Dave, We have Aturn V11.5 and we program a G&L lathe with live tooling. Getting C axis output works fine. Let me know if you would like to see our code generators.
Bill William Wepking CAM Programming Mgr Landis Gardner -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:28 AM To: Jason Otto; 'SmartCam Forum' Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Tpindx Jason, I'm revisiting this issue because I now have Aturn V11.5 and a Vertical Turret Lathe with live tooling and was wondering if the same info about C axis applies. I'm trying to program a simple B.C.. Thanks, Dave Jason Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/14/2001 11:54:29 PM To: Dave Coupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: David Vandervort/USA/Praxair@Praxair, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Tpindx Sorry guys, SmartCAM does not support C axis rotary motion in the milling applications. A and B axes will work fine, but C does not get you correct output. It will always output X and Y motion in order to get from point 1 to point 2 in the XY plane, rather than C axis rotation. We would have liked to get this added to the software, but it just didn't pan out. Best of luck, Jason Otto SDRC ASC - Minneapolis, MN USA Dave Coupar wrote: > David, > > I tried to modify a post to output C rotations, but was unsuccessful, too, > even with the workplanes rotated about z-axis as they should be. Might be > time to call for expert advice. > > Oh Greg O, wherefore art thou, Oh Greg O? > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:12 PM > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Tpindx > > > > > I am using Amill V11.5 and am trying to create geometry on a VMC with a > 4th axis > > ("C") that will output a value to the Tpindx > > section for C axis. > > > > I start by creating a hole in the XY plane and then rotating (copying) > around > > the Z axis with suppress plane off. Smartcam > > accesses the Tpindx section each time but my holes have no angular value, > just > > XY coordinates. I do this same procedure > > on a HBM on the "B" axis (around Y )and it works. Help. > > > > Thanks, Dave > > > > > > ====================================================================== > > 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] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
