Post information (Not a post request) :)

[rdshear]

As some of you may know, last year we purchased a new (Large) lathe. The lathe has a Heidenhain 4110 Manual Plus control (Basic 2 axis with 4 position turret). We are now at a point where we want to program to that machine with Mastercam.

 

I have contacted our reseller to see if they had any exposure to a post for this control. They said they hadn't but we could purchase a custom written post and they would get it develped for us.

 

I have done post re-writes/mods before and can do so, however I'd like a good starting ground. I have downloaded the mplmaster post and while it is great, it seems to follow the Fanuc G-Code standard. Unfortunately this would require a large amount of modification to make it work without having to make big hand edits after posting.

 

The Control on the machine follows a European DIN 66025/ISO 6983 standard. Has anyone had any experience with a lathe control that uses this standard? If so, could you post the make and model of the machine/control? Then maybe I could pass the info on to our reseller and they could see if they have access to a post that would require less modification on my part.

 

Thanks,

 

Rick

[Rob @ Target Machine]

It's been a while since I used a Heidenhain control, but I remember the trick to use ISO G-code is to:

 

Start and end the program with

%100 G70 (prog #100 for example)

 

and save the program as 100.I instead of 100.H

 

I don't think it would be too complicated to modify the mplmaster for this machine.

 

HTH

 

Edit: I think that was for a TNC-151 with params set for ISO code.

[rdshear]

The Heidenhain TNC-151 is a mill control. The lathe control on this machine is a totally different beast.

 

What I'm really looking for is anyone who may be familiar with any other lathe that uses the DIN 66025/ISO 6983 standard. Apparently this standard is somewhat common in Europe... Not so much here though

[rdshear]

If I came across poorly in the last post, I apologize. After re-reading it today, I could see how it could have been taken that way. I do appreciate the offer for help.

 

Mastercam GURU, I believe you are correct as far as the mill controls go.

 

With this lathe we have, the programs have a .nc extension. They start with a %filename.nc and end with an END statement.

 

The basic G-Codes are standard, but setup codes, cycle codes, etc.. are not neccesarily so.

 

The book calls out the standard as DIN 66025/ISO 6983. Thats why I was looking more for another machine that uses this standard so that I could pass the info to our reseller in case they've worked on a post for something similar to our machine in the past. It could possibly save us time and/or money if we opt to have them develop one for us.

 

Thanks again,

 

Rick

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I could pass the info to our reseller in case they've worked on a post for something similar to our machine in the past. It could possibly save us time and/or money if we opt to have them develop one for us.

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Rick, in my opinion, on this one in particular, defer to the experts. These controls can be a bit quirky and as you have seen not real well known on this side of the pond.

 

Sorry I can't be of help on this one, just offering my best advice.

[rdshear]

Not a problem John, I kinda figured it would be like finding a the proverbial needle in a haystack. But I figured it was worth a shot.

 

What will most likely end up happening is my boss will have me develop the post like they did for another of our machines here (VTL with a mill control instead of a lathe control).

 

If that happens, I'll probably be on here asking the experts for help off and on... As you guys are definately the ultimate source for Mastercam knowledge.