convert for dyna machine use

[drexen16]

hi, i am a student helper at los gatos high school and my teacher gave me the assignment of figuring out a way to be able to use mastercam to mill using DYNA MYTE 2400 machines. basically, we want to use mastercam to make things with DYNA. I know of G1 on the Mastercam X2 toolbar but i want to instead of having it in G format i want to have it in Dyna format. please, reply quickly if you know how to do this or you know of a program that can be used to do this.

 

 

thank you

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[Sunder]

drexen

do you want to change the icon for posting the operation or change the post processor to output Dyna format NC codes??????????

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[drexen16]

i want to change the post processor to output DYNA format NC codes.

 

thanks for the welcome

[Sunder]

drexen

do you have a post processor file for Dyna, if not get it from your reseller corresponding to the version of mc your are using.

then you have to set the post procesor to dyna post in your machine defn.

for that,

1. settings> control defn >post processors>

add files(select the dyna post)> save the config & close

2. in toolpath manager click files tab under machine> edit, now you can see the default post processor display,go there & pull down & select your dyna post & click OK

 

now you can output Dyna NC codes when you post

right now im in home;

will give more explanation in by tomorrow morning if you need.......

[drexen16]

wow, thanks alot. i will test this later today and will let you know if need any more help.

[drexen16]

hi, i can't find a post processor for the DYNA MYTE 2400 mill. i got one from the mastercam website but it is a z2g file and i dont know what to do with that.

 

can you help me on either using the z2g file or get a .pst for the dyna machine.

 

thanks,

[drexen16]

hi, actually i was able to figure out how to extract the file from the z2g file. turns out all i had to do was change the end of the name to .zip.

 

thanks for all your help. this will make everything we do in CAM so much easier.

 

thanks again Sunder

[drexen16]

ok, so i tested the post processor and it all looks good. but when i look closely at the code half of the feed rates are 6.2 which is what i set it to but then the other half are 30. also, when i simulate it on the computer i have hooked up to the dyna machine it doesnt simulate anything. is there any modifacation to it that might fix that. also, do you know how to remove the numbers in front of the code because i have a cutom programed simulator on my computer that recognizes dyna format nc code but it wont work because of all the numbers in front of the code that mastercam gives me. i have about 850 lines and it would be a hassle to remove those every time before i simulate it.

 

thanks,

 

drexen16

[Sunder]

CHECK your rapid rate...

30 must be your rapid rate for your program

can you share the file & the post you got so that i can check at my end

[drexen16]

hi, i will check that. but unfortunately i cannot do that until monday as i have not been at school this week.

[Colin Gilchrist]

In the Control Definition, there is an option to "output sequence numbers (n numbers)". You will want to disable that.

 

When you say "hooked up to the computer", how are you interfacing? Does your Dyna have the little controller boxes that you program manually by typing in the lines? I think you might need another program to act as a controller for the machine if you want to run it from the computer directly.

 

Mastercam has the ability to drip feed a program to a control (also called DNC; Direct Numerical Control), but it does not have the ability to act as a controller for a CNC machine.

[Colin Gilchrist]

There is also an entire Educational Division of Mastercam that can provide Posts and Technical support to schools.

 

www.mastercamedu.com