tranform toolpath

[chipman]

The transform toolpath is a real nice feature in MCx2. But the toolpaths I usually need to tranform are not spaced equally. Does anyone have any tips or ticks on programming one piece and then somehow being able to specify point or locations as to where it is to cut the rest of them! Also maintaining operation order (minimizing toolchanges)

 

Thanks,

Chipman

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

yes you can translate between points, or planes or points and planes, as far as the tool path order you need to transform the in the order you want to use them sometimes you can traform all operations if each operation is a seperate tool but if you have a tool doing several operation you need to transform just those operations then the others seperately.

I forgot to mention you need to chesk the box for operation order or not!

[Ray H.]

How about transforming by tool plane and have it create different offsests, ya know like G54, G55, G56