Post question

[Jamie Betz from InterTech Supplies]

Does anyone know of a way to be able have the post take the highest value of a specific axis and store it into a parameter or something to be used for being entered into a safety block of a program. What we have to do for our CNC sander is when we post out a program we need to find the highest Y value and manually enter it into the first 3 lines of the program that was posted. I can show examples if this is not clear enough.

 

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[Allan Brown]

There are some variables in the post - y_max$ - that handle that. Tend to be only available once an operation is done, so you need to buffer them out at the tool table stage.

 

Check mpmaster - the ptravel, pwritbuf5, and preadbuf5 postblocks that track the z_min$ for overall toolpath, and each tool.

[Jamie Betz from InterTech Supplies]

Thanks for the info Dave, I will give it a shot and let you know how it worked or if I messed it up and need further instruction.

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