VTL Noob Needs Help

[Kampfzentrum]

Just now, Colin Gilchrist said:

Yep, I got the email. I can't really do anything during the week unfortunately. That's kind of the limit of "free" help...

Drats... I'm really in a pickle here.

[Mark VIII]

27 minutes ago, Kampfzentrum said:

If standing at the front of the doors on the VTL, the chuck runs clockwise. They do all turning on the left side (-X), the turning tool has the insert so that it is visible to the operator. The tool carousel is on the right hand side when standing at the doors looking in.

I could take a photo if need be.

No need for photo. In your tool parameters page click on "setup tool". Then choose "CW" at the bottom.

[@Mastercam]

Any suggestion, when I select LH tap getting an error while RH tap output works properly.

RUN TIME -PST(3523)- The value of the string select selection variable is out of range:5

pbld, n$, sm41sm45, es ( .pst file line )

 

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Tapping LH/RH M-Code 
tool_typ$  : -1
sm41      : ""
sm42      : ""
sm43      : ""
sm44      :"M44"       # LH Tap
sm45      :"M45"       # RH Tap

sm41sm45 : ""          #Target for string

fstrsel sm41 tool_typ$ sm41sm45 5 -1
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------