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  1. #1
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    alphacam face milling m12

    i have alphacam 2016r1 when i use face milling my post will not
    output an m12 code (which make it run at 10 times the speed
    & terrible finish, we tried slowing down manually by editing
    in alphaedit but ignores feeds without m12)

    my post will output m12 on any other operation but face milling.
    i have to manually add an m12 to face milling operations.

    has anyone had this problem & if so have you corrected it?

    this is a contour pocket example it has multiple m12 but just putting small amt to show

    START
    '(pocket)
    M90
    G90
    G70
    G75
    '(OP 1 CONTOUR POCKET - FINISH TOOL 8 .125 BIT)
    '(EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 0.1249, WIDTH OF CUT 0.0624)
    G97 S10000
    G00 T8
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 X23.2035 Y77.3284
    M12


    when i use face milling this is what i get

    OP 1 FACE MILLING TOOL 20 2.5 FLY FACE
    EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 2.5
    Feed Distance: 114.3 Time for OP 1: 0m 13s
    --------------------------------------------------
    Total Feed Distance ........................ 114.3
    Tool Change Time .......................... 0m 06s
    Total Time ................................ 0m 19s
    --------------------------------------------------
    Material: MDF
    Use Extraction
    --------------------------------------------------
    START
    '(LOW)
    M90
    G90
    G70
    G75
    '(OP 1 FACE MILLING TOOL 20 2.5 FLY FACE)
    '(EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 2.5)
    G97 S20000
    G00 T20
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 X-2. Y11.375
    G00 Z-0.25
    G01 Z0.005 F16.667
    G01 X14.


    any ideas will help thx
    mike

  2. #2
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    Re: alphacam face milling m12

    You will need to edit your post processor to suit your needs. I think a little more info is needed for anyone to help. What is M12 and M90 assigned to? Feed rate? I see in the contour pocket G code example there's no feed rate in code but M12. In the face milling G code example there's a feed rate of 16.667 for Z.

  3. #3
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    Re: alphacam face milling m12

    Quote Originally Posted by basswakr View Post
    i have alphacam 2016r1 when i use face milling my post will not
    output an m12 code (which make it run at 10 times the speed
    & terrible finish, we tried slowing down manually by editing
    in alphaedit but ignores feeds without m12)

    my post will output m12 on any other operation but face milling.
    i have to manually add an m12 to face milling operations.

    has anyone had this problem & if so have you corrected it?

    this is a contour pocket example it has multiple m12 but just putting small amt to show

    START
    '(pocket)
    M90
    G90
    G70
    G75
    '(OP 1 CONTOUR POCKET - FINISH TOOL 8 .125 BIT)
    '(EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 0.1249, WIDTH OF CUT 0.0624)
    G97 S10000
    G00 T8
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 X23.2035 Y77.3284
    M12


    when i use face milling this is what i get

    OP 1 FACE MILLING TOOL 20 2.5 FLY FACE
    EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 2.5
    Feed Distance: 114.3 Time for OP 1: 0m 13s
    --------------------------------------------------
    Total Feed Distance ........................ 114.3
    Tool Change Time .......................... 0m 06s
    Total Time ................................ 0m 19s
    --------------------------------------------------
    Material: MDF
    Use Extraction
    --------------------------------------------------
    START
    '(LOW)
    M90
    G90
    G70
    G75
    '(OP 1 FACE MILLING TOOL 20 2.5 FLY FACE)
    '(EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 2.5)
    G97 S20000
    G00 T20
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 Z-0.5
    G00 X-2. Y11.375
    G00 Z-0.25
    G01 Z0.005 F16.667
    G01 X14.


    any ideas will help thx
    mike
    so can anyone tell me how to add the m12 to my post?

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    so can anyone tell me how to add the m12 to my post?

  4. #4
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    Posts
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    Re: alphacam face milling m12

    It is not possible check without postprocessor which u use.
    Alphacam post and VBA macros, Autodesk HSM post.
    www.cadcam-softcz.cz

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