switching programm between vertical and horizontal machine

[ken wong]

Hi everybody

i use x3mu1 , i have some programm made for vertical machine but some time we have to run in horizontal machine and i have to rotate geometry and change plane in every operation folder before generate and post it , do you know better way and faster way to do it

[crazy^millman]

Why cant you use WCS for this???

 

HTH

[Tinhman]

Have you tried x-form, 3d translate, it work for me everytime just with couple mouse clicks.

If you have X4, it is much easier by using dynamic function.

HTH

[Kannon]

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Why cant you use WCS for this???

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+1000

[ken wong]

thanks alot!

it works

[crazy^millman]

Can I make this suggestion. Make your 1st mchine group using what you have. The make a second machine group and copy from the 1st. Now in the second machine group just use the WCS to swtich it to the machine placement of choice for all the operations and now you have both set-up in one file and can post on the fly for each of the different machines. What I would do is always use the base operations from the 1st group to make changes, the propagate then to the other groups and then apply the correct WCS.

 

This method is also very useful for say different types of machine running the same job. Lets say you have a 6000 rpm spindle, 10,000 spindle and 15,000 spindle on 3 different machines. Well speeds and feeds need to change according to the machine. By using machine groups with copies of the operations you keep one set of chains for all the operations so if chains need to be changed they effect all 3 machine groups, but keep the speeds and feed for each specific machine in tact. If you program like I do I will have one chain that I rough and finish with. So when make changes to that chain and lets say I had 10 different machine groups with 2 operations each using that same chain I can then make changes to 20 operations on the fly, Regen all and have changes that take place across all of them very quickly.

 

Hope that gives you some ideas.

[ken wong]

thanks alot Millman u r not "crazy" u r help me alot

[Rob @ Target Machine]

+1000 Ron.

 

This is how I manage 6 different types of machines with 6 different posts.

 

Come time for Rev changes, it's a breeze.

[ken wong]

switching again

it's no problem to switch from horizontal program to vertical by apply wcs , but when i switch from vertical programm to vertical by wcs it is not properly in backblot tool path come from back to front( like plane is back) i do some thing wrong or miss some thing , can u share more detail

[ken wong]

i fig. out use rotate wcs about x -90 and it works right thanks for your information

[Tinhman]

Thanks. I have learned something new Today.