I know what the S5 & S12 parameters are, but what do the L133 & L135 parameters control? We're pushing Mazak to solve this for us. It's a brand new machine & not being able to get a good part to come off of it is unacceptable. Zeke

I feel your pain Benz. I just moved to MC, after 10 years with SC & thier great support forum too. I'm getting comfortable with the software, but the post processors are killing me! I must say I've gotten a lot of good info from this forum already though. And using the search function I've found plenty of great answers as well. Zeke

Ok, I bought the book, but it won't be here till Tuesday. Is the procedure to measure the required shift availible anywhere else? Oh, thanks for the info too Zeke

We just had the Mazak tech out here & he spent a day & a half completely re-installing the machine to ensure everything is as it's supposed to be on the machine.

We have a Mazak VCU 5 axis machine that is giving us fits. It cuts all geometry fine when it's at B0° & C at any angle. But with B at 90° & C at any angle, all geometry is offset 0.0125" from where we program it in MC. We haven't run any multiaxis paths yet, so we don't fully know how far off we are. As a work around to get parts out the door, we are having to copy the front, back, left & right planes, put a +0.0025" shift in X & a -0.021" shift in Y. We have to do this for every part! Has anyone else run across this type of problem? If so, can you offer any ideas up? Zeke

We have a Mazak VCU 5 axis machine that is giving us fits. It cuts all geometry fine when it's at B0° & C at any angle. But with B at 90° & C at any angle, all geometry is offset 0.0125" from where we program it in MC. We haven't run any multiaxis paths yet, so we don't fully know how far off we are. As a work around to get parts out the door, we are having to copy the front, back, left & right planes, put a +0.0025" shift in X & a -0.021" shift in Y. We have to do this for every part! Has anyone else run across this type of problem? If so, can you offer any ideas up? Thanks Zeke

Thanks Colin

Our generic 4X post has mi6 select "Brush height". Does anyone know what this is refering to? Zeke

It forces the post to read the feed fs2 statement before moving to the next operation?

What does the statement "*feed" do

Ok, cool, I just comment out the line, so that I can go back to my original if I break the post. Thank you so much, I really appriciate your help. Zeke

Ok, my last fmt is 22 so I created: fs2 23 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place But my tapping postblock looks like this: ptap$ #Canned Tap Cycle pdrlcommonb result = newfs(17, feed) # Set for tapping Feedrate format pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgplane, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, prdrlout, prdrlrout, *feed, strcantext, e$ pcom_movea So do I replace the "newfs(17, feed)" section with the if ipr_actv$ = 0, [ result = nwadrs(strf, feed) result = newfs (23, feed) ] section?

My post already has this: fmt 17 ang_orient But it's a 3-axis post Modified from a Generic Fanuc 4X post. Can I safely change this line?

Awesome. Thanks I'm going to try this right now. Zeke

Ok, fmt for "F" is 15, so fs2 15 is my feed format line, correct? Is this statement "fs2 15 0.2 0.1", stating 2 places after the decimal in inch mode & 1 place after the decimal in metric? If so, as understand it, I can change this to "fs2 15 0.4 0.2", and things should be good. But is there a way that I can use 2places after for G94 feeds and 4 places after just for G95 feeds?

How do I change the trailing decimal places for our tapping operations? I would like the default to be 4 places instead of 2 places. This is what we are getting: G95 G84 G98 Z-.43 R.03 F.03 G80 This is what we need: G95 G84 G98 Z-.43 R.03 F.025 G80

I just tried this & it works in verify, except that the tools display as cutting the model, but no material removal is displayed. Is that how it's supposed to work?

How do the stock modes work?

I want to change where my machines B & C-axes move aat the start & toolchange operations. This is what I’m getting G0 G17 G40 G80 G90 G94 G98 ( 1/2" BULLMILL ) ( TOOL# - T22 - DIA. - .5 ) ( PART OFF 1ST OP ) N240 T22 T1 M06 G53 G0 G90 Z0. S4000 M3 G54 G65 P9544 H1 (CALCULATE G54.4 DYNAMIC OFFSET) G54.1 P300 (CENTER OF ROTATION WPC) G54.4 P1 G0 X4.3612 Y4.3 G43 H#3020 Z.87 G0 G90 B90. C270. Z.87 M8 This is what I want G0 G17 G40 G80 G90 G94 G98 ( 1/2" BULLMILL ) ( TOOL# - T22 - DIA. - .5 ) ( PART OFF 1ST OP ) N240 T22 T1 M06 G53 G0 G90 Z0. S4000 M3 G54 G65 P9544 H1 (CALCULATE G54.4 DYNAMIC OFFSET) G54.1 P300 (CENTER OF ROTATION WPC) G54.4 P1 G0 G90 B90. C270. G0 X4.3612 Y4.3 G43 H#3020 Z.87 Z.87 M8 What should I be looking for in the post to modify? Zeke

Thanks, my real goal is to learn. I'm sure there will be plenty of frustration & aggravation, but I think it will be worth it. A day without learning something new is a wasted opportunity.

I'm trying my hand at building a post for our 5-axis router. The one we are using leaves us with limited options for modification. This is my 1st time working with MC posts, so I'll probably be spending a lot of time here. I copied & pasted some sections of the old post into the new post that I'm creating ( from the MC supplied "Generic Fanuc 5X Router.pst" ), then I ran a test. I'm getting this error: PST LINE (930,930) - The question string has failed to process properly, The post question target variable/string is bad This is the line referenced: fq 3 originnum "Enter the Origin Number (ex. 55 - 59):" What do I need to do to fix this? Zeke

Thanks Carmen, that did the trick Zeke

I want to convert a mill post to a router post. I have the pdf that explains the process, but I can't get past the 1st step! It says to open MC in "Design" mode, without any machine definition. How do I do that? My MC opens with a machine definition already loaded, I know how to switch machines using Properties/Files, but I don't know how to have no machine loaded. Zeke