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5 AXIS TOOLPATH for 3 AXIS POST ERROR


AWL304
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What do you have selected for your Axis Combination?

Save your file, and close it.

Use the Machine Definition Manager to open the Machine Definition.

Open the Axis Combinations Dialog Box.

Right-Click in the Axis Combinations area (white area), and choose "New Axis Combination".

In the "kinematic tree", choose the X, Y, and Z Axes, and check the "spindle", and "machine table". This gives you a "work holding component", and a "tool holding component".

Name the 2nd Axis Combination as "3-Axis".

Save the Machine Definition.

Open your Mastercam File, and do a "replace" on the Machine Definition.

Open your Operation, go to the Axis Combinations, and select "3-Axis".

Check your Planes, and make sure that WCS, Tplane, and Cplane are all set equal.

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5 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

What do you have selected for your Axis Combination?

Save your file, and close it.

Use the Machine Definition Manager to open the Machine Definition.

Open the Axis Combinations Dialog Box.

Right-Click in the Axis Combinations area (white area), and choose "New Axis Combination".

In the "kinematic tree", choose the X, Y, and Z Axes, and check the "spindle", and "machine table". This gives you a "work holding component", and a "tool holding component".

Name the 2nd Axis Combination as "3-Axis".

Save the Machine Definition.

Open your Mastercam File, and do a "replace" on the Machine Definition.

Open your Operation, go to the Axis Combinations, and select "3-Axis".

Check your Planes, and make sure that WCS, Tplane, and Cplane are all set equal.

ok just got back to this.....I did what you explained, i was able tp create and select the new axis combination, but still get the first error. " rot_on _x is disabled etc.

the second error no longer comes up.

 

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1 hour ago, AWL304 said:

ok just got back to this.....I did what you explained, i was able tp create and select the new axis combination, but still get the first error. " rot_on _x is disabled etc.

the second error no longer comes up.

 

That error message is basically telling us that you've got a Machine Definition which doesn't match your WCS/Tplane/Cplane setup. So the Z-Axis of the WCS/Tplane is not aligned to the Z-Axis orientation of the Machine Definition.

Or, there is a bug in Mastercam. 

The former is more likely than the latter, but bugs do occur.

You should create a Zip to Go file, and attach it to this thread...

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12 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

That error message is basically telling us that you've got a Machine Definition which doesn't match your WCS/Tplane/Cplane setup. So the Z-Axis of the WCS/Tplane is not aligned to the Z-Axis orientation of the Machine Definition.

Or, there is a bug in Mastercam. 

The former is more likely than the latter, but bugs do occur.

You should create a Zip to Go file, and attach it to this thread...

Appreciate someone taking a look

MORPH-3-AXIS.ZIP

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15 minutes ago, AWL304 said:

TRY THIS ?

I HAVE POST PROCESSORS CHECKED WHEN CREATING THE ZIP TO GO

MORPH-3-AXIS.ZIP

Delete the one form the previous posting to save attachment space. It will not work with a Generic 3 Axis post. I think you have a bug with that version. I would cut that with a flowline and call it a day. Will need to create a net surface of that to make one surface to follow, but it will cut that one way just like you are trying with Morph.

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On 6/8/2021 at 7:00 AM, AWL304 said:

I'm using a morph tool path for 3 axis machine, but when i go to post i get these errors. is this my post?

Can also get these when your Plane manger is not organized properly, and  plane selections in  individual ops are mix and match...

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On 6/9/2021 at 12:50 PM, nickbe10 said:

Can also get these when your Plane manger is not organized properly, and  plane selections in  individual ops are mix and match...

Yes, this is especially common with Lathe and 4X Vertical Mills, with 4X paths. Someone will program with Top/Bottom, and get an "axis of rotation" error. Same the "back plane" , with a Top WCS.

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