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Cut face using the -A- axis.


Guess_who
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So basically all I am trying to do is position my cutter at X-10. Y0, on the face and rotate -A- axis 360 degrees to face the part because I don't have enough -Y- travel. I can't get Mastercam to do this simple cut. 

One other issue is that I am not rotating about the center, but I can't even get it to cut around the center. 

Any help is appreciated. 

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Just now, crazy^millman said:

Your post has to support this. Basic Mastercam post don't do a good job supporting this process.

 

I do have a purchased 5 axis post for our Yasda, but I don't know if it's supported or not. We do TCPC all the time (G43.4), and seems top work great. This just seems like such a simple pass that I figured it should do no problem. 

I guess I can hand write it. 

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Here's a sample using Axis Sub

 

N1
N100G20
N110G0G17G40G49G80G90G94G98
N120G0G28G91Z0.
N130(1 INCH FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - 1.)
N140T1M6
N150G0G54G90X-11.05Y0.S534M3
N160G43H1Z11.
N170Z6.1
N180G1Z3.5F6.42
N190G41D1X-10.5
N200A180.F105.06
N210A360.
N220G40X-11.05F6.42
N230G0Z11.
N240M5
N250G0G28G91Z0.
A0.
N260G0G28Y0.
N270M30
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360 cut.mcam

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9 minutes ago, Guess_who said:

Thanks all, I give the Camplete a try. They have a license at the Yasda that they use. Hopefully, it's still on maintenance.  I don't know a lot about the machine because it runs in a different division. 

 

Thanks all. 

You can do axis locking and quadrant machining if that's the case

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