Need Help!- Help with 4 axis for FX10 wire Machine

[smilowski]

Help With 4 axis MasterCam And FX10
can someone tell me why when we make a simple 4 axis program in mastercam with two 1 inch holes three inches apart at a 7.125 dree. angle. It looks good in mastercam but when we run it on the FX10 is turns out eggshaped.
thanks justin

[Matt Berube]

Try to break both the upper and lower arcs in half so that all arcs are 180° segments... Somehow this gets MC to post the code correctly.

I've had the same problem with our Fanuc WEDM. It's not the machines or the post processor... Just a MC bug...

[smilowski]

Does your machine use incramental programing in uv axis? example short line segments to create an arc? Mitsubishi do not use I's and J's to create arc. I have tried to break the program the circle into four sections and using by branch command, it looks not right on screen so I did not run it. thanks for your help.

[Matt Berube]

Here is what the code would look like on my machine...

%
O0100
(FANUC WIRE)
(NAME -  TEST )
(D-M-Y  15-02-10  TIME  09:24 )
G0 G90 G40 G50
M50
G77 P1
G92 X0 Y0 I1. J0.
M31
N100 X.35 Y0.
M37
S1 D1 G04 X2.
M15 P11
M60
G92 X.35 Y0. I1. J0.
G41 G1 X.5 U.125
G3 X-.5 I-.5 U-.125
X.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X.35 U0.
N110 X.35 Y0.
M38
S2 D2 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X.5 U.125
G3 X-.5 I-.5 U-.125
X.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X.35 U0.
N120 X.35 Y0.
M38
S3 D3 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X.5 U.125
G3 X-.5 I-.5 U-.125
X.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X.35 U0.
N130 X.35 Y0.
M38
S4 D4 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X.5 U.125
G3 X-.5 I-.5 U-.125
X.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X.35 U0.
M50
U0 V0
N140 G0 X3.35 Y0.
M37
M01 (TAB STOP)
S1 D1 G04 X2.
M15 P11
M60
G92 X3.35 Y0. I1. J0.
G41 G1 X3.5 U.125
G3 X2.5 I-.5 U-.125
X3.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X3.35 U0.
N150 X3.35 Y0.
M38
S2 D2 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X3.5 U.125
G3 X2.5 I-.5 U-.125
X3.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X3.35 U0.
N160 X3.35 Y0.
M38
S3 D3 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X3.5 U.125
G3 X2.5 I-.5 U-.125
X3.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X3.35 U0.
N170 X3.35 Y0.
M38
S4 D4 G04 X2.
G41 G1 X3.5 U.125
G3 X2.5 I-.5 U-.125
X3.5 I.5 U.125
G40 G1 X3.35 U0.
M50
M29
M15 P0
M30
%

[blackismyheart]

Is the trouble your having have to do with cutting a radius move at an angle and having it turn out conical on a mitsubishi fx10 wire machine?