5 axis- axis control

[DC Gorn]

 

  I am working in a new place so I am trying to adapt to their ways. We have a wide range of CNC 5 axis machines dating from the early 90's to last month. They like the programs to be as close to each other as possible. The code is simple and clean and I do see the efficiency to their programming. They have been programming mostly by hand for a very long time using subs from Mastercam. I need to figure out how to get Mastercam to give me code that looks like what they are used to. (see below for samples). If I had to name it I would call it Axis substitution. C for X?  Note: Some of the large 5 axis machine do not have the X-Y travel to support the diameters being machined. Their machine envelope will only cover 2 quadrants of the full C table.  

I have been playing with axis control and transform tool path but not getting anything clean I am looking for any tips or tricks or even a new direction.   I have Inhouse posts with current support on all our 5 axis machines. (First thing I did when I was hired was update support on all posts)

Note A=0 in these two

Sample drill code, I stopped the code short just to show the format.

(T1 - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)

(ROUGH DRILL 16 HOLES XXX)

N100T1M06

N110G91G28Z0.

N120G00G90G55X0.C2.25S822M03

N130M07

N140G04P10000

N150Y-9.241

N160A0.

N170G49

N180G43H1Z2.

N190G98G81Z-.470R.1F1.76

N200C24.75

N210C47.25

N220C69.75

N230C92.25

N240C114.75

N250C137.25

N260C159.75

N270C182.25

N280C204.75

N290C227.25

XXXXXXX

 

Sample mill sub program

(T9 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX)

(XXXXXXXXXXXX)

N2120T9M06

N2130G91G28Z0.

N2140G00G90G55X0.C23.S764M03

N2150M08

N2160G04P10000

N2170Y-8.985

N2180A0.

N2190G49

N2200G43H9Z2.

N2210M98P0101

N2220C83.

N2230M98P0101

N2240C143.

N2250M98P0101

N2260C203.

N2270M98P0101

 

A off zero the same thing(shown A-90 but we do just about any A tilt also.)

(T38 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)

(ROUGH O.D. C'BORES)

N8690T38M06

N8700G91G28Z0.

N8710G00G90G55X0.C4.201S3980M03

N8720M07

N8730G04P10000

N8740Y-.371

N8750A-90.

N8760M68

N8770G49

N8780G43H38Z8.550

N8790G98G82Z7.358R7.607P1000F15.

N8800C9.066

N8810C13.931

N8820C18.796

N8830C23.661

N8840C28.525

N8850C36.928

 

Running MC 2018

Thanks for any input