I tried like you said john, but that just gives me either -270 or 90, which is the same result, I need 180 off of either.

Hi all, Anyone know how to reverse the direction of the a axis on a 4 axis mill. It is outputting a negative when I need the opposite, so i need -90 instead of the -270 i am getting

Thanks alot

Ok, thanks Colin, I will try to link them to this thread because it sounds like I am not the only one who has trouble with this feature time to time. Thanks all

I did try to surface finish horizontal toolpath, but like every time before that I have tried to use the new tool paths it pukes on my model for some reason. I consistantly get an error " Unable to extract (at least) one solid face" I sent it off to my dealer yesterday, but have not heard anything back yet. I guess this is why I am frustrated

sorry bout that i hit it too quick I think. I have it set to use new offset.

I get an upload page when I try your link Matt.

Thanks for the input all. I am familiar with your method Colin, but it doesn't suit this case. I am only pocketing .03 deep so the a higher radial engagement is prefered, plus high speed techniques dont lend themselves to the POS that I have to code for. So it sounds like pocket doesnt work properly, or is this more of an enhancement request ?

Ok, is there an option that will guarantee cleanout?

Parallel spiral, which sometimes will clean up the floor, but not very reliably.

Is anyone having issues with pockiting passes leaving little islands where it shouldn't. I have been playing around with the stepover percentage with little luck trying to get it to clean up the floor. If I tell it 60 percent stepover and the tool is a flat endmill it seems to me that there should never be a part of the floor that doesn't get cut.

Thanks a lot man, that really helps me out. I figured it would be a relativly simple part for someone with a little experience. Right now we do this in 4 different ops and we are discussing the possiblity of doing it in one op. Thanks again for your help.

I have uploaded a sample part into the X2 files folder called integrex_sample. I am trying to get an idea of how long it would take to program a part like this on an integres so it is done in one shot. Just trying to get an idea of how difficult it is to program for an itegrex style machine. I was thinking that it could be done in 8 hours or less. Thanks

Dave

Thanks for the replies guys, I think I will be going in that direction.

I recently ran into this issue too. I believe that if it is not a bug, that it is certainly a good enhancement request. The feed should be scaled down if the machine's rpms have to be capped. just my .02

Unless someone can find a reason that it should work like it does...

Anyone have one of these verticles, saw them at a show a while back and was pretty impressed with the machine considering the price. Any opinions?

Thanks

Dave

Awesome, thanks for all the help guys, I will let you know how it goes when I test it out.

I forgot to add, that the hole is only .375 deep, and there are no pecks

I couldn't agree more that this machine is a pos, but it is all I have to work with for the time being. I am using a 3 flute drill at 40ipm, because I need a very good finish, and need to hold +- .0005 on the dia. There is no thru coolant. I was hoping to be able to combine the xy and z moves from one holes R plane to the next holes R plane. Thereby eliminating the need for Z to stop, then xy to move then stop, then z start again. I hope that helps explain things a bit better, thanks for all your replies and suggestions, any more ideas would be awesome

I have a family of parts that I have to make on a newer Fadal. There are a huge number of holes in each part, so I am trying to find a way to squeeze more cycle time out of them becuase they are going to be pretty high volume soon. There is a lot of time being wasted in re-positioning between holes and I was thinking that it would a lot quicker if there was an arc move that positioned the machine from one hole to another. In other words I am trying to get away from drill, move straight up in z, stop, move in x and y, stop, then down in z. Anyone have any ideas ? Thanks in advance

That looks like it did it, thanks Tim

No prob, thanks for your effort

It kinda worked, but for some reason it dropped the tool number, so I get an M6 on a line alone, but no tool call anywhere.

Here ya go, hope what you were looking for is in this section.

ptlchg_com #Tool change common blocks

pcom_moveb

c_mmlt #Multiple tool subprogram call

#ptoolcomment

comment

pmisccheck

pcan

if plane < 0, plane = 0

if stagetool >= zero, pbld, n, *t, "M06", ptoolcomm, e

spaces=0

if output_z = yes,

[

preadbuf5

Thanks

Yeah regular G54's, I searched Mpmaster for the string that Mowens mentioned but could not find it. Any other Ideas?

The control is a fanuc 18 on a pretty new fadal. I've never seen one like this before. It was an upgrade option over the fadal controller.