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...I swear it is. I'm new to mastercam (on a heidenhain control) and I've never found such a devilish system to wrap my head around. At first I thought I was sailing through it; I splashed out on some PDFs from this lovely site (which were a huge help) and even paid insane pennies for "tips for manufacturing" DVDs (also very helpful). All of my simulations looked joytastic and I was itching to start putting all my hard work to use in the shop. Then I encounter this old chestnut "cutter compensation-control" Staggering. Helix bores can now choose to randomly commit suicide. Lead in and out is a mine field. Translated toolpaths can go bonkers and my trust in the system is very shakey. I'm fortunate enough to work with a proper mCAM pro, but I already bug the heck out of him with questions .. I've looked around and found many other have problems but is there an easy answer that im missing? I've only worked in two jobshops in my 10 years of machining so for all I know people are setting things up differently to me; is "control" an option no one bothers with? Do the cam wizards adjust all delta radius tweaks within mastercam and not their tool library? I've got to go now... Need to figure out why my CC has decided to turn "Left" when leaving a hole at rapid speed.
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Does anyone know how to change the post to output the cutter compensation to come on right after the G00 rapid command. Currently my post outputs it on the next line with the G01. Here is a sample code of what it looks like: N100 T0101 ( OD 55 DEG TNMG ) G99 G50 S2000 G96 S360 M03 G0 X.6 Z.087 M8 G0 X.5 Z.037 G71 U.1 R.02 G71 P102 Q104 U.01 W.004 F.01 N102 G0 X.245 S360 G1 G42 Z-.428 <-------- I need the G42 to be moved up to the line above in front of G0 ---=== X.2895 X.3095 Z-.438 Z-1.803 X.41 X.43 Z-1.813 Z-2.257 X.5 N104 G40 M9 G0 X8. Z.1 G30 U0 M05 M01 N200 T0202 ( OD FIN RIGHT VNMG 331- 35 DEG. ) G99 G50 S2000 G96 S360 M03 G0 X.5714 Z-1.97 M8 G1 X.43 Z-2.0408 F.008 X.3702 Z-2.0706 Z-2.143 X.43 X.73 G0 Z-.2825 X.3864 G1 X.245 Z-.3533 X.208 Z-.3718 Z-.4186 G2 X.2188 Z-.424 R.0054 G1 X.5188 G96 S600 M03 G0 Z.0341 <--------move G42 to here in front of G0------=== X.1217 G1 G42 Z.0141 F.003 <----------Same here, need G42 moved up in front of G0----=== X.245 Z-.0475 Z-.3195 X.188 Z-.348 Z-.403 G2 X.238 Z-.428 R.025 G1 X.2895 X.3095 Z-.438 Z-1.713 X.299 Z-1.7183 Z-1.783 G2 X.339 Z-1.803 R.02 G1 X.41 X.43 Z-1.813 Z-2.007 X.3502 Z-2.0469 Z-2.147 X.63 X.7714 Z-2.0763 G40 M9 G0 X8. Z.1 G30 U0 M05 M01 I would like to know how to find inside post processor and move it around.. This is for a Doosan Puma 280lm & using a fanuc 4x lathe post processor. Thanks.
