There a neat macro under the options sub-menu that allows you to set your views for a hozizontal machining center. On non-macro jobs we draw the geometry in the x-y plane. YOUR WCS icon is the center of the B rotary table. Draw The centerline of the spindle on the X axis. Rotate the geometry to get our angles and X,Zs (our part geometries do not come from center of table). In our method the geometry is rotated to the correct "B" angle (get the angle from the transform-rotate dialog). The "X" in the geometry is actually the Z in the machining end of it. After all this is accomplished you can create your work planes. We use rotation from WCS X0, Y0, Z0, B Angle. Then place your geometry at the X,Y,Z you obtained earlier. If you have the same geometry on different planes reserve your workplanes. Copy the geometry from workplane to workplane. It a good idea to reserve your workplanes anyway just to avoid oops. You can hide workplanes and still have all the tools displayed on the workplane your using, Nice feature, also true picture of what your cutting. Workplanes are truly worth learning.
Mike DeBerry > If you plan to run off machine cords. (g52) then the planes would be 0 90 > etc. > and the operator would set the y0 . for our mill g54=b0,g55=90,g56=180 etc > . would be fixture offsets and work plane names in sc. > John Wright > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:34 AM > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Programming horz w/tombstone > > > >Hi all, > > Up until now I have only used Production Milling for 2-1/2 axis work > >on vertical mach centers. I have programmed multiple workpieces on a table > >surface using fixture offsets. I now want to figure out how to program > >multiple sides of a tombstone on a horizontal. Any suggestions on how to > >approach this for the first time? How do I define the workplanes for each > >side of the tombstone? Any examples, tutorials, tmp & smf tips, advice, web > >sites, etc. will be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks again, > > > >Chris Kocourek > >CNC Department Manager > >Lightning Tool & Design > > > > > >====================================================================== > >To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > >send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >====================================================================== > > > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
