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We just bought a SR10J type C and bought the full load of PartMaker to make this our first foray into CNC easier- or so we hoped. How do I get the posts right for this machine? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah, it should have been done already, but it's not. I had to just wade into the post and try to figure out how to make it work. If you spend the time and stick with it, you can make it nearly "post & go" for most types of parts. After quite a bit of fussin' & fightin', we've got posts that work real well for star SR's and SA's.
The software is still unwieldy, but there aren't many other options. Now that we've learned how to use "Config by Click", we can accomplish almost anything we need.
That said, we all wish the package was easier to work with.
Ken
We just bought a SR10J type C and bought the full load of PartMaker to make this our first foray into CNC easier- or so we hoped. How do I get the posts right for this machine? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
When I started I had no experience editing posts. Here's how I got started; After you have gotten your process table where you want it, go to Job Optimizer, Configure Post Processor, Launch ConfigPost. Click any line you want to edit; it will take you to the post, to the code that tells it how to write that line. Just experiment until you figure it out. Study it, change something, do a "save as" so you don't lose your original post, then see how it changes. It takes a bit of time and effort, but you'll eventually figure it out and get yourself a customized post. Guard it carefully.
Good luck and Godspeed!
I use partmaker almost everyday to create about 70% of my programs. Most programs will need to be manually edited due to custom tooling we have. Threadwhirlers and such are all custom. Most profile paths and general milling/turning is programmed correctly though.
I have come to the conclusion that for swiss machines this is as good as it will get.
Hi Christian,
Have not heard from you in a while. Hope all is well.
Drop us a line at work about the manual editing your having to do and we can see what we can do about minimizing it as much as possible. Have you got the latest Posts? That might help. Also, have you downloaded Version 9.1? Working on the Solid model is a huge help now.
Bill Cain
Originally Posted by ChristianK
Hi George,
It was nice talking with you the other day. Thought I would just answer your question here also.
PartMaker will fix any problem with any of our Post (Must be on Maintenance though). Its very easy to report a problem using the Help - Technical support menu. Have the Job files out and attach a Post Modification Request form with them and we will look at what needs to be done. Any questions, you can call and we will help you fill out the form or discuss with you what is happening. Please note, We change posts because the machine may not run, not because someone wants the coolant code dropped 1 line. We give out Config-By-Click and ConfigPost Lite for that purpose. This is what Ken uses to modify his post.
Bill Cain
www.partmaker.com
Hey Bill,
Mark is having me take a "class" on postconfig so that when i'm sick and such maybe the other programmers and edit and run my programs. Right now most of our stuff is manually made due to threadwhirlers and having to move the gangs around to fit it all in without crashing. I don't really think we could configure a post to put that code out correctly ya know?
thanks,
christian
Hi Christian,
I have worked with many people to get special code output. The best thing to do is send a Program along with the modified code.
Also, I beleieve we added something to the post recently to allow for the clearance movement whe using a Thread Whirl. Give a call to Steph and ask her to send you your latest posts. I will gladly help with any edits your looking for explaining everything I do so you can begin learning how to edit the post. Bigest thing to learn is how the Flow works along with the logic thats in there.
Have you come to our Intruduction Webinar for ConfigPost? Thats the best place to start. After that, we always do advanced classes pretty much 1 on 1.
Bill Cain
Hmm, I'll have to call about that. Yeah I have a scheduled a postconfig webex or whatever but most likely I will never have the time to do it haha. I was recently sick with the flu for two days and Mark had a little problem with me being the only person able to program the ecas machines so he really wants me to take the "class".
Hey, how are things going ver there, did the last post update help you out?
Bill Cain
Things are real busy haha. Tried to work out some bugs on the new version 70 (i dont know if this is the newest post) and still having some issues. The offsetting of the stock and switching to Z3 move stock stationary (m142,m143) does not include the m142 and m143 code. Channel one sets the Z in and then waits channel 3 with a wcs141 but that is it. Without the m142 and m143 it still will give an alarm.
Easy fix just.
A few things that would be nice to add to the post would be after topcut and the setting of z turn off the spindle. I have been manually adding this for awhile. As would adding the broken cutoff tool detection.
Alot of problems with the follow support during cutoff still too. Seems like partmaker likes to put out redundant spin syncs and z syncs. It also likes to spit out a speed designation after it is already synced to main spindle. This causes an alarm.
Oooh and one more thing...channel 2 spits out a Y offset even when it isn't in polar yet or even not doing polar mode. Just changing the Y to an X would be fine. Although redundant.
I will take a look next week at these issues. Definitly would like to get this taken care of for you.
Bill Cain
www.partmaker.com
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