Machine definitions and multiaxis

[jplecan]

I'm trying to mill a simple conical surface using multiaxis flowline, but when I choose the supplied machine definition Mill 5 axis table-table horizontal.mmd, I get the error message that this machine does not have a programmable combination of linear/rotary axes. If I use the table-head vertical.mmd, no error message and the toolpath is generated. Any ideas why the table-table definition doesn't work? X SP1.

Thanks

Jim

[john316]

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I'm not running X right now so I can't check out the specific application, but my first though is that the rotation axis of your post doesn't match the rotation axis of your toolpath.

 

What I mean by that is if your head rotates 360 degrees about the z-axis and your table rotates at say 25 degrees about the x-axis, you have to set-up your toolpath to match those parameters or change your post configuration.

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