Work coordinate offsets for mpmaster.pst

[dave wells]

I use MasterCam V8.1.1. We have a new 4th axis for our Haas VOE. I am using the mpmaster.pst to generate code from this website. It is outstanding!

I would like to know how to add the work coordinate offsets to misc. box in Mastercam. My old post used to do this, I cannot get this one to do it. I need it to post G54 thru G59 from an input in the Misc. box.

[Mgrenier]

Hello Dave,

 

I would suggest that you change the Work offset number. You can do this if you click on the "T/C Plane" button in the toolpath parameters page then, at the bottom of the screen, you have a place to change the Work offset number. Hope that this will help you.

[Allan Brown]

Mpmaster in V7 offered both the T/Cplane Work offset method and the mi1 (misc values, misc integer 1) method.

 

I bailed on that in V8 because the product itself controls much of the WCS changing automatically - including when new toolplanes are used, and also in the Transform toolpath. It's the T/Cplane Work offset method all the way now. It takes a while to shake the old mi1 method, but the new method is used uniformly throughout Mastercam.

[dave wells]

Martin and Dave,

That did the trick!

thank you so much for your help!

Dave Wells