Thanks Again for everyone's help! Really appreciate it! Problem solved, Thanks Chris.

Kieth-thanks, but I could not open your file for some reason. It sounds like what I am trying to do and everything I did. It just will not post out the C moves.

Yes. How and where should I send it?

"If you are repeating the same cut at the initial position, then repeating it 120 degrees away, you should just use a transform rotate toolpath (make sure you select toolplane rotation)." "Otherwise just define a new toolplane that is a 120 degree rotation about Z of your original toolplane and program the next cut." -This is exactly what I am trying to do. I have tried both of these ways many,many times. When TRANSFORM Rotate everything looks good in the graphics window, but I need the rotary table to physically turn 120 degrees or else i will run out travel on the Y axis. When I create a new toolplane rotating about Z, there is absolutely no change in my post. It will cut the same contour, in the same place without rotating the part. I am using a horizontal miller,with a rotary rotating about z axis, and my planes are set to WCS=top Tool=front, Comp/const=front. When I create my new rotated plane, I change my Tool and Comp plane to "new view" I believe I am doing everything correct.I work with 4th and 5th axis all day long, but never had this situation before.

No they are simple 2d contours and then some drilling. I just need to make the parts in section, because we took on a part much larger than our capability (sound familiar everyone?) The post actually came from you guys up there. I cannot get the post to rotate 120 degrees about the z axis to repostion the part. I must be missing something simple.

I don't see "intial primary" in the integers, but i do have "intial rotary axis position" in the misc. reals. I tried to change it to 120.0 but had no effect. I will try changing that and rotating my T/C planes. If I rotate both C and B axis in the tool plane everything works great(as to drill in the side of the part). I tried other posts/ machines and none would give me the desired results.

Yes. That was the first thing I tried. Made no difference.

Hello I have a large piece on a HMC boring mill w/5th axis ©. The part is too big to mill without over traveling. I need to mill a section then rotate my C-axis 120 degrees and repeat, something which I have done before but long ago. I think I tried every combination in the transform/rotate tool paths. I tried to set the machine limits, but that had no impact in the NC file. Is there something simple I am missing? Is there something wrong with my post? It is a custom 5 axis HMC post from my reseller,But want to make sure I am not missing something before I contact them( I need help ASAP). It doesn't seem like it should be this hard! I figured out a hundred different ways to "cheat" it, but want to know the right way.I am using X5. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for all your help Keith! I changed the format statement and all is well.

I figured out if I enter 0.1 for the index increment it will work, except I noticed was there aren't any decimal points after the angles if it is a whole number for example A90.0 will post out A90 but A1.5 will post correctly.

Thanks Keith. Almost got it.The lock turns off/on now. I had changed in the post not the machine def. I am ,in this case, just indexing. I entered a value of .001 for the index increment in the machine def- the table will handle .001 of a degree. Now when i post, I get the error message "WARNING - INDEX ANGLE DOES NOT MATCH POST SETTING ('ctable')" In the post there is a value of "5" enter for the ctable any suggestions? please?

Both machines are fadals. One has a fanuc control and the other a fadal control. Both use M60 and M61.

Hello. I am using X5. I am trying to get the Rotary Axis Lock to work using the Generic Fanuc 4 axis post. I changed the rot_lock switch to "1" and it still does not work. If I post the same program on the Fadal post, it works fine. I tried switching from continuous to indexing, but that had no effect. Is there anything else I need change?

I looked at the post and I can't see anything that would change this, but I am no expert. What should I be looking for?

Thanks I did change the machine def to shortest path and that had no effect. I noticed it only "winds up" when I post out multiple tool paths. If i post out a single toolpath, changing the machine def will fix the problem, but when I add the next path, which I am using axis subsitution, it continues where the previous path left off( if I post out just the axis sub path alone, it also works fine). The post does post out the "M15" and "M16". I will try to edit the post but initially nothing jumped out at me as being off.

Hello I have and older Okuma Cadet 4020 here that hasn't had a new program on it in quite some time, before my time. The 4th axis does not like any value over 360 degrees. I tried changing the "Continuous Axis Type" in the machine def, but with no change. I had to update the post from V9 , but it may even be earlier (I saw 8.1 in there somewhere). Is there something I am missing or overlooking? The old programs look fine, but I have no way to go back to earlier versions to test the post. Or is there any parameters or code at the control to allow >360 degreee values? Thanks for any help

Hello I am using X5 MU1, Windows7 on a brand new computer, with all the bells and whistles as recommended. Many times when I use "Create Rectangle Shapes" the system crashes, and cannot recover with out forcefully closing X5. It only happens when I use this function, but has happened often. Has anyone else experienced this? Or any settings I need to change? Also I had a "Crash Redemption Folder" when I had X4, but cannot locate one on X5. Is there one in X5? Maybe I need to activate it? Thanks Dan

Thanks for all your suggestions. My reseller is own his way down today.

I am using a Generic 5 Axis which I modified quite a bit, but did not touch anything to do with rotation. The code looks exactly like it should other than the compound angles being off. I can cheat by rotating the part in MCX, but that only works for the first hole. Our reseller is working on it , but they have to pass it off to another company who doesn't quite get the urgency.Plus I would also like to know for my own benefit. I have requested all documents from our reseller that may help and they are putting them together for us. While on the subject, I have seen some online training courses for multi-axis. Can anyone recommend any? Or does CNC software endorse any? I have taken our reseller training courses, but I would like to do some at my convenience (and expense). Thanks

I am new to 5 axis drilling. When I backplot, everything looks great and should work fine. When I post it seems like it maybe revolving around a different axis. Maybe I am misunderstanding the concept, but shouldn't the machine definitions let me change the axis of rotation? Every combination I try, I end up with the same results- absolutely no change in the NC.I did not see any "quick fix" in the post.I have done some postitional milling and drilling on this machine before,but all my features were equally spaced and managed to cheat it a little. I can change MI9 and MI10 and see it change directions,but that is not what I need. My reseller said he could come down help, but I need to get this done yesterday! I am using X5,a 4 axis Horizontal, with a Nikken rotary table (c axis).

Hello everyone. I am in need of some help. I am using a heavily modified Generic Fanuc 5 Axis Post used for just positioning (not full 5-axis milling). It does everything it should, except that when the primary axis is a positive value, it repositions itself 180'. Works fine, except the operator cannot see the workpiece. How do I change this? Second issue- When I post out individual ops using a different WCS, it will post correctly (G55,G56,etc.), but when posting multiple ops it post only the very first WCS called (g54) for all ops. Any suggestions?