Unusual codes in EIA-file

[IdaMarie]

Hey, new here so not sure just how this works but I'll give it a try. 

We just installed a VTC 800/30SR 5-axis Mazak, and now we are installing Mastercam with a post processor. I'm familiar with Mastercam, and mazak (not 5-axis, but 3-axis). Now we have an issue with some lines in the EIA-file, and neither of our seller or anyone we know, knows what this is for. Or what it means. Besides that #60000 is tool change. 

Anybody who knows? Would help a lot!

[jlw™]

Is that a Postability post?

[jlw™]

It also isn't doing anything here, but where ever #150 through #153 get called will be where it is used.  This is bad practice imo as those variables are used by the machine and by Renishaw.  I always start at #500 and go up.

[IdaMarie]

What do you mean? It's the EIA/ISO file that the Mazak reads, to do the mastercam milling... 

And if you see N19, that is where it uses it. 

I have No clue.. 

[JParis]

Looks like whoever wrote the post is using that to call the pivot distance prior to the G43.4 call....

If you determine it is unnecessary, look on the misc ints page, it's likely being turned on there

[jlw™]

My bad, I didn't see it get used.  Overlooked it.  Here is #3020 in the manual:

After looking that up, the post is trigging a safe X position for the machine to approach from.  That machine is a little trickier than a typical Mazak head/table machine and you have to position it accorddingly.  Is it not eating the code?  I use ref points to locate my head/head machine.  Any way, a couple of numbers look off.  That 11.31 on N18 is likely your equivalent (or close) to BA62.  The trig is using a fixed number 56.767 which I figure is C center of rotation because it's adding the hyp of the trig to it.  A lot of room for error in that imo.

I personally suggest turning off motion on activation of G43 and G43.4 in that machine.  It will save you a ton of overtravels when at G53Z0.

I don't know that exact machine but you could setup that trig to be a lot cleaner to position X and B to a safe location.

Is that a Postability post?

[IdaMarie]

Thank you so so much for your answer, I Will look up these things and check if I can do something with it. 

 

[Dave Thomson | Postability]

I don't believe this is a Postability post.

[jlw™]

I don't think so either, cause it's not working!  

I have 3 of your posts and they all work.

I'm curious who's post it is though, I'm assuming it's got to be a bought post and I'm wondering who put it out there but doesn't know what's going on.  Mazak applications also has macros for this so that all you have to do is call the macro and then it's all handled.

As a Mazak guy, I'm just super curious.  I actually did a little tinkering on one of ours today to see if I could get this to work.