Can a post be set to rotate a program

[Guest]

I have a customer who has 2 kitamuras. The vises in one are set 90 degrees to the other, meaning the part has to be rotated to run on the other machine.

 

Now my sort of off the wall question.

 

Can a post take the top view and rotate it 90° automatically or must I do it in the file itself?

[spade117]

I have always done it manually in the file. The tech at the resale place has never mentioned being able to post out the rotation. I will ask him next time I talk to him. It would save some time, but alot of the stuff we put on our kits, is from other machines and I just do a conversion for them.

[Mark H]

I would think that you could set a misc. intergerreal and put in the rotation angle. Then add to your post to check for it and put in a G68...

[Guest]

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you could set a misc. intergerreal and put in the rotation angle.

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I've alreay done that in a different post for probing but they do not have G68 capability. The rotation always is a simple 90°

 

I might try tinkering with the machine def and perhaps I can flip the axis', I'll have to dig a bit deeper.

[spade117]

John, if you find a way, let me know.

[kinglouie V]

John I have a post that will do that. It rotates and outputs subs for bilock vises. If you'd like a peek let me know.

[kinglouie V]

after my coffee I had an idea..

have fun.

 

code:

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# mi3 - If you also want the same part rotated along the back jaw of the vise

# set mi3 of the first operation only, 1=rotate 0=dont

#

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code:

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smi3      : 0           # save mi3 rotate flag  

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code:

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 rtf   : 0       # rotate flag 

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code:

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 psboutr # write out rotated sub programs

prv_opid1=c9k

rtf=1

prrwc

if bocstr=1000|bocstr=1010|bocstr=100,psbout

else,[result=mprint(string2),e$

exitpost$]

rtf=0

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[Guest]

Thaks Louie,

 

I'll fart around with this when I get a few extra minutes. Just polishing off a program at the moment

[Tim Johnson]

kinglouieXII,

 

If you don't mind I would like to take a peek. I've been wanting to do that for a while now for my Kurt Clustertowers.

[kinglouie V]

the code above is all that pertains to the rotation. let me know if it works in your post.

if not there may be something missing that I'm

not immediately aware of.

[crazy^millman]

Can I ask a stupid question John? Could you just put an 90 degree ofset on the machine offset page and be done with it? This is what I have done in the past.

[Guest]

Ron,

 

I don't "think" so. The machine is only of the 3 axis variety, so I don't know if that's a possibility.

[Mike-T]

How about just rotating all the geo and reposting?

[Guest]

I have 6 operations programmed, I don't want to move anything if I don't have to.

[Storkman]

Set it to a new wcs. Or set your post to output X for Y and Y for X. ROFL.

[Guest]

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Or set your post to output X for Y and Y for X.

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Well duh, that's what I asked originally, you silly bird

 

[Storkman]

Can't buddy. Things like G18, G19 would also have to switch. Kiddin aside, that's how we used to rotate programs on the floor years ago. Search and replace y with x and so on.

[mowens]

Would this work?

 

pblocknew

x_new = y$

y_new = x$

 

 

pxyzout

pblocknew

xabs=x_new

yabs=y_new

 

or something like that.

[crazy^millman]

Well if I had read it was vice and not tombstone then I would have not asked the stupid question. Cimco 5 has this ability change things pretty easy from what I under stand.

 

FYI MPGEN5AX has machine matirx capabilites in the post. If you play with the mat varaible you might get this without a lot of work. Here in this part of the post.

 

code:

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#Machine base matrix (Base matrix to map positions into)

matb1$ : 1

matb2$ : 0

matb3$ : 0

matb4$ : 0

matb5$ : 1

matb6$ : 0

matb7$ : 0

matb8$ : 0

matb9$ : 1

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HTH

[Brandon Walker]

some controls can rotate the program right on the control. I know some (i dont know if all) Yasnacs can do this. The ones i used had a set up of using variables for vork offsets such as this... G54 J#XXX. Then in your work offset page there is your G54 1-27 (27 pages of G54-G59, each with its X Y Z offset) but then it also has an R value, which is the rotation angle of the part orientation, so you can set it up and rotate the program if you wish and the control would compensate for the programmed values. just my 2 cents, i dont know if the post will do it for you tho

[kinglouie V]

could we do this in transform/rotate in X and then just assign a new wcs? is so, then that would seem to eliminate the need for the rotate in the post.