Talk with your dealer and if you have a sample that works. this will help them try and build this in to the post.
not sure if this is a post problem or somthing i can even do but i have mastercam level 3 x2 mill and am writing simple contour tool paths for a
proto trak conversational control (control turns my g-code into event programming when its loaded into the machine) i would like to add the looping into my g-code that mastercam puts out instead of the machinist adding it in later as a new event. i tried using the sub program check in the depth of cut
box but this added the sub program to the begining of the program and proto trak is reading this as drill postion moves,went to change control definiton to sub program after main and found it already was. anyone got any ideas as to how i can do this. normaly only use cam for my large vmc's put had a job that had to run in the proto
Talk with your dealer and if you have a sample that works. this will help them try and build this in to the post.
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Cadcam
Owner, contract Programming and Consultant , Mastercam Instructor and on line trainer at www.eapprentice.net
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do you mean the mastercam dealer or proto trak? i assume mastercam only i dont have
a working example in g-code i could give them a notepad of the prototrak conversational i know i cant make heads of tails of it hope they can.
thanks for the reply
Talk to the dealer and see if they have a conversational post for this control I know there out there.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
Cadcam
Owner, contract Programming and Consultant , Mastercam Instructor and on line trainer at www.eapprentice.net
Some tips: http://www.youtube.com/PrecisionProgramming