post to ge fanuc 21i-M

[polido]

Hi, I need a post to GE fanuc 21i-M control. I used Mastercam 9.1 but Ican`t make it.

please you can help. my e-mail polido05@gmail.com

thank`s.

Here's a couple of tricks for making a program smaller. If you can get it down to the size of your internal memory, the problem is solved, no?

Step 1: Remove all N-numbers except those that you really need for mid-file restarts. N-numbers are not needed.

Step 2: Remove all space characters

Step 3: Remove all redundant dimensions. Sometimes you're cutting along a row of points where all the X or Y dimensions are repeated in each block. That's wasteful.

Steps 1, 2, and 3 can be done with some simple changes to your post. The steps below can REALLY cut the program down to size

Step 4: Convert the program to incremental (yes, you heard me .... G91), and at the same time, do step #5:

Step 5: Change the number formatting so that decimal points are not used. Fanucs can use trailing zero format, so X1.2456 can be programmed as X12456. The loss of the decimal points is not the goal here. The goal is to turn those short moves into very short commands, like X23Y15Z2

Step 6: (to be used instead of steps 4 & 5). Convert the point-to-point G01 data into a series of arcs. This kind of output lets you specify points that are farther apart, which reduces the number of blocks in the program

One of my customers sent me a 10mb file once that looked like this:

N0001 G01 G90
N0002 X1.2345 Y4.5678 Z0.1234
N0003 X1.2350 Y4.5678 Z0.1236
N0004 X1.2356 Y4.5678 Z0.1240
(etc.)

I sent him back a file like this:

G01G91
X5Z2
X6Z4
(etc.)

His 10mb file became about 2.3mb in a big hurry. We left some G90 motions and some N-numbers near the points where he might want to resume if the program got interrupted.

Hope this helps.

[tobyaxis]

Are you using the MP Master Post for Fanuc or the Generic Fanuc Post?

[polido]

I`m use the generic post.

Thank you for answering

[Superman]

I checked your blog,

What version of Mastercam are you using ? V9 or X
Are you aware that a V9.1 post is not quite right for X?
Make sure that the post you are using is upgraded to your current version

yes you will get code, but it will not be 100% until mods are done and proven off.

Also check-out eMastercam and do a search on "V9 X post upgrade"

You should also have help in your "Mastercam root dir" on how to upgrade your post, it is also a job that shoud have been done by your reseller, years ago.

[polido]

ok.

i will

thanks