Jump to content

Welcome to eMastercam

Register now to participate in the forums, access the download area, buy Mastercam training materials, post processors and more. This message will be removed once you have signed in.

Use your display name or email address to sign in:

ookpik

Members
  • Posts

    1
  • Joined

  • Last visited

ookpik's Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/14)

  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later
  • One Year In

Recent Badges

0

Reputation

  1. TL;DR - Can toolpath #3 in the attached file be instructed to post at A90. B0. rather than A-90. B180., which is what it defaults to? -------------------------- With our 5-axis setup (Haas VF2-2TR; X-Y-Z and an A-B trunnion where A is parallel to X and B parallel to Z at A0.), there is sometimes redundancy in how a part could be oriented for a given tool orientation in CAM. A tool oriented in the Back plane could machine using A90. B0., or A-90. B180., with different XY coordinates for each, but the same resulting part. Usually, Mastercam figures this out and I don't need to consider it, but sometimes I would like to control which setup is used, for example to reduce cycle time reorienting between toolpaths, or if one setup is preferred for coolant direction, visibility to operator, filming, etc. I have attached a minimal example using the default post, which doesn't allow B rotation but you can still see when it tries to post B180. because it throws an error. Posting toolpath #2 gives a series of contours that start at A0. B0. and ends at A90. B0. Posting #3, which should be identical to the last entity in the series above, instead gives a contour at A-90. B180. One thing to note is that using my actual 5x post, it is able to recognize the above redundancy, and instead does #3 at A90. B0. as I want it to. But, without #2 for 'context', it puts #3 at A-90. B180. Does anyone know how I could control this, in a situation where I only have a single toolpath? AB TEST.emcam

Join us!

eMastercam - your online source for all things Mastercam.

Together, we are the strongest Mastercam community on the web with over 56,000 members, and our online store offers a wide selection of training materials for all applications and skill levels.

Follow us

×
×
  • Create New...