Thanks, Colin...I hope you don't mind me posting the link...there is a LOT of valuable info in this video and I would hate for anyone to miss it! https://youtu.be/xAADaMu9ZIE

At this point I would reach out to DMS...They're not going to give you a post for free but they might be willing to work something out with you...they're pretty good guys.

I took a quick look at that post and it's definitely a binned post (As usual, Colin was right ). Unfortunately that pretty much means you're going to have to contact your reseller. And BobCad?? Sorry, that brings back bad memories...I used BobCad for 3 years and while it's useable, it's most certainly NOT MC!

Yeah, that was kind of my assumption...he said it was a generic Fanuc 5 axis post but that didn't make a lot of sense to me...you would have to do a lot of editing to convert a Fanuc post to a Fagor post. I'm sure it can be done, but that's a lot of unnecessary work when there are perfectly good Fagor posts available. My guess is it's Postabilty post since that's what both our reseller and DMS gave me. If this is the case I would try to find out what happened to the post the previous programmer was using...

First, Congrats!! That photo brings back a lot of memories...my first 5 axis programming was doing exactly that...trimming out plastic parts...on a Motion Master! (I did have about 10 years of 3 axis programming experience prior tho...starting out by jumping directly into full 5 axis is kinda like hopping into an F15 and trying to go for a joyride!!) For what it's worth I used the curve toolpath for probably 95% of all my toolpaths. I would just pull the wires off the inside edge of the part and then create and edit Tool Axis Control lines until it looked good in backplot. There may be a better way but this was simple and I like simple! Another thing I would strongly recommend is learning how Tool Center Point (which btw, is G48 on the Fagor controllers ) works and how to use it...that will make your life a lot easier! One more suggestion then I'll quit my babbling...instead of offsetting your wire to control the toolpath depth change the vector depth (Parameters/Collision Control). If you put a negative number in it will lower your toolpath. Again, congrats and keep plugging away at it...it will get easier!

Dang Man! I'm glad to hear it wasn't any worse than it was and you're going to be ok!

Well, that shoots that idea! Unfortunately my next idea was to do what Colin suggested so if that didn't work I'm a little perplexed. (Of course most days that doesn't take much! lol) I don't think the prapidout or the plinout should affect your rotary axis order but hey I've been wrong before. I can't promise you that I can fix it but I'll be happy to take a look at your post and see what I can come up with if you want.

If you bought your latest machine new from DMS you should have gotten a new post with it. I would reach out to DMS and see if they won't help you. If they don't let me know and I'll help you work through it.

I just saw this post and thought I'd throw in my two cents worth! The first 5 axis machine I ever programmed was an old Motion Master with a Fagor control (cutting plastic parts as well) and millman is correct, once you get your post configured correctly you'll be able to post programs that require very little if any editing. As far as WinDNC goes, it does have kind of a dated interface but I've use it to transferred hundreds of files both ways without any issues, my guess is it's the length of your cable that's causing issues. You don't need much of a pc to run it, I would see if you can find an old pc somewhere that has a 9 pin serial port on it and a shorter cable...or like you said, just use the USB port! As for all the extra code you're getting in your posts, like has already been said, contact your reseller first, however if you still need help I'd be happy to take a look at your post if you want. Keep plugging away at it, you'll get there!

I would get in touch with CNC Parts Dept. https://www.cncpd.com/ They can probably point you in the right direction.

Thanks 5th! I'm about to take Dave up on his offer, but just in case anyone else is bored I've attached a drawing of a typical part we machine. We use a step drill to drill all those yellow counterbores and then a regular spiral router bit to miter the front and back edges, then come back in with a saw blade to seperate it into 4 parts. Nothing fancy but we run enough stuff like this to keep 2 dual table 5 axis machines running 8-9 hrs a day. Dave, Thanks, I will shoot you an email in a minute.

It's a Postabilty post. I've emailed our reseller but haven't heard anything back. Plus I'm stuck at home right now so I figured this will give me something to work on and maybe I'll even learn a thing or two!

Is there a way to force Mastercam to tilt the B axis instead of rotating the C axis? We have a 5 axis head/head router and we do a lot of bevel cutting on opposite sides of parts. It's a lot more efficient to have the B move from -45 to 45 versus the C move from 0 to 180, etc. I know I could create different planes or make two seperate toolpaths to accomplish this but I'm hoping there might be an easier solution...using one of the misc's integers maybe?

No problem, glad it worked! I have learned so much from this forum that any time I can help out, I'm glad to do it!

It Was a Postability post...until I got my grubby little paws on it!