ALT-F9 DISPLAY

[polishman]

when THESE ARE DISPLAYED Do they represent the t-plane,,c-plane and wcs plane?

If so which is which?

I am trying to rotate one of my planes because I am getting the famous "only single axis rotation allowed" and I believe the problem is thay are not all going the same way.Am I on the right track?This is a Horiz app.

Thanks

Stan

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

lower left is CPlane

lower right is TPlane

upper middle is base WCS

[Hardmill]

DOH!!!

 

 

PEACE

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

for the "only single axis rotation allowed" problem, make sure your rotary axis doesn't change. In other words, for rotating around 'X', like a A axis VMC, X should never change. If your post is a mpfan style HMC post, then your 'Y' should never change, Except that the would be parallel to the system Z.

 

Usually when I make a HMC post, I'll set it up to start in Top and do all the rotating around the system Y.

[polishman]

Oh boy this is what I thought.I wanted a challenge and I got one.I set my part up to machine from the face of the part and rotate about the "y".I thought that was what u do for a Horiz.

[polishman]

So if my t-plane and c-plane are going the right way but not the wcs ..How can I fix it? You can't rotate only the WCS correct?

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

That's the way that I would do it, but most posts are setup to start in the Front plane and rotate around the system Z.

 

In mpfan there is a 'switch' at the top to set it to VMC or HMC.

code:

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vmc         : 1     #0 = Horizontal Machine, 1 = Vertical Mill 

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For a Horizontal, I'll set my post to VMC and then set axis to Y instead of X.

code:

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rot_on_x    : 1     #Default Rotary Axis Orientation, See ques. 164. 

#0 = Off, 1 = About X, 2 = About Y, 3 = About Z

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[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

quote:

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but not the wcs ..

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Really should think in terms of the WCS being correct and the T/CPlane being wrong.

[polishman]

thats what I thought.I put the file oo the FTP polishman.zip in the mc9 folder

any additional help would be appreciated.I've got to go but will pick up tomorrow and look at your suggestions Steve

Thanks again