g54,g55,g56,g57

[barbill]

hi guys can somebody tell me how to program a part with 4 cavities and have each cavity a different work co-ordinate its just so i dont have to get in the machine and reclock each cavity.

thanks in advance for your help (mcam9 sp1 mill3+solids)

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Hello,

 

You probably want to try using Toolpath Transform. Now, if you are just making copies of the original toolpath in the other location(s), you would pick Translate, and the method type would be Coordinate. If you want to have Sub Programs Created, select that or you can have it create new geometry and new operations if that's your choice. On the translate tab, you can pick how you want to do it. (i.e point to point, how many, etc...)

 

HTH

[Grant]

Hay Barbill,

What I would do is use WCS, if you are working on a vertical, and using the TOP view, open WSC right click on the "top system view" create -copy selected, you have created a copy of top view, give your view an origin, if needed - bottom L/H, and under "attributes" give it a "work offset #" Usually 0=G54 1=G55 ....4=G58, and you can continue into extended work place coordinates also from 6 onwards, if your machine has this option.

Hope thats the info you want,

Grant

[barbill]

thank you guys i will give both answers a try and see if i can get what i want. James i have never used transform before i didnt even know what it is for but i will surely find out now i hope!!

[MCFELIX]

do you mean used g54 p1 p2 p3 p4 and g55 p1 p2 p3 p4 etc etc

[barbill]

hi Mcfelix i want mastercam to output g54-toolpath then g55-toolpath etc etc

[Ron]

I am having the same trouble sort of. How do you get MasterCAM to output G55 for a different work offset? I have been changing it manually. (disclaimer... I am not that good at Mastercam )

[EPettus]

Ron,

I am not sure what version your using, but I had a similar question a while back. It was suggested to go thru the SEARCH tab (above) with search word "Workoffset". It helped for my questions, maybe it is a start on yours.

 

[ 12-09-2002, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: EPettus ]

[Jim Whipple]

On the first tool perameters page there is a Misc values tab. In that window you can change the G54, G55 etc for that op

HTH

Jim

[d0gFartz]

Tool Parmeters page click on the T/C plane button and in the lower left check the box to turn on the offset and select the one you want, 0=54,1=55 and so on,once you hit 6 your into the G54.1 P1 and so on