Tilting/Rotary Trunnion Table Question

[Code_Breaker]

We have an unusal setup:

 

A axis is the rotary table with positive rotation clockwise

B axis is the tlit with positive rotation counterclockwise

 

The code thinks A axis rotation is CCW for positive.

 

Is there a quick fix in Mach/Ctrl/Post for this?

 

Thanks,

Don Dawson

Corona, CA

[JoshC]

if your in 2017 it should be on the Machine Tab, click Machine Definition and then in the lower right you should see that A axis and if you double click that you can change the direction.

 

I would suggest that if you got your post from an outside company or from a Reseller you may want to also inform them that you are making that change so they can also update their backups too.

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[Guest]

That's a 5 axis machine, machine and control def aren't hooked up....

 

That's a post edit 

[crazy^millman]

Depends on the post builder some 3rd Party ones do tie the MMD/CMD to the post. I have been able to take and adjust ones for some for customers and worked like one would expect from the MMD/CMD changes. Such a powerful part of Mastercam not being used for the most part. 

[MSL]

What kind of machine and post?

[So not a Guru]

That's a 5 axis machine, machine and control def aren't hooked up....

 

That's a post edit 

My Postability posts have it incorporated.

[Guest]

All well and fine that Pastability does that, I am however banking that Don doesn't have a Postability post  

[JoshC]

I personally love when post are hooked up to the machine definition and control definition correctly, In my opinion that is how it was intended to work when this three file structure was developed was to make changes of this nature much easier for people like myself whom is not a post expert and does not know all the inner workings of the complex post logic so this is something that I always try first because I found that some post developers will utilize the machine and control definitions and it makes my life much easier since I can handle those simplistic edits but am not versed enough to take on editing the actual post logic. I personally wish all developers used the control and machine definitions settings more and did not override those settings but I am guessing you guys have your reasons to over ride that stuff or something

[Code_Breaker]

Hope this is not a re-post ...2nd try

 

 

 

Thanks JoshC, your suggestion worked.

 

Our post was made by our reseller and is linked to the Mach/Ctrl Def.

 

Tested last night after I left ... we are good to go.

 

Don DawsonC

orona, CA