[Uhrenholt]

Hi all

Yesterday I figured out how to set G54 - G59 on the machine, and I now have to make the post put out the work offsets from Mastercam. As I want the setup with the 4th axis to run G59.

The post need some editing, but this I have no idea how to do smart. I have not worked with offsets on this machine before, and my experience with post processor editing is limited- but it is getting better.

I want the post to put out the offset at every tool change.

The code is this now for the first tool.

psof$ # Start of file for non-zero tool number
n$, "G17"*, t$, [ if t$ > mach, "M66", else, "M6" ], ss$*, e$
n$, sgwcs,e$
n$, *b$, "F1000", ss$, *spdlon, e$
if coolant$ <> 0, n$, smcool,e$

I used the sgwcs from Work coordinate system G code string select in the post, but it only puts out G53.

Du I have to change something in mastercam to make it work, or do I have to make some code? and if code needed, how to set it up?

I will try not to post threads every second day in here, but have searched the net and I couldn't find anything useful info.

Cheers, Daniel

[Superman]

I put this comment up less than a week ago

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in the work offset field....any number <= 1 should output G54...... 2 gives a G55 .... etc

Also read the top section of the post, on how the post is set & used

Misc Interger #1 needs to be set to 2 for using the G54-59 system

[Uhrenholt]

Hi,

It is not in Mastercam my problem was, but in the post.

I just made some code that seems to work:

pwcs #G54+ coordinate setting at toolchange

if workofs$ = 0, "G52"
if workofs$ = 1, "G54"
if workofs$ = 2, "G55"
if workofs$ = 3, "G56"
if workofs$ = 4, "G57"
if workofs$ = 5, "G58"
if workofs$ = 6, "G59"

Under Work coordinate system G code string select labels starting with 'p'

This allows me to use G52 as standard in the machine, as it is a little heavy writing the coordinates down in the machine...

I have read the top of the post... Getting better at this I think:-) Next thing is to make a vise stand for horizontal machining and try it out:-)

Cheers