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cncappsjames

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  1. If I had CAD/CAM at my disposal, I would NEVER use conversational on a mill except as an ABSOLUTE last resort. That just defies all logic IMHO.
  2. You "should" be able to use either to turn on the probe as long as it's wired that way into the control. If not, G65P9832 will roll through the MACRO programs triggering the probe to turn on once the probe has LOS with the transmitter. Most of the machines I work with have an m-code, I find myself still using the MACRO call method (G64P9832) because its universal mostly. HTH
  3. Those big Raptors are pretty badass. I machined about a 14" x 14" x 2" Telecommunications housing with one and not a lick of chatter.
  4. Try these numbers/places; https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/about-us/locations
  5. I think we have a winner for the oldest post to be brought back to life.
  6. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Matey!!!!!
  7. If they had a competing product I'd give that statement credence but since they have nothing even remotely like it, I rate that statement very unlikely.
  8. Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Kennametal and Mikron are my favorites and I'll use Harvey or Guhring in a pinch.
  9. For programming a probe, you can get the Renishaw Trigger Logic app...
  10. #4 is the variable sometimes used for "I" if that helps...
  11. Branching, GOTO, looping, subs, etc.... that is so they can use many things in many ways for many situations. Maybe not the most "efficient", but, definitely quite flexible. O9833(REN*PROBE*STOP) (F-4012-0519-AH) (COPYRIGHT*1990-2019*RENISHAW*PLC.*ALL*RIGHTS*RESERVED) IF[#1EQ1.]GOTO4 #31=0(PROBE*STATUS*OFF*CHECKING*1=ON/0=OFF) IF[#23EQ#0]GOTO1 () PCLOS N1 M19 #8=1 M98P9724 IF[#5NE#0]GOTO15 #2=#5043-#116 #4=0 #32=#2-[0.10*#129] #[#111+5]=#[#111+5]OR576 #[#111+5]=#[#111+5]XOR576 N15 () GOTO4(DELETE*TO*ENABLE*MULTI*PROBES) () #147=#147+9833 IF[#147NE[9833+2]]GOTO2 M98P9712 GOTO6 N2 IF[#147NE[9833+4]]GOTO3 M98P9713 GOTO6 N3 IF[#147NE[9833+6]]GOTO4 M98P9714 GOTO6 N4 (-->PROBE*OFF) M85(PROBE*OFF) (<--PROBE*OFF) () IF[#5NE#0]GOTO6 IF[#1EQ1.]GOTO7 IF[#31EQ0]GOTO6 G65P9725Z#32F[100*#129] IF[ABS[#5043-#116-#32]GT#123]GOTO5 G0Z#2 #4=#4+1 IF[#4LT8]GOTO4 G65P9700E460. N5 G0Z#2 N6 #147=#0 #149=0 #[#111+5]=#[#111+5]OR256 #[#111+5]=#[#111+5]XOR256 IF[#5NE#0]GOTO7 () (-->USER*M/C*STOP*CODE) (<--USER*M/C*STOP*CODE) () N7 G53 M99
  12. It's not really lag "time", it's lag distance. #502 and #503 for X and Y non vector calibration respectively and #510-#518 for probe radius trigger points on vector calibration.
  13. I would rate that statement as extraordinarily unlikely. Nothing is impossible which is why I won't say that. It would require a rewrite that doesn't make sense to even a company like AD. It is a non competitive product to any of their offerings or any other product on the market frankly. It's only competition might be ICAM and NC Simul... sort of. Even those aren't really in competition because with those packages you can build your own machines whereas CAMplete cannot. At least for the foreseeable future since the machines are factory verified unlike Vericut, NC Simul, and ICAM. Post Processing, Collision Checking and Gcode simulation for certain machine tools is what it does. The biggest change I see happening for the foreseeable future is expanding the machine offerings. I look back at our conversations regarding Dassault's acquisition of SW... a lit of us thought they would kill it off. So far doesn't even look possible at this point and the fact they still haven't killed off using the Parasolid kernel... JM2CFWIW
