Second, keep the start and finish versions, and compare them with a good text change compare tool - generally there will be a pattern to the edits, and this will help you find "oops left out the G0 Z0 M91 in the 4th instance" glitches in the pattern. (Print it out, show it in a side window, whatever.) Have this list at hand, and use a text editor with a good search function to be sure you find them all. Every comment of a certain form emitted by the post is a marker of place where you have to make an edit.
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(Everybody above agrees on that.)īut, how to be confident in one's hand edits? (The ones that bite so hard on simple errors?)įirst, make a little list of the code markers that occur every place you have to make an edit - for example every Tn. You can of course load some kind of work coordinate adjustment before each one. OK, some variation (either by post or hand edit) of "make a sub which gets called 5 times" is your friend.
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If you're interested I could free edit the g code if the comments are good or reprogram the whole thingĮdit- are you using a dnc for program or from the machine memory Okuma M560V P300 controlYou want the same tool to run all parts first correct? such as spot drill spot all the holes then change the tools this is pretty and I do all of the time. Generally no big deal to copy the same tool path five times and assign a different work off set but this one requires a lot more tools then one of our more standard jobs.Sure I can run one side of the part with one program then switch to another one for the other side but trying to cut down on the number of tool changes. We use OneCNC for programming and none of the multiple part setup for local subs will work to get this done as you can not have 2 master work offsets in the same tool path group. I spoke with Michael at OneCNC this morning (really sharp man) and after about an hour of scratching our heads he really couldn't come up with a solution built into the software. I'm not a programming wizard but hopefully I have explained this well enough to get the concept across. Sure I can run one side of the part with one program then switch to another one for the other side but trying to cut down on the number of tool changes, 300+ parts to run. Generally no big deal to copy the same tool path five times and assign a different work off set but this one requires a lot more tools then one of our more standard jobs. Here is the deal, 5 double vises on the table, 5 slugs in the front row, 5 semi finished pieces in the back row, a lot of common tools being used on both sides of the parts and all have different work offsets due to using bored soft jaws so no grid to work from. So we're slammed as usual, one guy out all week and I'm pissed because its a simple job but no simple programming solution.