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Been a long time since I used this, but as I remember, the machine acts as it normally would, but with the coordinates rotated. E.G. If you rotated XY 45 degrees, and you simply programmed a Y move,...

All,
I’m trying to mill a conical helix on a HAAS mill and am getting a 304 Alarm, “Radius at start must match radius at end of arc within .001”. I’ve had this trouble in the past on a Fanuc control...

Thank you fomaz for the response, but I think I've failed to make myself clear. I'm trying to inhibit the use of the origin soft key to zero out the absolute position. I'm fine with being able to...

We have a few VTL's with 0i controls and a few with 15b controls. On the 0i's you can't origin the absolute position's, but on the 15's you can. I've looked but can't find a parameter to turn this...

Thank you Norbert, Fanuc US has confirmed this.

Dave

I bought the G68 option back in 2004. It does a 3D rotation properly but the canned cycles don't work. Is this what you mean, or are you talking about something else?

Thanks,
Dave

Yes, I tried that as soon as I read it. What happens is the machine reverts to the XY plane and therefore drills only moving the Z axis. You must be in G18 mode for both axis to move simultaneously...

Sorry, let me try to make this clearer.

My original description was not accurate. The drill cycle line doesn’t drill at all, it merely rapids to the Z depth on that line, moving at the 45° angle....

The G18 is required to get the rotation I need. Without it, the machine won't move on the correct plane.

I have this working fine on a Fanuc 16i with one exception. The manual says I can use canned cycles while in this mode, but when I program a G83 for instance, it works fine except that it rapids...

We're looking at buying a used Stan-Canada (Stanco) 100" HBM machine. Has anyone had any experience with this brand. I'm looking for good/bad experiences.

Any input appreciated.
Thanks, Dave