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Hello TopSolid community
Has anybody tried to integrate a the measurement of a work piece into a CAM program?
On Heidenhain there are clock cycles with which you can measure a drill for example, and then you correct the tool if needed and repeat the editing process.
Has anybody use it before?
Regards Silvio
Hello Sivilo
There are several possibilities to integrate measuring cycles in a topsolid’CAM program: the easiest and most flexible one is to create a ‘group of basic operations’ with the measuring probe.
Then you first do a movement to a safe point where you can start your cycle on the machine. Afterwards you can add a ‘direct block’ in which you describe your desired measuring cycle. The measuring cycle can also be saved in *.txt format and called later on.
That is for sure the easiest and also the most flexible method there is!
It seems that that you don’t just want to measure but also trigger an action according to the results.
You can do that depending on the situation. That should all be possible without any PP adjustments as these are standard functions of TopSolid’CAM. The only disadvantages is that the cycle itself is not simulated Only the start up to the point and the back down afterwards is simulated. I think that it’s enough though as you should know anyway what the cycle does.
Another possibility would be to replicate the cycles with processes or to use the ‘reference point’ function.
Both however is a little bit inflexible, created a lot of effort in PP and only makes sense when you always want to do the same measurement with the same behaviour and simulation.
Greetings Sven
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Hello Sivilo
There are several possibilities to integrate measuring cycles in a topsolid’CAM program: the easiest and most flexible one is to create a ‘group of basic operations’ with the measuring probe.
Then you first do a movement to a safe point where you can start your cycle on the machine. Afterwards you can add a ‘direct block’ in which you describe your desired measuring cycle. The measuring cycle can also be saved in *.txt format and called later on.
That is for sure the easiest and also the most flexible method there is!
It seems that that you don’t just want to measure but also trigger an action according to the results.
You can do that depending on the situation. That should all be possible without any PP adjustments as these are standard functions of TopSolid’CAM. The only disadvantages is that the cycle itself is not simulated Only the start up to the point and the back down afterwards is simulated. I think that it’s enough though as you should know anyway what the cycle does.
Another possibility would be to replicate the cycles with processes or to use the ‘reference point’ function.
Both however is a little bit inflexible, created a lot of effort in PP and only makes sense when you always want to do the same measurement with the same behaviour and simulation.
Greetings Sven
Hello Silvio
If you want to have it very comfortably, you can create two groups of basic operation over processes. One to create the release, which means
- navigate to the point
- enter text how S. Doswald described it
The other for the graphic simulation
-simulate the movement of the measuring probe according to the respective cycle.
(difficult with circular movements)
You only have to add the PP word ‘No Generate’ with the second group. So that it won’t be given out by the PP.
We have a freak in our firm that simulated many measuring cycles with this method.
The advantages are obvious:
You see what you do and the movements are not calculated over the time display.
Greetings TIMMAX