Is this a particular scenario, for turning the cutter comp on early, or routine programming.....
Just wondering, because the Haas control seems to have pretty generic (good) behavior. when it comes to cutter comp. Outside of Bridgeport and maybe some early Dynapath controls, I don't recall much need for cutter comp tricks.....( turning on before 'Z' approach') based on centerline programming, as suggested earlier...
You should be able to plunge a point in the pocket and feed to the profile (turning comp on) as long as that point is more than half the diameter of the tool away from the profile. Usually if a profile is cramped for space, I will put a " no positive comp allowed" in my instructions, and all should fly...
Most cutter comp needs should be handled, in my opinion, with the template file. Let us know if this is a special situation, or, if you normally code "part profile" vs " tool center", which definitely would make most machine controls less tame, in my opinion... (Ex: inputting .+498" vs -.002" as comp. for a 1/2 end mill)
Thanks,
Mark
How can I get SmartCam 11.5 Production Milling to output code with cutter comp to initiate before the first move in Z before starting a profile. For example; entering a pocket which is not much bigger than the diameter of the end mill.
(Using a Haas VF-0 vertical machining center) Can I do this in Machine define, or is there an edit in the .tmp file I can make?
