the pcollect is the first thing after the pheader line moved pcollect and post block to psof$ That line is located in my pheader its my date,time,machine,programmer line. also if i change the *sprogrammer to programmer within my pheader line it will out put the word programmer along with my selection number in the program "programmer 1."

We have 2 programmers here and we usually initial our programs just so we know who programmed it and I read a post on here before that had to do with just that Prompting for programmer Ive gotten my post to prompt me for the 1=DAS 2=JW but then it doesn't put that information in the program. code: programmer : 0 #Prompts for programmers name 1=Dustin 2=Joe DAS code: fq 3 programmer "Enter Programmer's Number [1=Dustin,2=Joe]" code: pcollect # Collect info while programmer < 1 | programmer > 2, q3 #force programmer to enter a 1 or 2 if programmer = 1, [ sprogrammer = "Dustin" ] else, [ sprogrammer = "Joe" ] code: scomm_str, *month$, "/", *day$, "/", year$, " ", *hour, ":", *min, [if time$ < 12, "AM"], [if time$ >= 12, " PM"] " EC-400 ", *sprogrammer, scomm_end, e$ The only part Im not sure is where to put the pcollect i have it under the "Start of File and Toolchange Setup" portion of the post? any help would be great Thanks guys

I changed mine within the Machine Definition, open the "B" axis and it asks what you want to label it mine was set to "B" I changed this in the drop down list to an "A" and it fixed the problem...

I have 2 separate post 1 for each machine

Thanks Charlie worked great appreciate the help!

Charlie- editing... Ill try that Brian- still puts a decimal and the control doesn't like that either

I searched the forums because I assumed this would be a common issue and didn't come back with anything useful... The problem Im having is my G83 is out puttng a Q.1 which is fine for my Haas but not my Kitamura I need it to output a Q1000 Im told for it to work? Any suggestions? MPmaster post

ooh boy uncommenting a comment that says this will fix your problem... doesn't get any easier than that. by the way I did do a search just wrong criteria I just searched for "B0." Ill try harder next time. Thanks again

[ 09-02-2008, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: Dustin S. ]

code: [post_VERSION] #DO NOT MOVE OR ALTER THIS LINE# V11.00 E1 P0 T1161869177 M11.00 I0 # Post Name : MPMASTER # Product : MILL # Machine Name : MACHINE # Control Name : CONTROL # Description : IHS MASTER GENERIC MILL G-CODE POST # 4-axis/Axis subs. : YES # 5-axis : NO # Subprograms : YES # Executable : MP v11.0 # Post Revision : 11.0.06347 (MC_FULL.MC_MINOR.YYDDD) # # WARNING: THIS POST IS GENERIC AND IS INTENDED FOR MODIFICATION TO # THE MACHINE TOOL REQUIREMENTS AND PERSONAL PREFERENCE. k ill try that

No didn't help...

Yeh thats the plan, I know someone has the answer

the boss wants to see it in there... safety code he says make sure we are always at B0. when it is supposed to be

