WCS question

[snguyen6]

I normally create 2 separate program for top and bottom of my part until  my friend show me how to use  new WCS  which very cool to save me time . But I very confuse 

 example : on my old X6  when I rotate the plane 90 deg and make it a new plane for my next operation , I name it OP# 2  and start making toolpath out of that new plane

and it work perfect with out problem , when I go to parameter -  plane  and I always see the parameters like this : ( my friend  told me  all 3 have to be the same )

 Working coordinate system       /  Tool plane         /   Comp / construction plane 

     OP #2                                       OP# 2                            OP# 2

and there is a box below say display relate to WCS , if I check that box  the Tool plane and construction plane  is Dim  but I post out ok.

 

 

but now I am using MC 2017 for a little over 2 months  , I did the same thing I used to do before and I see like this : 

 Working coordinate system       /  Tool plane         /   Comp / construction plane 

     OP #2                                       OP# 2                            OP# 2 

I the program post out wrong with G54 and next op It come out G55  and I almost crash the machine

 

 

I came back and redo the process this time it come out like this below and it work ok

 working coordinate system       /  Tool plane         /   comp / construction plane 

     OP #2                                        bottom                           bottom 

 

Bottom line is I have no idea what I am looking for , which parameter is correct ?  Please help .  thank you so much

[Reko]

If your new plane ( OP #2 ) identically matches one of the original planes ( bottom ), then the plane manager will grab onto the original plane... I think this is a bug that needs to be fixed... but the work around is simple.

 

Your new plane, ( OP #2 ) has its own X, Y, and Z coordinates that match the bottom plane's coordinates... so simply alter one of your custom plane's numbers by an insignificant amount... say .00001", I usually do it to the Z coordinate.

 

It will not change your program output, but it will differentiate your custom plane from the original so that it will stop associating with the bottom plane.

[snguyen6]

Do you mean  all 3 must show the same name in the plane manager  ?  which mean that I need to cheat the Z value or if I pick diferrent location for X,Y origin ?

Thanks

[Guest]

See if this helps at all