That would be great, thank you. My reseller is going to help get our post working right. Hopefully the logic is all good. Wait and see. Peter.

Thanks George for the feedback. Our machine is an orphan. What I mean is it's builder is recently out of business so support is non-existent. I've been in touch with the Osai guys in Sydney (who I beleive wrote the logic)so hopefully they can help me work through this to a satisfactory solution. If anyone is able to post a sample nc from a similar MD I would really appreciate it, just to get an idea of how others are handling what I thought should be a relatively simple operation. Much thanks. Peter.

I am trying to get X3, our post and our machine to use the block drill. We have set up the block drill in the MD using the offsets for each of 9 drills. Our machine has an Osai 10 control and we are using E variables to assign an incremental origin shift each time a different array of drills is dropped to suit the nested parts. It seems to work ok but is not very fast. Each time new drills are selected in the nc the machine goes to Z home first then drops the next lot of drills. It just feels like I'm on the wrong track with this. Here's just the block drill section of code. ;BLOCK DRILL 9 X 5MM DOWEL DRILL ;1|10MM STRAIGHT BIT ;2|9.6MM DIA COMPRESSION E1=-92.5,-335.,-60.5,-335.,-28.5,-335.,3.5,-335.,35.5,-335.,35.5,-303.,35.5,-271.,35.5,-239.,35.5,-207. G71 (UAO,1) (UIO,Z(@MATERIAL)) G27 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE1,YE2) G00X1906.049Y999.444 Z10. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 X1778.049 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 Y837.444 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE3,YE4) X1938.049 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE7,YE8) X2109.549Y813.444 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X2156.Y521. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X2132.Y317.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 Y189.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 X2156.Y82. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X1970.Y189.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE11,YE12) Y349.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE15,YE16) X1716.Y521. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X1692.Y317.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 Y189.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 X1716.Y82. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X1530.Y189.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE11,YE12) Y349.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X1252.Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE11,YE12) Y482.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE15,YE16) X1276.Y654. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE7,YE8) X1288.Y812. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE1,YE2) X1084.5Y836. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 X956.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 X849.Y812. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X836.Y654. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X812.Y450.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 X836.Y215. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X650.Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE11,YE12) Y482.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE7,YE8) X657.38Y811.938 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE1,YE2) X453.88Y835.938 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 X325.88 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 X218.38Y811.938 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 X325.88Y997.938 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE3,YE4) X485.88 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X396.Y654. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X372.Y450.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 X396.Y215. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 X210.Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE11,YE12) Y482.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T21.21 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE1,YE2) X956.5Y998. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T22.22 M06 T23.23 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE3,YE4) X1116.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE9,YE10) X1090.Y450.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 M06 T27.27 M06 T28.28 Y322.5 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T25.25 M06 T26.26 X1276.Y215. G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 M06 T24.24 M06 T25.25 (UAO,1) (UIO,XE7,YE8) X1670.549Y813.444 G01Z-15.F2000. G00Z10. M88 Cheers Peter D.

When I verify my blockdrill toolpath it looks fine but simulation does't show tool changes i.e. different drills in the block. It simply shows the initial tool drilling all points. Why?

My reseller suggested posting this on the forum, so here goes. I need step by step help through this procedure. I've set up the router mach def with a table, 3 axes, router head and drill block connection point and drill block. I've edited the drill block properties including station positions for each drill on the block. How do I set the offset for the lead drill relative to the main spindle? I don't know enough about posts to start fiddling with that yet. Just hoping for some feedback that will push my "oh that's obvious" button.

I forgot to say that I'm machining 2D geometry. I could not find the PrmDef.dll chook. Can you direct me to it? Thanks for your help so far.

Is there a way to show incorrect settings like "XY stock to leave" in verify operations? I used "XY stock to leave" on one contour operation to overcut the profile. But I didn't reset it on subsequent contours... :curse: I wonder if it's possible to cleary compare the verify with the geometry. Any suggestions?