Having a problem posting. If the program doesn't leave B0 the post doesn't output the lock and unlock (with rotation) code: M1 psof$ psof$ (FACE PART) psof$ p__48:1706 N1 T1 M06 (1/2 3-FL ISCAR) psof$ p__50:1719 T3 psof$ p__49:1717 M11 (UNLOCK) psof$ p__58:1757 G00 G17 G40 G49 G90 psof$ p__58:1757 G54 X0. Y.31 B0. S10000 M03 psof$ p__58:1757 M10 (LOCK) psof$ p__58:1757 G43 H1 Z.1 psof$ p__58:1757 G01 Z0. F50. plin$ plinout Y0. F90. plin$ plinout Y-8.1 plin$ plinout Y-8.41 plin$ plinout G00 Z.1 pzrapid$ prapidout (BILLET) pcomment$ pcomment2 (without rotation) code: M1 psof$ psof$ (ROUGH MILL OUTSIDE) psof$ p__48:1706 N1 T2 M06 (1/4" ISCAR 3-FLUTE ECAI) psof$ p__50:1719 T4 psof$ p__49:1717 G00 G17 G40 G49 G90 psof$ p__58:1757 G57 X.536 Y-.382 S18000 M03 psof$ p__58:1757 G43 H2 Z.11 psof$ p__58:1757 M08 psof$ p__58:1757 G01 Z-.1625 F100. plin$ plinout G41 D2 Y-.282 F108. plin$ plinout X0. plin$ plinout G94 G02 X-.125 Y-.157 R.125 pcir$ pcirout1 G01 Y0. plin$ plinout and heres the section of post it refrences code: [ if lock_codes = one & not(index) & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *sunlock, sunlockcomm, e$ pbld, n$, pgear, e$ pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgcode, sgplane, [if not(index), sgabsinc, pwcs], pfcout, strcantext, e$ if lock_codes = one & not(index) & rot_on_x & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, slockcomm, e$ if convert_rpd$ = one, [ gcode$ = one feed = maxfeedpm ipr_type = zero ] pbld, n$, sgcode, [if gcode$ = 1, sgfeed], pfxout, pfyout, pfspindleout, [if gcode$ = 1, *feed], e$ ] else, [ <line 1757> if lock_codes = one & not(index) & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *sunlock, sunlockcomm, e$ pbld, n$, pgear, e$ if convert_rpd$ = one, [ gcode$ = one feed = maxfeedpm ipr_type = zero ] can anyone tell me what to edit to get it tou output the lock and unlock along with my B axis at all times? Thanks

I tried it both ways... X2 and X3 both output the same error and each has its own MC,CD, and Post now. Any one have a clue as to why this happened? because I never changed anything just updated and tried to post.

ERROR - SELECT MACHINE ACHIEVABLE TOOLPLANE WITH Y-AXIS ALONG MACHINE Y - SET AND REPOST I keep getting this error when posting? The post is for my Kitamura HX300i and worked fine before X3 but now it plagues both copies as if it changed the CD or MD when converting. Not having any other issues and the code seems to be right. I haven't changed anything just converted my post over for X3. this is the line in the post: syaxiswarn "ERROR - SELECT MACHINE ACHIEVABLE TOOLPLANE WITH Y-AXIS ALONG MACHINE Y - SET AND REPOST" Thanx for any help

Thanks for all the help... I do appreciate it. Ill try a little bit of it all. Thanks again

*I don't know which forum to put this in so feel free to relocate it if needed* I have 3 separate part programs that we normally run one at a time on the machine but now I want to try and run all 3 parts on the same machine at the same time... Question is how do you guys do this? Goal is to run part 1 then when the cycle is done switch to part 2 then when cycle is done switch to part 3 running 1 part from each program (1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. ... etc) Im not as experienced as ALOT of you guys so any help is welcome using a Kitamura Mycenter HX300i Fanuc 16i-MB Thanx in advance

Yeah, Ill have to try that what I have now is a detailed tombstone, with a detailed kurt vise and a block of stock in the jaws... Ill try to dumb it down to just solid blocks. Thanks for the advice

Works good now, thanks for that it is slower but its better than what I was doing poorly... Thanks a lot that clears all of my pondering questions up

I like it... BUT when I go into verify the STL isn't in the correct location the tool is cutting in a different area of the screen... any advice?

Ive been drawing everything exactly as it is in real life (ex. tombstone, fixture, part, holders, tools) and its great for programming but I can't use it to verify? (sucks...) Ive done a few searches and read up about drawing tools with custom holders and such. Is that just for seeing if the tools hit the part? Cause Ive been trying to get my tombstone, fixture and part into the verify with my custom tool/holder files to see it all work kinda like a SIM. I know its not supposed to but Ive had some luck turning it all into one massive solid and using it as my stock... No real important question here just a few things I was pondering...

I don't know where the coolant gets put in I just know when I edited that is how I got it to do what I want... Im not a very good post editor cause I just make it do what I want and label it with a comment so I know why I changed it Where should the coolant stuff be? ANY help would be great this is my last issue trying to get the post to follow the same outline for all tools... all tools don't output the same way being the key issue

The problem is the changes im making to the post are only affecting tool one and not the rest of the tools in the program... any help??

Got it worked out I had to move the ] around... credit given to JParis Thanks guys topic complete