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Suggsy

Member

Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 6

Axis retract using Hei530

Hi,

Can anybody suggest a reason why axis retracts are not simulated correctly using hei530 control in Vericut 7.0? The code is
14 L  Z-1 R0 FMAX M91
15 L  Y-1 R0 FMAX M91
16 L  X-1 R0 FMAX M91

All axis seem to move by 1mm instead of returning home then the subsequent TOOL CALL brings the tool in inside the cut stock, -1mm in all axis above workpiece zero.    I then have have fast feed errors as the tool moves the next X and Y positions from within the cut stock.

The generic_vmill_3ax Machine has Z set at position 0,0,381 although there is no model for actual machine sim and is not required.

Thanks in advance,

Paul

SergeV

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From: Irvine, CA

Registered: 2004-10-08

Posts: 507

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Re: Axis retract using Hei530

I could not reproduce your problem. I opened vericutm.vcproject.
I then used MDI to process:  L Z-1 R0 FMAX M91.
The machine moves to Z-1 relative to the machine origin which is 542mm above the machine table.

Where is your machine origin relative to your workpiece origin? the generic_vmill_3ax machine has an initial position in Z to deal with these problems, because you do not want the tool change to happen inside the part. By giving an initial position to the Z axis, it mimics the machine origin and starts the tool safely above the part.