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WISH LIST - What I want for the next release
maestro replied to Luther_Heggs's topic in Industrial Forum
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I use change at point to slow down the feedrate in the corners of contours on our Fadal machining centers. This works great except when using remachining function it doesn't work. Changing from remachining to 2D countour in parameters it works. To work out small corners in large pockets means I have to create extra geometry. Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way it is?
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When remachining a pocket with cutter comp in control checked, the code from my Fadal post comes out as if using wear comp. It does not matter if I check wear comp or in control, the code is the same. This is not good if everyone on the shop floor is using cutter comp in control. Is this something in my post or a bug. Using V8.1
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Just upgraded to V8.1. I have a good post for Fadals that supported sub programs for different fixture offsets using V7.2b, but not in the milling routines available in 8.1. Anyone know how to modify this post to support this great new feature?
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In ver7 you can use createcurveone edgefrom solid, set edges to Y. This will give you only one entity at each edge of your solid. If you use all edges from surface you get an entity at the edge of each surface, and wher two surfaces meet you will get the same entity duplicated. Also with from sloid you will tend to get arcs where you have fillets and arcs where with from surfaces you tend to get splines.
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We have several Fadal machining centers here and very often we run multiple part production runs. My post for version 7.2b supports sub program usage using misc value #2 in tool parameters. This is great except it makes the operator enter in all of these offsets. Is there any way to use some of the other misc values to output a G52 which is a coordinate system shift with X,Y,Z values so that you only use 1 fixture offset.
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You can go into your operations manager, right click on the geometry icon in the operation you want to modify, then select change at point. Then pick the point you want to change. A small dialog box will come up with options for changing different things. I write programs for Fadals and sometimes at high feedrates, corners do not always interpolate precicely. You can adjust your feedrates at these corners independantly from your original feedrate. It can be a little tedious but it does give you some control.
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I usually program my tools in sequential order, ie 1,2,3,4,5,6, but when I use the setup sheet c-hook, they don't come out in the same order they were programmed. Neither do the operations. I cant't find any options for changing this. I am still using version 7.2b. Have not gone to 8 yet, budjets, accountants, you probably know the drill.
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In version 7.2b, when I use setup sheet c-hook, the tool #'s come in out of sequence. Ie 3,1,2,3,5,4 instead of 1,2,3,4,5,6, even though I use them in sequence 1,2,3,4,5,6. Am I doing something wrong, is there any way to change this, or is this just the way it is?
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How do you use templates?
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I have looked at it a little, but have had a little trouble finding good instructions on how to use it. Could you point me in the right direction?
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Thanks Kenneth. I've been using Mastercam for about 1 year now. Love this forum. Learn a lot just by reading questions & answers. Lots of great info.
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Is there any way to change feedrates in different portions of a chained contour? Using V7.2b.