4th axis first timers

[Brian & Brad]

When creating a 4th axis .nc how can you differentiate between the rotation axis and the work piece axis?

 

We worked the Mastercam tutorial 4 in the 4 & 5 axis mill training tutorials book. However, unlike the book we used a square piece of material held in a rotating vise about the Y axis. This places the parts axis outside of the rotating axis. How do we simulate this in Mastercam.

[Rick Damiani]

You'll need to draw it that way. i.e. if the axis of the part is 1 inch from the axis of rotation, you'll need to position it that way in MasterCAM.

[Craig-B]

Are you doing rotary positioning or full 4th axis work? We do a lot of 4th axis programming and we build the geometry around the axis of rotation using the mastercam origin as the center of the pallet/ rotary. Note: Remember to set your T/plane to get the correct rotation when you post your file.

 

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