rotary indexing

[jcue]

Looking for a way to program identical pockets into 4 sides of 1"x1"x12" rectangular stock. The rotary or indexing methods in MCX2 are to complicated for a what should a simple program cut, rotate 90, cut rotate etc....

 

I am going to try programing the part and then copy and paste 3 times, post process then manually edit in the A 90 rotate comands.

 

The problem is I need to find the end of each program quickly in order to add the manual comands. Is there a way of marking the end of each pocketing cut before post processing or a way to quickly find after posting?

 

Any ideas appreciated, I like to experiment.

 

Thanks

Jcue

[Dan@home]

Transform/rotate isn't complicated (rotate around X)

 

PS. The main forum would have given you a quicker response.

[Mcam Nut]

yeah transform rotate is pretty straight forward, as long as your post is set up right. you could also copy the passes and change planes, then rechain your geometry on the correct plane, if you find that easier, and as far as manually editing the move commands, you could use manual entry, and check to output code, not comment.