Rotary post problem

[bryan.davis]

Ive been working on a rotary post processor for our Bridgeport BPC.

the problem Ive got is that the post writes a lot of redundant code like below....

quote:

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B43.842

Z137.248B42.567

G0Z147.248

Y-16.146Z147.251B41.528

G1Z137.251

B43.842

B46.158

B48.472

B50.784

B53.09

B55.391

B57.683

B59.964

B62.234

B64.491

B66.732

B68.956

B71.163

B73.349

B75.515

B77.659

B79.78

B81.876

B83.947

B85.992

B88.01

Z137.252B90.004

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anyone know of a way I can get it to not output all the extra B commands and reduce the code to something like this?

quote:

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B43.842

Z137.248B42.567

G0Z147.248

Y-16.146Z147.251B41.528

G1Z137.251

B88.01

Z137.252B90.004

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[Allan Brown]

If you are using rotary substitution, the toolpath on flat geometry should be filtered - straight lines will end up as single rotary moves.

If you are using NCI G-Code 11 toolpaths like Rotary4ax or the 4-Axis option in 5-Axis toolpaths, you won't be able to filter. Although you may have a rotary table, others may be using the same toolpaths with a rotary head configuration that would require every move.

[postman]

Actually even if you are using G-code 11 toolpath I could write a routine in your post to eliminate those extra points. That's why they call me the

POSTMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bryan.davis]

Sorry POSTMAN!!!!!!!!, but I was looking for guidance on doing it myself, thats why they call me an ENGINEER!!!!!!

But you are correct, there are ways of doing it, I was just hoping that there was a simple solution that had already been worked before I started to reinvent the wheel.