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cncasylum
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I think I'm messing around to much. Just getting into the 5axis world. I have cylinder I need to put a bolt circle at each end. I have it oriented on my table parallel to Y axis. I played around with call oo88 and was able to park a at -90. pick up my dia.. and give me the offset for the center of the cylinder at a0. I'm thinking I cant preload my machine offset to a-90. or I'm doing it incorrectly. I keep getting exceed axis  alarm at mastercam. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, cncasylum said:

I think I'm messing around to much. Just getting into the 5axis world. I have cylinder I need to put a bolt circle at each end. I have it oriented on my table parallel to Y axis. I played around with call oo88 and was able to park a at -90. pick up my dia.. and give me the offset for the center of the cylinder at a0. I'm thinking I cant preload my machine offset to a-90. or I'm doing it incorrectly. I keep getting exceed axis  alarm at mastercam. 

 

 

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To me it looks like you have your Axis Combination setup incorrectly. It is a A-C axis along the X, but you have everything built to rotate around the Y axis. Copy the TOP WCS then Spin the 90 degrees from where you are to make the part lined up along the X Axis. Change all the operations to use the new WCS as the Primary WCS and see if that helps solve your issues.

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7 minutes ago, crazy^millman said:

To me it looks like you have your Axis Combination setup incorrectly. It is a A-C axis along the X, but you have everything built to rotate around the Y axis. Copy the TOP WCS then Spin the 90 degrees from where you are to make the part lined up along the X Axis. Change all the operations to use the new WCS as the Primary WCS and see if that helps solve your issues.

ok great thanks I am starting another similar part with bolt circles at each end of a shaft. im going to line the centerline up with the x axis and go from there.

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3 minutes ago, cncasylum said:

So I'm a little unclear. id like to get my x y z  zero with my table at a-90. In mastercam I think I need to start with my part as if  I were at a 0.0. I'm look for the rt way to do this.

Well none of use are standing where you're standing and trying to wrap my brain around the setup of the 5th Axis on the machine. Is the 5th Axis at A0 C0 up facing Z+ or is it Down Facing X-? The post is written to support the machine's zero position at home. You want to make that different then you have to make the planes and method support what you're thinking. You will have to have a base WCS from the correct place and then yes you can have a T-C Plane with a different rotation and set Zero from there, but something has to tell the Post what is the base Position to reference from without it then everything becomes 0,0,0. If the base plane is 90 degrees from what the machine can do then the post will make a 5 Axis move, but not be where you expected, because the planes are not set yo support the method you are thinking you want.

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On 5/5/2021 at 1:37 PM, cncasylum said:

Thanks again for starters, for hanging in there with me. My program works, but only after i tranfer my offset to A 0.0   (from A -90. were i picked up x y and z) at the machine using call oo88.

Well that then means to post is doing what is suppose to be doing and the machine is mapping the code correctly.

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8 hours ago, crazy^millman said:
8 hours ago, crazy^millman said:

Well that then means to post is doing what is suppose to be doing and the machine is mapping the code correctly.

Im wondering  if i should be able to leave my offset at A-90  At the machine. And configure my planes correctly at mastercam. I was having difficulty doing so. That led me to learning a little about call oo88 to move my cords to A zero. 

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On 5/5/2021 at 11:37 AM, crazy^millman said:

Well none of use are standing where you're standing and trying to wrap my brain around the setup of the 5th Axis on the machine. Is the 5th Axis at A0 C0 up facing Z+ or is it Down Facing X-? The post is written to support the machine's zero position at home. You want to make that different then you have to make the planes and method support what you're thinking. You will have to have a base WCS from the correct place and then yes you can have a T-C Plane with a different rotation and set Zero from there, but something has to tell the Post what is the base Position to reference from without it then everything becomes 0,0,0. If the base plane is 90 degrees from what the machine can do then the post will make a 5 Axis move, but not be where you expected, because the planes are not set yo support the method you are thinking you want.

 

On 5/5/2021 at 10:13 AM, Chris In-House Solutions said:

Set the machine offset to 0 and let the post calculate the angles you will use.  If you want to use the machine offset then you need to re-orientate the part and re-select the tool/construction planes.  

The more i read these post i think im starting to understand. Time will tell,ill play more in the morning. I just wanted to work off the center of the cylinder but i didnt want to set my offset from the top view. Thanks a bunch 

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