Hi all,
I have a question about cycle 800. Do we need to locate the part perfectly at the center of the table in order for cycle 800 work correctly when rotating the table? I have my located part off the center table a bit within .005 -.008 and when the table rotate A-90 and C0 to drill a simple hole. The hole location is off .005 on X and .008 on Y. We did the test cut that we turn the table A-90 and C0, take the workoffset from the part and drill the hole without using cycle 800, the hole is precise to its true location. Before I thought the cycle 800 will be “smart” enough to calculate all the workoffset transformation even though the part off the table center, but I guess apparently it is not. Now we have a part that needed to mill on different faces and everytime we turn the table we need to take a workoffset again. I believe this is not how it is supposed to be with a 5 axis machine. Could anyone advise me on this issue ?
Thank you
I have a question about cycle 800. Do we need to locate the part perfectly at the center of the table in order for cycle 800 work correctly when rotating the table? I have my located part off the center table a bit within .005 -.008 and when the table rotate A-90 and C0 to drill a simple hole. The hole location is off .005 on X and .008 on Y. We did the test cut that we turn the table A-90 and C0, take the workoffset from the part and drill the hole without using cycle 800, the hole is precise to its true location. Before I thought the cycle 800 will be “smart” enough to calculate all the workoffset transformation even though the part off the table center, but I guess apparently it is not. Now we have a part that needed to mill on different faces and everytime we turn the table we need to take a workoffset again. I believe this is not how it is supposed to be with a 5 axis machine. Could anyone advise me on this issue ?
Thank you
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