Help Please, Transform a Transform

[Fretless]

Can any body explain how to Transform a Transform using multiple work offsets?

using X4

I have a fixture that builds 20 parts at a time,

and I want to duplicate that on 3 other fixtures.

 

Thank you!

[mchin-pilot]

I think do Transform #1 ,use Transform by coordinate, lets say 1

 

Have 3 more duplicate WCS set with different WCS #'s

 

Then Copy Paste Transform #1. Change The Work coordinate in Parameters, to lets say 2

 

Then Copy Paste Transform #1. Change The Work coordinate in Parameters, to lets say 3

 

Then Copy Paste Transform #1. Change The Work coordinate in Parameters, to lets say 4

 

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[Fretless]

Thank you for the reply,

I'll try it first thing in the a.m.

[CJep]

Fretless,

You only need one transform op.

- Setup the transform to translate,

- check the box for "tool plane origin only",

- set the method as tool plane,

- try grouping the output by operation order,

- set it to copy the source operations,

- set the work offset numbering to assign new (if you want to use aux work offfsets start with 6)

 

- go to the translate tab

- set the translate to "between points"

- set the steps to how many work offsets you require

- leave the point to point set to zero because you're not changing the origin

 

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[Fretless]

CJep,

Thank you for your Help.

 

I was using transform for the first 20 parts,

and then I had to translate that for 3 other fixtures using seperate work offsets, so i did use 2 transform operations.

 

Thank you again and thanks to the forum!

[gibbs machine corp]

Guys I was reading this post and I tried to duplicate what was suggested. I couldn't get it to work. First let me see if I understand what the end result should be. I have a group of toolpaths that I would like to have run at 4 different work offsets, G54, G55, G56 and G57. I tried CJep's suggestion and all I got was each toolpath running 4 times at G54. I couldn't get mchin-pilot's to work either. Maybe I didn't understand what was trying to be accomplished.

[gibbs machine corp]

I got it to work. I had a custom WCS, when I changed to TOP it worked. I hope this fixed for X5. Thanks guys, this one will save me a ton of time.

[CJep]

Gibbs,

Yes, I typically program everything with Mcam's WCS set to top.

 

I work my way around the part with user defined tool & construction planes. This way I create my stock in the Mcam top view and I never have to move it in verify, it doesn't matter what custom toolplane I have associated to the toolpath.

 

Qst -"Well what about if you want to use the top/front/iso Gview, you can't do that if you don't have custom WCS associated to every face"

 

Ans - That's what dynamic rotation is for, or a Space Pilot and if I tell Mcam to set the Gview = to the toolplane, I'm looking at the part relative to the Z+ direction.

 

The thing is that custom WCS will work but there are a whole bunch of other variables that I have to maintain associations for.