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Hello every body i have been programming with mcx for about two years but never had to program a fourth axis and my boss just bought one and i have to figure out howto program so we can machine three or four sides at a time can anyone please helpme to get started, any tips and advises are greatly appreciated, we are planning to build a tombstone so if you have any experience or you can send me to the right direction thank you all again.
What machine do you have ? (make)
Horiz. or Vert ?
What axis is it around ? X or Y
What version of Mastercam ?
Post is modified from what generic post ?
Normally:
Vertical is around the X and the rotary axis is A
Horizontal is around the Y and the rotary axis is B
There are some exceptions
Is it a positioning (indexing only, say 5° or 1° increment ) or full feed machining rotary ( 0.0001° increments )
Your post must have this axis added into it, so you have functionality
your reseller should be able to modify the post quickly enough for you
As superman said you have to set up your Machine Definition with a 4th Axis and you have to have a post (.pst) that will handle it.
If you are going to do Index programming, I would really recommend getting used to or using the WCS Manager. I use it everyday for our Horizontals.
Mastercam's website has a little Tutorial about it. It is originally for V9, but works mostly the same for the X family.
http://www.mastercam.com/Support/Documentation/Files/WCS-ViewMgrTutorial.zip
Mike in MN
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