Post help....

[biss03]

I have a Haas post that has been tweaked many years ago that works great - with one exception. when i try to machine in different workplanes, it says single axis only and doesn't output the A-drive rotations. so i decided to give post editing a try - bad idea. fortuneately, i backed up the original before cutting into it. it was soo screwed up after i got done with it to the point where Mastercam would simply ignore me when i tried using it. so i burned it in the can and am now asking my favorite forum members a question. Is this something that is simple to add to the post i have? If yes, would someone be willing to help me out? If no, would someone be willing to help me out for a fee? I can send the post and the program i'm trying to get it working on for an example. I'm currently running V8.1.1 of Mastercam.

 

thanks in advance for not me!

[chris m]

zip it up and email it over; I'll see if I can do anything for you

 

C

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Honestly dude, I'd take the MPMaster post and start tweeking. I create new posts every Version. I've gotten to the point where most of it is cut and paste so it only takes a few hours to update a post.

 

JM2C

[biss03]

Chris... check your email. i just sent it. thanks!

 

 

james... this post is tweaked with all the little nuances of how the boss likes the programs to be written. a lot of it I changed myself but it was awhile ago and i don't spend a whole lot of time editing posts. I was hoping this would be a simple tweak. if not, then i'm all for starting over with the mpmaster and having someone modify it for me!

 

thanks for input guys!

[mayday]

biss, I have a vert. MPmaster that works super on our Mazak 4 axis. I have never delt with Haas but if I can help just holler. it has very small changes from raw Fanuc code.

Oh, buy the way. dont let your boss tell you how a program should be

recipe for disaster IMHO

[biss03]

mayday... thanks for the response. its not a big deal really. its just that my boss is the original programmer at this company and his name happens to be on the sign!

 

we needed to make sure all the programs are consistent (which i think is a good thing) and this would be the easiest way for me to accomplish it (rather than reprogram all the programs from the last 15 years that have been written and retrain the setup guys on how to understand them). no big deal really.

 

 

james.... check your email when you get a moment.

 

thanks

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Check yours...

[Paul Decelles]

99% of the time if you are getting sigle axis rotation errors it is due to the orientation of the planes that you are trying to use. Make sure that the X Axis is pointed the same direction on all of the tool planes and that the Z axis is pointing away from the part. Most likely the post is fine and it is the planes that are wrong.

 

Just my 2 cents...

[biss03]

thanks james...

 

paul i think you are heading in the right direction. i've tried using the mpmaster and it outputs A-axis moves. my problem now is that i've got a part set up where i need to machine it in the top view (A0), the front view (A90), and the back view (A-90). the back view is the one giving me the problem. if i'm reading what you are saying correctly, i need to create a view using the bac view and rotate it 180 degrees so that the x-axis is pointing in the same direction. is that the jist of what you are getting at?

[Paul Decelles]

Yep, the default back view is not oriented correctly. You're going to need to rotate one of the existing views to create the correct orientation and then use that newly defined plane as the t-plane for the operations performed.

[biss03]

thanks paul! i'll give it a try.

 

it worked! i took the back view and rotated it about z 180 degrees. now i'm wanting to change it to output -90 instead of 270. i think i saw that in the .pst file.

 

[ 10-22-2004, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: biss03 ]