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tsdunen71

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  1.  Hello I'm looking for some post modification help. The machine is a fagor 8055 lathe we have mounted a second turret on the table. The new turret always cuts on the negative side of the X axis. I'm using the generic MPFAN post that came with  mastercam 2022. I have changed the line below.

    dia_mult     : -2     #Multiplier for output on X axis (Neg. switches sign of X) 

    So it is now posting out with negative X moves.  My problem is its posting out positive numbers for the I and K moves for the G2 & G3 arcs. Can anyone tell me what to change in the post to reverse the I & K values to negatives? 

    Example its posting out

    G02 X-11.1242 Z-.0259 I.0172 K.0261 

    Needs to be  

    G02 X-11.1242 Z-.0259 I-.0172 K-.0261 

    Thanks for any help I'm pretty stuck

  2. Thanks for the input I have part of the comments working. I have another bigger issue at the moment.  The machine is a fagor 8055 lathe we have mounted a second turret on the table. The new turret always cuts on the negative side of the X axis. I'm using the generic MPFAN post that came with  mastercam 2022. I have changed the line 

    dia_mult     : -2     #Multiplier for output on X axis (Neg. switches sign of X) 

    So it is now posting out with negative X moves. I also had to switch the G2 & G3 directions. My problem is its posting out positive numbers for the I and K moves for the G2 & G3 arcs. Can anyone tell me what to change in the post to reverse the I & K values to negatives? 

    Example its posting  G02 X-11.1242 Z-.0259 I.0172 K.0261 

    Needs to be  

    G02 X-11.1242 Z-.0259 I-.0172 K-.0261 

    Thanks for any help I'm pretty stuck

     

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