Would love a MasterCAM X Post for Fanuc 6Ta on Ikegai FX20N

[KyleH2]

I tried google and searching the forum. I would very very much appreciate if someone could help me get my ol' lathe running.

[Superman]

You should have some Fanuc posts on the install disks or already on your system

look for these
MPLFAN.PST
Generic Fanuc 2X Lathe.PST
Generic Fanuc 4X MT_Lathe.PST <-- ( more suited for machines with C-axis milling etc )

[KyleH2]

Yes I do. Unfortunately the Gcode that comes out when using MPLFAN and selecting Lathe Default from the machine type looks like this for example:

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O0002
G20
(TOOL - 1 OFFSET - 1)
(OD ROUGH RIGHT - 80 DEG.  INSERT - CNMG-432)
G0 T0101
G18
G97 S419 M03
G0 G54 X.9125 Z1.1603
G50 S2500
G96 S100
G99 G1 Z1.0603 F.005
Z.7653
X.9375
G18 G3 X1.01 Z.729 R.0363
G1 Z-.0313
X1.1514 Z.0395
G0 Z1.1603
X.815
G1 Z1.0603
Z.7653
X.9325
X1.0739 Z.836
G0 Z1.1603
X.7175
G1 Z1.0603
Z.7653
X.835
X.9764 Z.836
G0 Z1.1603
X.62
G1 Z1.0603
Z.7653
X.7375
X.8789 Z.836
G0 Z1.1603
X.5225
G1 Z1.0603
Z.7653
X.64
X.7814 Z.836
G0 X1.035
G28 U0. V0. W0. M05
T0100
M30
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When it should look more like the example below. This example is from a thread about a Mazak with a gt control on this forum which was very helpful in getting me started. Notice the formatting of the program name, disuse of G54, decimal places, the slightly odd formatting of the N codes, and I dont think G18 is a code on this machine nor is V an axis. However, I do not know how to get it to do this. Things like G18,G54,V0, and the program name all throw alarms when I tried to transfer/run them on the Ikegai.

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:0001
( PLAN#9020 OP#20 )
N002 G20
N004 G50 X-50000 Z225000
N006 G00 T0101
N008 G97 S0100 M41
N010 M03
N012 G00 X12.098 Z6.
N014 Z4.134 M08
N016 G50 S0175
N018 G96 S0100
N020 G99
N040 G01 X12.8086 F.006
N050 G02 X12.8666 Z4.1621 I0. K.029
N060 G01 X12.8834 Z4.434
N070 G00X12.0834
N080 X12.298 Z4.234
N090 G01 Z3.672
N100 G00 X11.498 M09
N110 Z6.
N200 G97 S0100
N202 G00 X-50000 Z225000
N204 G00 T0100
N206 M01
N208 G50 X-50000 Z225000
N210 G00T0101
N212 G97S0100M41
N214 M03
N216 G00 X8.878 Z6.
N218 Z.589 M08
N220G50S0175
N222G96S0100
N230G01X9.504F.006
N240G00X9.004Z.689
N250X9.078
N260G01Z-.031
N270G00X8.878M09
N280Z6.
N300G97S0100
N302G00X-50000Z225000
N304G00T0100
N306M01
N308G50X-50000Z225000
N310G00T0202
N312G97S0100M41
N314M03
N316G00X11.91Z6.
N318Z3.678M08
N320G50S0175
N322G96S0100
N324G01X12.8498F.004
N330X12.8194Z3.5648
N340X12.7696Z3.4478
N350X12.7052Z3.3301
N360X12.5446Z3.0832
N370X12.4828Z2.9899
N380G03X12.4048Z2.9414I-.0674K.0143
N390G01X12.3066Z2.9192
N400X12.1494Z2.6972
N410X12.0728Z2.5976
N420G03X11.6202Z2.1219I-4.0267K1.624
N430X10.5136Z1.4405I-2.57K1.5216
N440G01X10.3584Z1.3688
N450G02X9.5335Z.8261I2.0677K-1.9995
N460G01X9.4362Z.7362
N470X9.4056Z.7057
N480X9.3838Z.683
N490 G00 X8.7838 M09
N500 Z6.
N600 G97 S0100
N602 G00 X-50000 Z225000
N604 G00 T0200
N606 M30
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[Superman]

Originally Posted by KyleH2 When it should look more like the example below. This example is from a thread about a Mazak with a gt control on this forum which was very helpful in getting me started. Notice the formatting of the program name, disuse of G54, decimal places, the slightly odd formatting of the N codes, and I dont think G18 is a code on this machine nor is V an axis. However, I do not know how to get it to do this. Things like G18,G54,V0, and the program name all throw alarms when I tried to transfer/run them on the Ikegai.

G18 is the lathe XZ plane---given, it should not need to be restated-just comment (#) it out in the post-----some 4 axis lathes may need this stated at start of program
G54 is controlled by Misc Intergers #1
Sequence numbers in the Machine Definition file ( control definition)
V and U addresses on a Fanuc is incremental---this is easy to change in the post ( I think another MI# also controls this output )

read the top section of the PST files on what controls what, or how best to program to use that post.