Horizontal help (new machine porn too)

[Guest]

Programming an HMC, you'll get used to setting your planes to all have the same work offset......

Hard set all the used ones to 0 and you'll only get G54

-1 will create a new offset for each plane...that is how Mastercam works....

You could always hard set it in the post but I'm not a fan of that solution in case you do need something different

[huskermcdoogle]

Many different ways to skin this cat....

If you end up with a stable COR (should be pretty darn stable on a Makino, but don't have real world values), and nail your workshift to that, and it gets you everything into a pretty tight tolerance immediately, especially if you have preset all your tools and have a good idea how they run based on that preset value.  Set G54 for every plane, program of COR and viola you should never have to play with it.  Pretty good way to go about things if you never play with code using a print at the machine.  If you like programming from the datum structure of the part itself, there are plenty of ways to accomplish this, but that is a very in depth and opinionated subject.  If you never touch g-code, other than to transfer it into the machine.  COR programming is likely the least painful, simple method to employ.  If you need to tweak in a face based on not meeting tolerances, you can simply assign a new work shift to that individual face and shift it, or move it in CAM, your choice.  The key to success here is to make sure your part is located in CAM back to COR, exactly as it is in the machine.  Not to your theoretical CAD model.

[crazy^millman]

2 hours ago, Matt Berube at Ferron Mold said:

I was surprised to see G54, G55, and G56 being used as I expected to need only G54.  This seems to be happening because the Toolplane Work Offset is set to "automatic" which I am not sure is desirable behavior or not...

Yes I really dislike the auto crash process now being employed with this. Best way is to go into the planes manager and set your work offsets in there and let that be the new process moving forward. Letting anything decide for you without any kid of intelligence to it is just dangerous and I show all of our customers the process I just mentioned. Control Control and more control not hap hazard hoping you get something that will be what you want.

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The Makino Pro 6 control has so many nice feature to it. You might want to list all the special options you have with this control all the special M codes and see what it would cost to has a custom post built. It may be worth the money.

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

I have contracted somebody to make a custom post over this weekend.  Should have some code to test out Monday 

It really is amazing all the features they've packed in the Pro6.  I've never been exposed to anything like this before!

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Since I attracted some horizontal people to this thread, I just want to point out my post in the Post Processor Development area.  I'm off to a good start (with lots of help) but more help will be necessary for sure!

 

[shimoorthy]

manual set 0 in work offset plane tab  o=G54,1=G55 2=G56,3=G57