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Distance between Tplane and WCS


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Hello,

I would like to know if there is a way in mastercam to know the distance between the WCS position and the Tplane position in a given Tplane.

I have been asked if I could modify our post processors to find  distance from the WCS to the Tplane and add a shift G52 in the posted operation.

Thank you for any information,

Martin

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The Tplane and the WCS are not always at the same place.

If the WCS is at the center of the rotary table and we need to machine a face 10" in front of the table centre, we define a plane 10" from the WCS.  We then need the post processor to know the distance from that Tplane to the WCS.

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Hi Martin,

The distances, "in the Toolplane View", are given with:

tox$

toy$

toz$

IF you have properly defined 'rotaxtyp$' for your machine's configuration, then you can use these variables to get the XYZ Positon, of the Toolplane Origin, "measured in the WCS orientation":

tox4$

toy4$

toz4$

 

Hope that helps,

Colin

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