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I have found that turning off lead in / rad in on any profile will issue a G41 or G42 on an arc if starting from the center or a position off of the profile. I use this op only for deburring operations, where its starting on the profile, otherwise, I always use a minimal 0.01 for both parameters and this avoids the issues of radial cutter comp.
I have built libraries also, although I need to convert many from my V9.1 to X6. The only issue I run into from time to time, is that when under pressure to get a program complete, specifically utilizing a horizontal machining center, is resetting all of the imported planes to match the existing machining view(s). Without doubt its faster, but caution must be exercised not to skip over parameter(s) specifics prior to posting.
After completing two MasterCam classes and with my instructor praising mpmaster, ( he was a great instructor) I decided to try it out.
My current post works well, although I wanted to see what mpmaster has that's better. What I found out
already is a problem with the B-Axis rotation. This could simply be an adjustment, although I do not know
where to look. The following code is a snippet form my current post and mpmaster in which the b-axis
is a problem because I need a M62 on the same line as the "B" call out, followed up with a "M61" on the next line. The second issue is the transform-rotate
which does not post a "B" movement or M62 call out.
Thank you in advance for clarifications to this issue.
My Current post
( ROUGH AND FINISH MILL TOP OF G54 & G57 1.562 DIMENSION )
N15 T64 M6
N20 G0 G90 G54 X-2.429 Y-.149 B0. M62
M61
N25 G43 H64 Z2. S5000 M3 T85
N30 Z.1
transform - rotate
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( ROUGH AND FINISH MILL TOP OF G54 & G57 1.562 DIMENSION )
N415 G90 G57 X-2.429 Y-.149 Z2. B0. M62
M61
N420 Z.1
N425 G1 Z.01
N430 G42 D64 X-2.554
Mpmaster
N190 (ROUGH AND FINISH MILL TOP OF G54 & G57 1.562 DIMENSION)
N195 (COMPENSATION TYPE - WEAR COMP)
N200 T64 M06 ( 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL)
N205 (MAX - Z2.)
N210 (MIN - Z0.)
N215 G00 G17 G90 G54 B0. X-2.429 Y-.149 S5000 M03
N220 G43 H64 Z2. T85
N225 Z.1
N230 G94 G01 Z.01 F37.
N235 G42 D64 X-2.554
transform - rotate
N610 (ROUGH AND FINISH MILL TOP OF G54 & G57 1.562 DIMENSION)
N615 G57 X-2.429 Y-.149 Z2.
N620 Z.1
N625 G01 Z.01
N630 G42 D64 X-2.554
In X5 there is a large selection of adjustable drilling parameters found in "custom cycles" to where you can adjust all of your peck requirements. I hope this helps.
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