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download and use the mpmaster post. it has this feature built into the misc values. you can toggle on/off per toolpath. once it is ON, the post has been set up to send Z home and then recall height offsets if the stop has been activated between op's using the same tool. standard posts do not have this.
what machine is it? one of my customers that runs a multicam router uses a knife to cut his vinyl shapes. basically, all we did was program the spindle with a contour toolpath and an M code that works the controller to let it know to rotate per contour.
more hijack......
chris and BB, check out http://drivenproductions.net/content/home.php
he makes after market rc car parts for every model on the market to date, along with helicopter stuff. his machine shop actually the back side of my office and is an instructor for me. really cool stuff he makes.
tools have to be drawn perfectly and in the right colors. once you have that right, you should get very good representation. see pic below from a custom vtl customer of mine that makes high-end rims.
send me an email so i can reply back to you. trevor "at" sandiegocadcam.com
the problem was that you have bad geometry on your bottom rail producing an inconsistent number of syncs. i went to your top view, sketched a new horizontal line, projected that line onto the wall surfaces to create a new bottom rail. i also created a flat surface on the floor of your part to comp the tip to.
created a new "old style" swarf path again, with "chains" and syncing by entity.
here is a pic showing no gouge in the corner. whenever a swarf path fails, double check your geometry.
yes, you are right. but i dont have that book and trying to get this info from the operator AND the mori tech is not going so well. Min from CNC has hooked me up with a great starting point, but we are only guessing at this point.
have him post a file and the numbers he needs to get, library he is using, material he is cutting, wire size/material, # of passes, etc.
i will venture to say he is not getting the correct offset per pass or numbers in bold output per power thickness/cuts he wants:
H1 =.005
H2 =.005
H3 =.005
H4 =.005
E5651 H1 F.035
if anyone is interested, i placed an updated flag file on jay's FTP site in the X5 files folder called flag_X5.zip
this is one of the final programming/machining projects that we use at our military training facilities.
chris see my posting on the beta forum. see if you can help.
***also on a side note. i have left a message for Tim. if you see him, can you have him call me please?
i reported this a couple of weeks ago. using your method to make changes to the tool, in the actual T# field, just click in there once and the H & D values will update. annoying.....yes.
dave i am emailing you a z2g file that has a trunnion with it. you will also get the mcx file showing the right rotations with correct misc values set up. use the machine def i am sending you or make the default changes to yours.
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