[honk]

Hi all after lots of messing around i think i am now going to suggest that we get edgecam, i currently am running a 30 day evaluation of 10.75.

I am trying to write the okuma post i have loaded the generic okuma machine but this looks nothing like the m and g codes are machine uses. Is this normal?.

I dont want some one to just send me a post, i want to learn this and get it right as i also have to write posts for 2 multi spindle mazaks, hmc mazak, vmc fanuc, puma, and 3 other machines.

If some ones got any pointers on this it would help im finding it hard to find info out like g54 work co-ord setting g10 tool setting the okuma book has nothing on this do okumas not have this option. I am a fanuc man through and though so ive got no choice but just read the machine manuals when it comes to these other machines.

Also noticed it asked for the tapping G code well there are two one for right hand and one for left hand so where do i put these?

thanks for any help

[TURN ME]

i have a okuma 5020L lathe w/live tooling.
is edgecam for mill and lathe?
does ur okuma have IGF on it?

[honk]

its a standard lathe with no live tooling it would be great to get a working post so at least i can then see where i am going wrong

Not sure what igf is.

cheers

[TURN ME]

okuma has software called admac for programing on pc.http://www.okuma.com/products/software/
they also have IGF for programing on the machine.
ive been trying capsturn by cadem software it has post for osp7000L.
but i have the osp5020L control.
when i program with IGF on the machine it uses the lap cycles and the programs are small and clean (by clean i mean the template is not confuzing)
when i program with this capsturn on the pc i used the post for the 7000l
and it was all point to point.

does ur lathe use lap cycles?

can u ask the edgecam people for a post?

i have run some okumas and fanuc and mazak machines.
the okuma seems to me to be the more user friendly one.
ex. u dont have to home it out, dont have to power down to clear alarms
okuma can edit while running with IGF u can program while u run
these are some things i noticed that was different.
mazak was just wierd to me but it was older model template was confuzing
on mazak.

[honk]

yes the machine uses lap1 nlap etc etc i must admit i hate it and would rather take a fanuc any day of the week.

I will ask edgecam for a post but thought i would try here first.

[TURN ME]

will the edgecam software produce the cycles or just point to point?
sorry didnt have a post u could use.
lucky for me i have the IGF option i just have older ver. of it.

[honk]

edgecam will put out the program as long hand or as a canned cycle depending on the options you pick as far as i can see. As you define the g codes and what each letter means ie h hight of thread b thread angle.

[mikewsk2]

I don't have that particular model, but there is some nice stuff inside of this post. It's a 2 axis lathe, I am not sure what you're key allows so I am playing it safe and sending you the basic. If you have a more complex post, the items and logic can be copied over to your post.

[honk]

thanks for that will give it a go see how i get on am going to imts so taking a few things to the edgecam stand to see what they can do.

I just tried a part i had writen in fanuc with a standard post i changed the post to the one you have done, when i try to do any processes like facing etc i get error InitCommand Failed For 16,20(line 301). dont no what this means

cheers

[mikewsk2]

Try using cycles instead of Operations. The adaptive post templates, at least for turning, don't work well with operations.

[mikewsk2]

here is an older, non-adaptive post, that should be real close as well.