Yes, the Z coordinate is constant. This is the way he wants it to look like. I don't know why. Its possible that it tells the machine that each tool is 1.5 above the part. I would ask him, but its his day off.
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Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] totally lost
Is the Z coordinate a constant 1.5 or if not, what does it represent?
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Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
High Steel Structures, Incorporated
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stannard, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:10 PM
To: 'Smartcam Forum'
Subject: [mfg-smartcam] totally lost
Hi,
Another co-worker has pmill v11.5 on a pentium 4 with win2000. He has a
crusader that is probably a BNC(Before NC) Its a Crusader control mill,
looks like a bridgeport mill to me.
We have a code generator that works for him, but he has to add a few lines
in at the beginning of the file before it will run. I don't know how I can
accomplish this, so I have come to the great minds of SmartCam(ok a litter
buttering up)
At the beginning he needs to have every tool called out along with a Z move
such as shown below for each and every tool he uses. I don't know how to
make the code generator look ahead? and tell what tools he has chosen. So,
it needs to look something like the following..
%(file name)
T1001
G0 Z1.5
T1002
G0Z1.5
T1003
G0Z1.5
ETC...
then, Rest of the code here.
%
I did go to the repository and got one code, but it calls out all tools from
tool1 to tool 10.
Thanks,
Rick Stannard
CNC Programmer
3000 W. Lomita Blvd.
Torrance, CA. 90505
(310)784-4394
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