Here you go... #Machine rotary routine settings mtype : 0 #Machine type (Define base and rotation plane below) #0 = Table/Table #1 = Tilt Head/Table #2 = Head/Head #3 = Nutator Table/Table #4 = Nutator Tilt Head/Table #5 = Nutator Head/Head head_is_sec : 1 #Set with mtype 1 and 4 to indicate head is on secondary #Preferred setup is pri. zero matches sec. zero/direction #Zero machine and determine the planes perp. to axis rotations #These plane combinations are valid: #Primary plane XY XZ YZ #Secondary or XZ XY XY #Secondary YZ YZ XZ #Primary axis angle description (in machine base terms) #With nutating (mtype 3-5) the nutating axis must be the XY plane rotaxis1 = vecy #Zero rotdir1 = vecx #Direction #Secondary axis angle description (in machine base terms) #With nutating (mtype 3-5) the nutating axis and this plane normal #are aligned to calculate the secondary angle rotaxis2 = vecz #Zero rotdir2 = vecy #Direction Machine = A+ rotation to front B+ rotation clockwise

Thanks Jimmy. I figured that much out and I got the x and y right but the y is assigned negative instead of correctly positive. I'm fumbling!

Howdy Everyone, This is my 1st attempt at modifing a 5X post so be gentle... I'm working on customizing a GEN_FANUC_5X post for our Hermle in ISO code. I'm pretty close but it seams the X & Y are inverted (X values should be in the Y axis and vice-versus) and I don't know what's going on . I didn't change any of the axis assignments so I don't know what's wrong. Any ideas? Thanks is advance, Josh

Anyone run this machine? Ours is scheduled for delivery next week and I'm going for training teh 29th. I wanted to get a heads up for any issues I may encounter. We have an Evolution (circa '97) and I was wondering what was different between the 2. Thanks in advance

Ken, I've used Iscar Shredmills in the past to do alot of hogging in aluminum. We used a 2" diameter on a 10" length holder @ 10000 RPM, .25 DOC, 200 IPM on a Haas VF8 . Buy the solid round inserts not the serrated ones, they pack up with chips. HTH

quote: mastercam's focus does not seem to be on the lathes Ya think? I'm a firm supporter of MC for the mills. My company used ProNC for years until I brought MC here. MC works great for the milling but it seems like Lathe has not a lot of support.

+1000 on the VPN Makes life easier if you travel a lot. Our company has this cool program called VNC. It's kinda like net-meeting but 3D programs work on it. If I'm traveling with my laptop I can connect and work from my desktop. Ahhh... technology!

We bought a seat of Solidwire Platnum for the wire room. They seam to like the simplicity of it. We have Agie wires here (with a NEW Vertex III ) so my choice of PS for them is Peps. I know one thing is certain... Esprit's support has alot of room to improve

Just to play Devil's Advocate here... We bought a program called CAMplete CAMplete Truepath For our c600 and c40u and I'm very pleased. If you're going to be a dedicated Hermle guy this may be something to look into. You get - Post in Heidenhain Code(not ISO) with ALL of the cycle definitions - simulation and collision checking - machine models similar to a Vericut platform - and darn good support all for about $8000. I'm not a reseller or anything but you might wanna check it out. oh I forgot... you can import any type of cutter location file (.nci, .ncl, etc.) that I can think of. HTH

Hi Ho Hi Ho.....

If it's posting the actual G17/G18/G19 code in converstional format the machine doesn't like it... Go from this :code: # Plane codes sg17 G17 # XY plane code sg19 G19 # YZ plane code sg18 G18 # XZ plane code sgplane # Workplane G code to this: :code: sg17 "Plane XY" # XY plane code sg19 "Plane YZ" # XZ plane code sg18 "Plane XZ" # YZ plane code sgplane # Workplane G code Try this and see if it works. If it is not posting anything on the arc outputs try this: Go from this: :code: # Plane codes sg17 # XY plane code sg19 # YZ plane code sg18 # XZ plane code sgplane # Workplane G code to this: :code: sg17 "Plane XY" # XY plane code sg19 "Plane YZ" # XZ plane code sg18 "Plane XZ" # YZ plane code sgplane # Workplane G code HTH

Following MC guidelines - really a post question

Thanks for the input guys. We went ahead and payed the Peps maint. and we're good to go. Next quarter we're getting an Agie Vertex III and I think that Peps will be pretty seamless between machines. A big thank you to Barefoot CNC in NC for the wire eval but I think we're sticking with Peps. quote: You will get no I repeat NO SUPPORT from ESPRIT Tell me about it Operator calls them up for support - first sentence - "Your 30 day maintenance is out" WTF? I know that's how software companies make a living but come on? They wouldn't speak to our guy until they had an invoice!!! Esprit markets their products to death but everyone I have talked to says they wish they have went in a different direction.

:BUMP: I went with MC recomendations - start at C0. - but this side steps the issue. I still want to change the post output. Anybody?

When I post the polar coodinate milling (G112) the Z axis approach is before the start of the contour: quote: ( TOOL - 1 OFFSET - 1 ) ( FACE CONTOUR 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL ) (3" HEX) G0 T0101 M23 G0 X4.4944 Z1. C113.613 G97 S1500 M54 Z.1 G98 G1 Z-.5 F5. <--- here G98 G1 G112 X-1.8002 C1.559 F7.5 <--- but it should be here X1.8002 X3.6004 C0. X1.8002 C-1.559 X-1.8002 X-3.6004 C0. X-1.8002 C1.559 X-2.6662 C1.809 Z.25 F500. Result is a .500 deep slot in the face of the part. Where in the post can I change the output order? The post is a MPLFAN. Thanks in advance.

Billet, If you are losing your wireframe somewhere you can always (if you have surfs) create-curve-all edges. The only thing in MC is when you do this it creates 2 curves over some entities. Sometimes MC will create splines over normal geometry

I use an IBM T60p Thinkpad with the Thinkvantage software, ATI card, dual 2 GB, tons of space and speed but... I don't know if it's because I run X & X2 parallel but there is alot of lag, really on dynamic spins. I use alot of complex ProE assemblies with several hundreds of components... on my desktop, no problem - Laptop = I may have some settings wrong or something but it really bugs me. Alot of days I take my work home or on the road with the T60p and I'm not near as fast because of the lag (and no spaceball ) I posted a help with this but it was a dead end.

Thanks Don That change did the trick!

John, Those were my first to strategies. It used to work great in V9 but not so well in X or X2. I always use wear in my offsets so I'm cool as long as the offset is zero but... BTW this is a updated post from V9... could that be gas on the fire? I just don't understand why the change in the Control Defs doesn't work?

I've changed it in the Control Defs but it still posts G41/G42 & G40 in an arc move - big no no for Haas VFs. I'm using a modified Generic Fanuc post. Can you change this in the post? Thanks for the help in advance.

Ron, I contacted Mazak but they do not have the PDF for our machine... 9 years old. The Manual has M codes up to 400 but they are all blank.

Add the necessary info... Post Name, toolpath type, application, etc. You'll get a lot more responses that way. Welcome to the forum!

I really can't say anything... My wife keeps my balls in a glass jar... She only lets me have them when she needs me!

Does anyone have any info or a reliable resource that can point me in the right direction? We have 17 manuals on this machine but no M codes for the sub-spindle! Any direction would be greatly appreciated

Man John... You must be getting soft! :holding a stone ready to throw: