Its been awhile since I have seen production milling. Under Create, does it have Curves and Helix as options, or is that an advanced milling and free form function? Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Senack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 11:16 AM Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Ramping down
> I'm try to ramp down, on an arc, from z0 to z-.5 as per the attached > Production Mill .pm4 and .jof files. > > What I would like is the ramp down arc to output as lines with Z moves. > > The way I do it is to explode the arc and MANUALLY and input the Z moves per > line. > > Is there an easier way? > > Before exploding ramp arc element 2... > % > O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) > > N7M98P1 > T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) > G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 > M08 > Z0.1 > G01Z0.0F20.0 > G02X3.0Y0.0I-2.1213J-2.1213 > Z-0.5 > G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 > M98P1 > G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) > G90 > M30 > % > > After exploding ramp arc element 2 > % > O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) > > N7M98P1 > T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) > G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 > M08 > Z0.1 > G01Z0.0F20.0 > X2.2229Y2.0147 > X2.319Y1.9032 > X2.4096Y1.7871 > X2.4944Y1.6667 > X2.5732Y1.5423 > X2.6458Y1.4142 > X2.712Y1.2827 > X2.7716Y1.1481 > X2.8246Y1.0107 > X2.8708Y0.8709 > X2.9101Y0.7289 > X2.9424Y0.5853 > X2.9675Y0.4402 > X2.9856Y0.2941 > X2.9964Y0.1472 > X3.0Y0.0 > G00 > Z-0.5 > G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 > M98P1 > G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) > G90 > M30 > % > > This is what I would like SmartCAM V11.5 Production Mill to code... > % > O0762( RAMP DOWN ON ARC ) > > N7M98P1 > T7( 1.0 2-FLUTE ROUGH E/M D37 ) > G54G43X2.1213Y2.1213Z2.0S448H07M03 > M08 > Z0.1 > G01Z0.0F20.0 > X2.2229Y2.0147Z-.0313 <-- can this be coded? > X2.319Y1.9032Z-.0625 > X2.4096Y1.7871Z-.0938 > X2.4944Y1.6667Z-.1250 > X2.5732Y1.5423Z-.1563 > X2.6458Y1.4142Z-.1875 > X2.712Y1.2827Z-.2188 > X2.7716Y1.1481Z-.2500 > X2.8246Y1.0107Z-.2813 > X2.8708Y0.8709Z-.3125 > X2.9101Y0.7289Z-.3438 > X2.9424Y0.5853Z-.375 > X2.9675Y0.4402Z-.4063 > X2.9856Y0.2941Z-.4375 > X2.9964Y0.1472Z-.4688 > X3.0Y0.0Z-0.5 > G02X3.0Y0.0I-3.0J0.0 > M98P1 > G28G91Y0.0( HOME MACHINE ON Y-AXIS TO CHANGE PART ) > G90 > M30 > % > > > <<TEST.jof>> <<TEST.pm4>> > > Regards, > > Michael Senack, X354 > Your local friendly neighborhood CNC Programmer > > > ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
