mill.set

[HEAVY METAL]

is there a way i can make the set up sheet post peck depth and finale z depth with peck drill cycle?

 

 

thanks heavy

[Jeremiah]

HM- I'm not sure how you would get the drill depth to come out but the peck's are in the 20005 series in the nci file. The post cd goes into detail on how to get these values outta the nci useing rpar.

 

HTH

Jeremiah

 

wish we had some fricking snow !!

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Heavy Metal,

 

I've uploaded a MILL-PECK.SET file to the emastercam FTP site in the

"Text_&_post_files_&_misc" folder.

 

The PECK value is retrieved from the parameters.

But, you cannot do that for the drill depth, since the value on the parameters screen

can be either an Absolute or Incremental value.

This mean you must scan for the 'Minimum Z' position encountered during the operation.

Luckily, the std. MILL.SET already does that for us.

 

 

With a few additions, you can get the desired information to output.

Search for "Added (2/17/2003)" in the MILL-PECK.SET to see the 4 places where

code was added to the std. MILL.SET that shipped with v9

 

 

Now, if it encounters a PECK DRILL operation, these 2 lines are added to the info. output ->

 

* PECK VALUE = .25

* Z DEPTH = -1.1875

 

 

Sample output ->>

 

CUSTOMIZABLE MILL SETUP SHEET - MILL.SET

========================================

 

PROGRAM NAME = MTEST

DATE PROCESSED = Feb-17-03

 

MATERIAL TYPE = ALUMINUM inch - 6061

 

OPERATION = DRILL CYCLE - PECK

TOOL NAME = 3/8 DRILL

TOOL DEF. (manufacturer) = .375" HSS 5" LONG DRILL

TOOL NUM. = 3

TOOL DIA. = .3750

DRILL TIP ANGLE = 118.

FLUTE LEN. = 2.

OVERALL LEN. = 3.

SHOULDER LEN. = 2.5

ARBOR DIA. = .375

HOLDER DIA. = 2.

DIA OFFSET = 3

LEN OFFSET = 3

SPINDLE = 350

FEEDRATE = 3.5

* PECK VALUE = .25

* Z DEPTH = -1.1875

----------------------------------------------

TOOL FEED CUT LENGTH = 5.2125

TOOL RAPID TRAVERSE LENGTH = 55.2648

----------------------------------------------

TOOL TIME = 1 MINUTE, 40.41 SECONDS

----------------------------------------------

 

PROGRAM TOTALS (1 Tool) ->

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Max_X = +0.1495 Min_X = -3.2978

Max_Y = +6.0070 Min_Y = +3.2874

Max_Z = +0.1000 Min_Z = -1.1875

 

 

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BTW,

 

Jeremiah, you want some snow ?!?

 

I like the stuff too, but we got 16 inches so far TODAY since dawn and are supposed to get an additional 6" over night.

 

[ 02-18-2003, 08:31 AM: Message edited by: Roger Martin from CNC Software ]