2018 Active Reports Min and Max Z depth

[bripley]

I am haing Trouble getting this to work.Hope this will add some clarity to what I am doing. When I make a report from top view everythingworks(top and top report), but when I change to a custom view (bottom andbottom report)the MIN (MAX-Z in report) and MAX Z (RETRACT in report) valuesare still referenced from the top and are a positive number. I have made surethat the XML tag is set to “MAX-Z-TPLANE” but the numbers don’t work. It seemsto add from the original WCS and work up to the tool plane retract height (1.1425)rather than from the zero of the bottom plane and down to the tool depth.

 

Thank you

[JBowman]

I asked the same question so I could pull the info for 4th axis work a while back.  I was informed that CNC added "MIN-Z-TPLANE & MAX-Z-TPLANE" to 2018 but it doesn't work unless the WCS is also set to the same plane.  Its logged as defect D-29801

[bripley]

Thanks,

 

Now I know that I'm not pulling my hair out for nothing. I don't have much left.

 

Brian

[MichaelH]

need to delete this post, I read your post wrong.

 

 

 

[Gary]

Any update on this? Or a work around so the z's come out right when in any plane but top/top

[So not a Guru]

1 hour ago, Gary said:

Any update on this? Or a work around so the z's come out right when in any plane but top/top

Using the X+ setup sheets you'll get this outputted perfectly and it is much quicker.

[bripley]

This is what I came up with. It is probably not perfect as some times the page break is different but it is working well.  I like having the  tool lengths this way. I also added stock size but you have to remember to set it in your file setup in the operations manager or it will be blank.

setup sheets.7z