YOU MUST SET SMF QUESTION 282 TO (ANY NUMBER OF TURNS) THEN USE THE FOLLOWING IN THE HELIX SECTION #EVAL(#V2=#TANG/360) #MOV< F#FEED> X#XPOS Y#YPOS I#XCTR J#YCTR R#V2 Z#ZPOS
Bill Wepking CAM Programming Mgr Landis Gardner -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Helix Hello all, I need mill a helix using only one line in my nc. So, i need output the pitch value and the depth value of the thread. To output the pitch value with the template #INC, but i don't know how output the depth value. The section will be anything like this: (#S17 = pitch value) (#S18 = depth value) #EVAL(#V19=INT(#S18/#S17)) #MOV X#XPOS Y#YPOS I#XCTR J#YCTR Z#ZPOS TURN=#V19 F#FEED (where turn is the number of complete turns in the helix) outputing, for example: G03 X67.0 Y35.0 I-32.0 J0.0 Z0.0 TURN=12 F48 Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks all. Raphael de Souza Castro Hydro Turbines - Alstom Power Voice Phone: +55-12-225-3064 Fax Phone: +55-12-225-3140 Mail: [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] ======================================================================
