Help with 4th axis drilling

[Mic6]

Hey Guys, First time drilling with a rotary axis in my VMC.  I included a sample file I'm working on.  Do I use 5axis drill or normal drill toolpath with rotary positioning?  I have a multi-axis seat.

 

The current file I used 5axis drill.  I tried using lines and surface for tool axis control.  I tried hole axis vectors and points for cut pattern, but I'm not really getting anywhere and I keep getting the error below.

 

 

 

rotary sample.mcx-8

[Müřlıń®]

does your 4th axis have an infinite index? Some will only index 1 degree.

 

If so you do not need to use 5th axis.

 

just make a couple planes perpendicular to drill and drill away just like normal.

 

Make sure your planes in toolpath say top/x/x.

[Rstewart]

Here ya go, this should work

 

rotary sample_Rstewart.mcx-8

[Mic6]

Thanks man.  Looks good.  How did you create each plane?  Use the hole-axis lines?

[Rstewart]

Verisurf Hole axis

 

Create Planes by Normal

 

Use all incremental distances in your linking helps too.

[Mic6]

Okay got it.  Is it necessary to make a plane for each hole, or can I make one for each angle?  (2 holes per)

 

Also, how can I stop MC from assigning a new work offset to each plane?

[Rstewart]

If you were using the MpMaster post it has a Misc int box that you change from 0 to 1 to lock on first WCS....

 

Yea, just one plane works as long as it's on the same angle.

[Mic6]

I am using MP Master but I don;t have that MI.  I looked in the post and don't see it.  Is this something I can add?

[Guest]

If you have the MPMaster, it's in there

 

You may have fumbled up your control def so it's not showing in the MI listing......but it's there  

[Mic6]

Most likely, but this is what I have

 

 

 

NM, I see it's a Generic Haas post

[Rstewart]

Download the Mpmaster and give it a test drive, you'll like it!

[Guest]

Most likely, but this is what I have

 

 

 

NM, I see it's a Generic Haas post

Newp, that is not the MPMaster

 

[Jayson Kramer]

Here is your file with your operation. I moved the point to the bottom of your vector lines that define the tilt and and repicked as a window point set to use points and lines. and regen.

rotary sample-1-cadcam.mcx-8

[Mic6]

Download the Mpmaster and give it a test drive, you'll like it!

 

Did that this morning.  Been copying over some of the mods I had to my Generic Haas post, but some don't work.

 

Here is your file with your operation. I moved the point to the bottom of your vector lines that define the tilt and and repicked as a window point set to use points and lines. and regen.

Thanks Jay, I'll give it a look.

[Mic6]

Here is your file with your operation. I moved the point to the bottom of your vector lines that define the tilt and and repicked as a window point set to use points and lines. and regen.

 

Hey Jay, I used your parameters in my file in which I was previously using a plane for each group of holes in a 2D toolpath and the actual parts drilled correctly.  The multiaxis drill worked and showed correctly in MC backplot, but the A axis moves in the machine were backward(opposite of backplot)  Maybe that's a post or machine setting issue?