Incrimental z depth in drill cycle

[litnin]

Is it possible to output inc. z depths for drilling in a post processor.

It gives the option to do this in the toolpath menu, but still outputs abs. values in the post.

I've edited the post to my liking for just about every thing else but getting it to output inc. drill depths is proving a real pain.

Its a hidenhien TNC430 iso control.

 

thnx.

 

Litnin.

[Thad]

I don't understand the problem. Do you really need to see the incremental value in your posted program? For example, if you want to drill a hole incremental -1.0, and the hole resides at absolute 5.0, the program will have a depth of absolute Z4.0. Is this what you don't want to see? It drilled the hole incrementally 1 inch deep.

 

Thad

[litnin]

The Problem is, I do need to have the depth output incramentally. Thats what the control requires.

 

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For example, if you want to drill a hole incremental -1.0, and the hole resides at absolute 5.0, the program will have a depth of absolute Z4.0. Is this what you don't want to see?

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I need it to read Z-1.0

 

Litnin

[Thad]

I see. Wierd control.

 

If you can't get any post help here, call your reseller. Providing post help on this board can be a touchy subject, depending on the request.

 

Good luck.

 

Thad

[cadcam]

Try going into the Misc on the oparations page one and setting the option and change it from "0" to "1" see if this gives you what you want.

[Allan Brown]

Have your reseller email a request for my Heidenhain ISO post and I will gladly forward it to them.

[litnin]

Thnx Guys,

 

I'll give that one a go Cadcam. I'll let u know if it works.

Bit of a pain this one, considering all of our other machines work in abs.

 

Litnin.

[G Caputo]

litnin,

All we have at the shop I work at are Heidenhain's. The difference though is all of ours use the conversational .h extension. No one here knows g-code, so they are not set up using the iso format. All ours use canned cycles and the post outputs everything great. I saw the post on this website and talked to my reseller, and however they do it... begged, borrowed or stole, (j/k) he got us the mpmaster post for the heidenhain conversational. I see they have the iso one also. We made a few minor machine specific changes to it, but it works great. I'd have to guess that this is the one Mr. Thomson suggested. Just my opinion, but I'd give it a try.

Greg