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Thanks,
I know this is not a Mastercam Corporate forum, I just see a lot of people on this forum giving pretty clever solutions so I figured I would try here.
Do you think I would get an exact answer from the "Mastercam Forum"?
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I am interested in automating Mastercam in the creation of programs for a part family that always has similar feature sets but differing dimensions with those dimensions stored in a text file.
Below is a basic example of the structure of the text file.
4.44/2 # Hole Spacing
3.375 # Hole Location
5.25 # Part Size X
5.25 # Part Size Y
5.1 # Part Size Z
Could facing or drilling operations be created with C# based entirely from Data in a text file without a user doing anything in Mastercam besides selecting the text file?
I don't need a tutorial on how to do it, just starting by seeing how possible it is and maybe a direction to some documents or examples that would help.
Thanks
Horizontal Makino Mill with RAH and Programmable C axis
in Industrial Forum
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I have a tough application I would like some input/ advice on. I will try to explain.
I am able to get basic right angle code to output from Mastercam with G18/G19 as expected(doesn't backblock tool orientation correctly though).
Our right angle head is coolant driven and our mill's spindle can be controlled as a C axis.
Has anybody been able to get Mastercam set up to output 5 axis code for a RAH with 1 of the axis being the spindle orientation?
An example would be possibly using an end mill to mill and ID groove on a part with the C axis needing to rotate 360deg to accomplish. (Not the real application I am doing but gives a good visual of my request).
I can provide more details as needed if anybody thinks they could give advice on this topic.