Setup Sheet Cycle Times

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

The new active reports are great, but I can't figure out how to get the cycle times more accurate. Any ideas?

[LA CAMmer]

Having same/similar problem. And I'm not talking about drilling cycles either. Pockets and contours showing wildly inaccurate times.

 

On a simple contour I did last week backplot cycle time and X+ cycle times agreed within a few seconds (both said about 35 seconds, which was correct at the machine), but Active Reports gave cycle time of over 3 minutes.

 

Tried to figure it out, but could not and I did not spend much time on it. I went back to using X+ but have not given up on Active Reports, as I'm still trying to set them up to my liking.

[Jack Sierra Cad/Cam]

I always use Back Plot for my Reference. Its been consistent +- 30 sec. After I Back Plot I write in that # on my Active reports comment section

Haas VF4.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

scc1 I do that sometimes and others take a pic of the backplot info screen.

[Guest]

Jimmy,

 

It seems to me MANY of the calculations are taking place internally in the Active Reports generator.

 

It looks like we don't have access to them.

 

I am finding it is difficult getting at some variables out of the XML file because of the way they are structured.

 

This has the possibility of being a quite "useful" tool but I don't think it is ultimately complete.

[Tony35]

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This has the possibility of being a quite "useful" tool but I don't think it is ultimately complete.

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+1

 

it needs more documentation to help you set it up how you want

 

JM2C

[LA CAMmer]

I definitely agree about the potential of Active Reports. I pretty much have it LOOKING like I want but it is not WORKING like I want.

 

I tried using it again yesterday. Now all of my cycle times are zero! Don't know what happened since I never messed with any of those variables.

 

I also agree about GETTING at the variables. I can't figure out how to bridge from, say, the "TOOL" variables to the "OPERATION" variables and so forth and have them work.

 

I found out how to access all the variables from the Fields/Bound/Document/SetupSheet area in ActiveReports Designer, dragged the variables from different sections (OPERATION, TOOL, OFFSET, etc.) I wanted to the report, and it looked like it would work, but did not.

 

I will continue working on it as time allows, but I am definitely looking forward to more documentation.

[Jack Sierra Cad/Cam]

Maybe look in to a Verisurf or similar product. Then you'll be analyzing the g- code and not the base that creates it...

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

Verisurf is inspection software, I think you meant Vericut

[Jack Sierra Cad/Cam]

Yep My bad