Sounds like you may need to set question 303 in SMF file to output from local planes.
John Kanney Automated Solutions,Inc. (540) 949-7703 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Toolplane Coding > Hello all. > > First I would like to thank you all for the help I have received with this > forum thus far. The information found here is most benificial. > On to my question: I am new to the 3D World of FFM. I am programming a > Horizontal mill with a tombstone. i was originally creating separate programs > for each face on the tombstone and merging the code together to form one > program. The parts I am machining have origin located in different locations > on each face of the tombstone. I created new work/tool planes approximately > in the WCS where they would correspond in space inside the machine. I have > geometry on all faces but I can't get the code to output with the XYZ > coordinates relative to the new planes I created. The code generates values > from the WCS. I have the B rotation working in code, the G codes for my work > offsets and the positions have the correct xyz relative to their plane > orientation. > What am I missing? > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Derrick > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
