I'm a fairly new CNC programmer, with just over a year on the job.
I'm writing a program that makes a part in a vise, using a stop to position the part.
Two times during a cycle, the operator has to remove the part, reorient it, and put it back in the same vise against the same stop.
When setting this up in X4, Mastercam wants to assign a new work offset system each time the part is reoriented to match the new WCS. Or I can override that and put everything back on G54.
I am wondering what the industry convention is. I want to have programs that won't confuse the operators who come after me.
It is better to have three coordinate systems, each editable to allow the part to be tweaked? Or is it better to keep things simple for the operator, with a single coordinate system?
For what it's worth, tolerance on this part is +/- .010", and all of the critical geometries are created without refixturing the part.
Frederic