Rotary axis planes determining - WCS and tool plane

[Ahmadsyr]

Hello

I'm a newbie to Mastercam and 4 axis programming
I have some problems in determining WCS, Tplane and Cplane and rotary axis for my new Chinese CNC router with rotary 4th axis and Richauto a18 control, I use 4axis mill generic with generic Fanuc 4x post.

I have tried tons of axis configurations with one semi-successful try, in which I put WCS to top, Tool plane (and construction plane) right plane (don't know why) and rotation axis (in Rotary strategy) is y but the result was YZA move simultaneously and X is move between slices (it should be XZA simultaneously and y for moving between slices).
Attached is a picture of a similar machine, I don't where should be the WCS and the tool plane (in 1,2 or 3) and should I determine tool plane offset or make it (0,0,0)

Please help me understand what's the issue and how to determine WCS, tool plane and rotary axis.

Thanks in advance.

 

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[crazy^millman]

Problem is most of them are setup with the rotatory along the X Axis not the Y Axis. You will need to change the RMD or MMD to support that configuration. WCS would be TOP/Right/Right for 90 Degrees, but again issue is the way the machine will be defined in Mastercam. What version of Mastercam are you using because depending on the version the RMD and MMD are not supported and you would require a custom post that would be more than the cost of getting current if not current with your maintenance.

[Ahmadsyr]

Thank you for your help

I have Mastercam 2018, I couldn't find what to edit in the MMD to substitute x with y. Please tell me how to go around this.

And also is there any way to make rotary strategy work as helix not slice by slice?

[crazy^millman]

1 hour ago, Ahmadsyr said:

Thank you for your help

I have Mastercam 2018, I couldn't find what to edit in the MMD to substitute x with y. Please tell me how to go around this.

And also is there any way to make rotary strategy work as helix not slice by slice?

You don't substitute you change the axis directions. May be off maintenance, but have you reached out to your dealer? Who is your dealer I know most them by name so I might be able to help point you to the right person. If not provide your company name and contact information to me in a PM so I can verify your a legal user of the software and then we can continue.