  14. None so far that I have noticed. I expect this acquisition to be different than the others.
  15. Here is a typical O9832 I see. I don't see anything in there that isn't necessary besides the comments. When starting a probe, It's best to enable ALL the things it may need to ensure proper use so the resulting data is not corrupt. Renishaw has been doing this for a long time. There is reasoning behind what they do and why they do it. That doesn't mean their stuff can't be improved upon though. Be cautious when making large scale changes. O9832(REN*PROBE*START) (F-4012-0519-AA) (COPYRIGHT*1990-2017*RENISHAW*PLC.*ALL*RIGHTS*RESERVED) (-->USER*M/C*START*CODE) M19 (<--USER*M/C*START*CODE) () #3=1 #6=2 #8=1 M98P9724 N1 #2=#5043-#116 #4=0 #32=#2-[0.10*#129] () GOTO4(DELETE*TO*ENABLE*MULTI*PROBES) () #147=#147+9832 IF[#147NE[9832+2]]GOTO2 M98P9712 GOTO9 N2 IF[#147NE[9832+3]]GOTO3 M98P9713 GOTO9 N3 IF[#147NE[9832+4]]GOTO4 M98P9714 GOTO9 N4 #31=0(PROBE*STATUS*ON*CHECKING*1=ON/0=OFF) M5 N5 () (-->*PROBE*ON) IF[#5NE#0]GOTO55 M19 N55 M108(PROBE*ON) G04X1.(PROBE*DWELL) (<--*PROBE*ON) () IF[#5NE#0]GOTO9 IF[#31EQ0]GOTO9 G65P9725Z#32F[100*#129] IF[ABS[#5043-#116-#32]LT#123]GOTO8 G0Z#2 IF[#4EQ8]GOTO7 #4=#4+1 GOTO5 N7 G65P9700E380. N8 G0Z#2 N9 #147=#0 #149=0 IF[#23EQ#0]GOTO10 POPEN N10 M99
  16. In order for the M-Codes to "just turn the probe on and off", the installer would have to wire it in to the machine and do some stuff in the ladder.
  17. It's BADASS software. Been using it since 2006 and it truly makes 5-Axis programming a pleasurable experience. I can handle tilt/rotation preferences without having to think about Misc.Int/Reals amd making sure I have the right values/bias, etc... I just worry about my toolpath... as it should be.
  18. Do a 2D contour in MC. On the filter page, break arcs into lines. I usually use around .010" because that small is going to look like normal feed lines and typically won't bog down a control as long as it has some sort of look-ahead feature. Once the project is imported into CAMplete, change the toolpath from a 3+2 to a 5-Axis path then and pick the side where I have enough stroke (say X-) and force it to stay centered on Y and on the X- side. CAMplete then will spin the C-Axis instead of just a profile. That's the best way I can explain it not sitting in front of my workstation. HTH
  19. Any chance you've got CAMplete? It's easy to take a contour path and make it spin C-Axis there.
  20. That's badass @Tim Johnson. We helped a customer develop a process to ease some of the bottleneck in QC by doing non critical dimension inspection in the machine. I think there were only 30-40 features total IIRC and 5 of them were critical. They knew they could have done it all but their customer was leery of the machine that created the parts was inspecting the parts so they made this compromise. They used a Serialization MACRO on the part and each *.DAT file had the serial number in it so they could trace parts to reports. I remember the initial discussions with the customer "... our machine can do that?". Yessiree! I think I wrote about the same as I wrote up above and they did all the rest. Warmed my heart.
  21. If your machine does not have spindle lock (M19 usually), any spindle rotation whatsoever during the probing process will result in an inaccurate measurement/calibration. Should this be the case in your machine the only real option you have is to get the values in #502 and #503 to 0. Sometimes this means dialing in your stylus run out to 0 (or less than 1µm), sometimes it means creating run out. #503 and #503 are where the trigger points are.
  22. Unless otherwise specified, generally on a FANUC Control (16i/18i/30i/31i series) G54 is active. But, if you want to make sure, you can always add it prior to setting it via MACRO Variable. This behavior is set by parameter.

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