NEW MACHINE SIMULATION

[hot_chip]

Would anyone have any information on how to make a new machine from STL files? I'm getting script errors when I try to view the help files. I think it has something to do with us being on the cloud for some software programs. I can't seem to find anything on this for some reason..

[Colin Gilchrist]

Would anyone have any information on how to make a new machine from STL files? I'm getting script errors when I try to view the help files. I think it has something to do with us being on the cloud for some software programs. I can't seem to find anything on this for some reason..

 

Your Reseller can help you with that request. Do you know who your Reseller is?

[hot_chip]

Yes and they just gave me a pdf tutorial on how to use the simulation but nothing for actually taking STL files and creating a new machine. Seems odd we can't create new machines simply..

[Chris Rizzo]

The help in machine sim is one of the better help menus in mastercam. Go through the "creating a new machine".

[Craig-B]

What type of machine is it you are trying to create?

[hot_chip]

I found the help in machine sim and was able to print it out. I made a has VF3 with a 4th axis but now I'm finding I have an error such as "No element with specified name defined in machine kinematics (X)" and "No element with specified name defined in machine kinematics ©", which is weird because I don't have a C axis..

 

Also getting "The translation vector can not be nullMachine Definition initialized with default definition" error. I also noticed scaling issues after applying my dynamics such as the tool to the spindle. Scaling issues such as it actually changed the size of my machine after saving. Any help would be appreciated..

[Josh Kinney -Elite Engineering]

I really wish we had more support for MachSim. I use it daily and it's a great tool but alot of it is just guessing without having all the documentation.

 

-Josh

[AlbertZini]

Is it possible to create in machine simulation - movement of the table and the spindle goes together

if Z - table goes up, spindle goes down

[Newbeeee™]

^^^Akira Seiki???

[AlbertZini]

^^^Akira Seiki???

Yes)

[crazy^millman]

That has to do with the definition of the post controlling the simulation aspects than from the machine simulation software itself. When defining the axis you have the table definitions and then you have the spindle axis definition, but having them together would not be like that machine. That machine can be simulated, but it seems the code for Z is either broken up by the control which will be hard for Mastercam to simulate or by the post which I think Mastercam could handle.

[AlbertZini]

Thanks for the answer, I created a simulation table without movement in Z. While that works well

[Newbeeee™]

Neat machine Albert - I saw one at a show last year - very fast