Mastercam x2; Help! Coolant always defaults to off.

[cadcam]

It's called prestaging and is handled by the post. I can't remember off the top of my head will have to look later.
What machine if this for?

[cadcam]

PS it's usally not called in the middle of the program but after ther tool callout so that side mount tool changers can have the next tool ready to swap out.Once again called Tool Pre-stage

[L.Kiefer]

Below is a copy of a short program I set up in mastercam X2 and posted.
Nowhere in this post does it give the command to get tool 2 ready for the tool change ahead of time, Yet my machine does it automatically. This is why I assume it is a function of the machine not the post or mastercam. All C.N.C. machine controls do have a certain amount of blocks they are able to read ahead of time. Some can only read one block ahead of time which would not allow the tool to be ready ahead of time. There may be a parameter on your cnc control that needs to be set.



O1000
( T )
( Tri-Power Design 27-12-07 )
( TOOL - 01 DIA. OFF. - 00 LENGTH - 00 DIA. - .0156 DRILL/MISC )
( TOOL - 02 DIA. OFF. - 00 LENGTH - 00 DIA. - .0180 DRILL/MISC )
N100 G17 G40 G80 G90
N110 T1 M6
N120 ( T1 , 1/64 DRILL )
N130 S400 M3
N140 G0 G90 G54 X-3.459 Y3.2816
N150 G43 Z1. M08
N160 G81 Z0. R.1 F5.
N170 G80
M09
N180 G17 G40 G80 G90
N190 T2 M6
N200 ( T2 , NO. 77 DRILL )
N210 S500 M3
N220 G0 G90 G54 X-3.9024 Y2.0732
N230 G43 H0 Z1.
M08
N240 G81 Z0. R.1 F5.
N250 G80
M09
N260 M2

[cadcam]

What machine is this posted for and is it a sidemount tool holder or a Horazontal machine.
Som newer machines will and some don't that is why we put tool stagging in allot of the posts.