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This would also be convenient when drag drop or copying within the same file. I do this a lot. My habit it to rename the nc file and prog number every time before I post otherwise I wonder why it asks to post the same file twice.
I love dynamic paths. For sure many times staying down is "better, faster, more able to leap small buildings" As neurosis points out, and is my point, the given example is not one of the best. Most times I'm happy when the program fits in the control and doesn't make the control processor go crazy.
Who cares if it retracts? Modern machinery is very fast and likely faster to retract over a distance as in the example than to go at a high feedrate at the same level.
Agin, who really cares. this guy is a troll
yEAH, search noob...
So, I did.
I remember seeing some screenshots from you awesome horizontal guys but can't find them now. I'm trying to refine my sequences for operations based on both center programming and part datum programming on the horizontal. What I'm running into is when I create a setup sheet (Active reports) the fixture rotations do not output to the field I have for it on the page. I.E. G54.1 P1 P2 P3 Etc.
I output the full XML file from setup sheets and it's not in there. I see the first G54.1 p1 then nothing. The post outputs correctly but I can't get the setup sheet to reflect the rotations.
So, 2 questions really
1. Setup Sheet fixture offsets? Ask my reseller?
2. How do you organize your toolpaths for multiples?? subgroups for each tool? Got a screenshot of a toolpath manager list?
BTW, not a noob by decades
I tried this setup but with a single license. May be the difference but, I would get about 7 minutes use before the license locked up the remote computer.. I had to move the license to the remote location and install software. Fortunately, I had already installed it.
I have done this with manual entry, but the force tool change is still needed. Spindle does not turn on again with my post. I hate hand edits so just go the bullet proof way
I will usually give a retract position on the home/ref tab as well if the part needs to be adjusted or moved.
Just in case you are wondering about disappearing viewsheets
We have this in the system as R-35372. The equally annoying workaround is to save the file before saving to defaults. The viewsheets are still removed but reopening the file brings them back.
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Defaults seems to be severely broken. Doesn't it delete all your viewsheets as well when you save to default? That was my discovery and a showstopper for me. Sticking with 23 for now.
Some of new grinds on regular endmills have a wiper feature. With a flat bottom EM the center never really rurns that fast and could cause finishes to not be good.
With an EM with a wiper, the offest theory would work and provide a nice sharp corner.
Admittedly I have no experience with new fancy flat EM like that, except we used to grind them for cbores back in the day.
There are switches in the machine definition manager that you can flip to change the output of your post. Look at properties of the axis to see where they are. The other way is to flip the switch in the post. I'm no expert but know that there are a few places to set direction of code output.
Having every user set defaults is a recipe for angst IMO. Set those on the shared folder in the server (Server can be a local computer, that is how we have it. IT says easier that way. Just don't turn it off) and let users make their own operation libraries on each workstation/login. I have even just started more to "import" operations from files instead of operation files.
As JParis said, Onedrive can make you have nightmares. Hijacks everything!
I think that using the default file for a Tool Library is not as intended by the workflow of the software. "It's only a guideline" I open a new file and use the tool library to create my tools and select them in a new operation. The other way is to use the import feature or the new hole process.
Am I missing something?
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