Who will I bribe with beer to fix my computer?! Good luck Chris!!!! Brett

James, You have access to an unliimted number of sub destinations but there's a trick to it. You only got 3 native ones, subout = 0 to subout = 3 for the nc, .sub, .aux, and .ext files. You could use just the sub if you want over and over again but you've got to change the filename/destination. Check out spathsub and snamesub to do this. Works great! Brett

Chris, Just sent you a post for this. Please give me a call if you'd like to talk about this in more detail. Brett

Sandybar and Bellyup, It sounds like both of you are having mapping issues. What post are you using? The update post utility makes an edit in pmatrix_su and if you're not using mplfan or something setup the same way the matrix mapping blows up. Brett

Picframe, You should have your reseller ask us for that one. We've done a bunch of hurcos with our local Hurco dealer. Brett

MJBart, It sounds like your machine definitely isn't setup with absolute rotary. Does your code look like this? +352 -352 +352 That could do any of 3 things. 1. Absolute rotary: It would do almost 2 full rotations one way then come back 2 rotations the other way. 2. 0-360 Shortest Distance. If machine is setup like this then your programming isn't right. Should be 352, 8, 352. That would give to very small rotations of 16 deg. 3. 0-360 Sign indicates direction. Again, programmed wrong. Should be 352, +8, -352. Run some tests to figure out how the rotary on the machine works then post setup will be easy. Brett

Billh, Something is linearizing the arcs. It's either your post or Mastercam. Check the nci file, are they linear moves or arc moves? Another way to check is to check the value of the variable linarc. If it's 1 then the post is linearizing the arcs. Also, check to make sure your toolpath has the arc filter turned on. Brett

While we're on the subject of asking for editor enhancements.... It would be really helpful to the post guys if "undo" would work for every change made during the active session with the file. When post editing, if you save you post to go post, you can't undo something you don't like. This is the only thing that keeps me from using it. I wish I could though because I love the dollar sign functionality....

Yes Paul, add the peck cycle...takes 2 secs and works mint. Brett

Hey everyone, CNC Software has been working extremely hard on this product. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to see something from them sooner than you might think! Brett

Hey Mark, I guess I would consider that a "longhand" style pinch turning with wait codes and independant control of each turret. As previously mentioned, we are using wait codes (in the misc integers) to just synch up on an operational level. For pinch turning, the Integrex has a special mode which is probably quite similar to your Nak. We are using a full turning operation on the top turret and a lathe point operation on the lower turret. With the help of a little post magic, we bring each turret to the same point in space (on opposite sides of the part) then turn on ths balanced cutting mode. The lower is now slaved 1/2 rev behind the upper. Brett

It's great to hear that Martin Roderick is the guru of the Integrex machines! I speak with him on a weekly basis as we're constantly tweaking our Integrex posts together. We have done both the Mark III (all configs) and the e Series machines to date. We have covered as many bases as possible including stock trasnfers with cutoffs, spindle slaving, pinch turning (Mazak has a balanced cutting mode), etc. As everyone knows, we do not support pinch turning, etc. in the software at this time but we're doing a nice job in the posts to provide this functionality. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly with any questions. Brett

Hans, I think your problem is that you should be using test1.mmd and test1.control to go with your test1.post. The update c-hook creates the machine def and control def with the same name as your post. This is different than the default.mmd and default.control. Is that your problem? Brett

Mark, Sometimes we add a custom drill cycle in the canned cycle blocks that actually outputs as "longhand". It would read from the input you give it and just do a while loop for the number of pecks. Works mint. Brett

Skyline, We do the Millplus and TNC (conversational and ISO) on all of the machine configs. E-mail me what you're looking for and I'll set you up with an eval. As for changing a 4ax to 5ax post, that would be extremely difficult. You'll need support for tilted work planes and TCMP which a 4-axis post won't provide. Brett

Mark, I'm getting the same thing. When selecting a "snap to centre" type point I have no control over the diameter. The funny thing is that the diameter that the toolpath wan'ts to use isn't related to the tool size or the arc size in any way. Brett

5 AX, Same as with posts in that it uses the group name instead of the .mcx name. The thought behind it was so you could have multiple machines (setups) for one job and keep things straight. Brett

Dan, Here at In-House we do all sorts of mill-turn type posts and have customized many posts for use with probes as well (setup and inspection). Have your reseller give us a shout. Brett

I use G12.1 all the time. The big secret....start at C0. So, if you're looking at your part from the right side view, start your lead-in from the positive X axis side. Don't put an arc on your lead-in/out just run a straight line in to the part. if you require an arc, add a perpedicular line before it that is the same langth as the arc rad so again....you'll be starting at C0. If using mplfan, just select the misc int to set G12.1 and away you go. Put your code up here if you like so we can verify. Also note that your cutter comp (rad) must not be active when calling or cancelling G12.1.

Karl, You can use mpmaster's custom drill cycle to output a call to a sub program. Simply generate your sub using incremental coordinates and put it at the bottom. The best thing for you to do would be to get a custom post that calls different fixture offset locations and automatically writes all code to an incremental sub program. We do that all the time for customers. Tough to get anything for v7 though....

Chris is right. Unfortunately, the key button here is the cancel button. Just set it up right the first time and never look back. BT

It's kinda tricky but certainly doable. First, you don't get them from the .nci file you get em from the ops file. 1502. Write operation information to binary file (.ops)? y You have to parse each of the variables out of the string. There's a perfect example in the version 9 post manual. Just follow these instructions and it'll go like the wind... Extracting a numeric variable To extract the numeric variables from the space-delimited string, use of the formula function rpar. The target of the formula function is the first entry in the list. The second parameter indicates the number of entries in the list. A list of unique user-defined variables that correspond to the parameters in the delimited string must be in the post customization file. In this example, there are parameters to read. var1 : 0 # User-defined numeric variables var2 : 0 var3 : 0 var4 : 0 var5 : 0 Example NCI line: 20004 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.5 pparameter # Predefined parameter postblock if prmcode = 20004, var1 = rpar(sparameter, 5) In this example, var1 = 1.1, var2 = 2.2, var3 = 3.3, var4 = 4.4 and var5 = 5.5. Have fun with this one.... Brett

Nice one Tim! Those foreign cash machines can be pretty tricky to operate.

Connormac, The mpfadal1 post uses exactly what you're looking for as Millman said. It basically throws all .nc output into an external file (subout = 3), then brings it back in to the .nc file (subout = 0) in peof after the subs are merged in. Check pheader and peof for the good stuff. Have fun. Brett

Mick, I can help if you want to send me your post and your .mc9 file. Should take 2 secs. Brett