Travel limits

[tsaladyga]

I thought there was a way to set up a machine definition with travel limits so that when you back plot, if a tool is going to over travel, Mastercam lets you know?

Can anyone help please?

Thanks,

Todd

[K2csq7]

If you go into the machine def and double click on X axis (or y or z) a new window will pop up that allows you to set "travel limits".

I have never used this so I'm not sure how it works but I think thats what you are after...

[Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering]

How does it know where you're placing the part inside of the machine travel? Answer is... it doesn't

 

For the horizontals and 5 axis I use MachSim.

 

-Josh

[GoetzInd]

How does it know where you're placing the part inside of the machine travel? Answer is... it doesn't

 

We model every thing based off machine zero and I know a lot of people do as well. Especially for HMC's. So in those cases it does. I too would be interested in a way to get automatic warning if over travel.

 

Mike

[K2csq7]

How does it know where you're placing the part inside of the machine travel? Answer is... it doesn't

 

But you should.....

[tsaladyga]

I don't understand why after all these X versions Mastercam hasn't come up with a Lathe for Mach Sim. It really sucks to have to pay another company 50,000 for a stupid verification software when Mastercam should be able to do it with in the software. As far as where does the part know where it is? If you're using a lathe such as I want to, the part is gonna be at the same place everytime correct? We have Z zero at the face of the chuck and if you do it that way, all the travel comes from the gauge line.

Thanks guys, I will mull this over and see if I can come up with a solution. I think it's time to get the boys from CNC software to realize that turning is as important as everything else. Maybe they can come up with a standard 2 axis horizontal and Vertical Mach Sim.