam and asked the forum to be gentle with you CONTACT MASTERCAM regards peter |
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#7
09-03-2003, 02:16 PM
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Again, check with your reseller first. Contacting Mastercam won't do it, they will tell you to go to your reseller. 'Rekd
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#9
09-03-2003, 02:44 PM
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| Yes guys - I HAVE tried contacting my re-seller (only one in the UK) and they aren't interested because I'm not on the latest version!?! (9)  Peter: Thanks greatly for your offer of help! Would you be able to modify v8's post from the info within my v2 post??? If so, I could email both of them to you...Thank you all for your continued help; I really have very limited knowledge on this stuff. PLMK, Peter. |
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09-03-2003, 04:25 PM
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__________________ Matt San Diego, Ca ___ o o o_ [l_,[_____], l---L - □lllllll□- ( )_) ( )_)--)_) (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management) |
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