Add a manual move operation

[ArjanDijk]

In the case of a 5 axis reposition there are many case where I manually want to decide how to move the tool to prevent both collision and full retract.

If you put this in a manual move, we can sketch our own toolpath.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

In case of 5-axis this actually is really difficult because how would it know how the A&C should move according to the sketch?

[ArjanDijk]

Tool orientation? You could link multiple manual moves.

 This is how I worked before in ESPRIT. An addin let you create the moves one by one with orientation. This is then put in one folder. Thats all you need.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

And how would that work post wise? Because the post would put a retract at the beginning of the operation?

I mean I like the idea but I'm uncertain over the implementation.

[ArjanDijk]

if previous operation=manual move AND distance start point to lastposition = small => skip retract 

If you do this the right way, you can follow the complete trajectory of the tool in HSM

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Or the machinconfiguration is fixed and we can just select a trajectory in the machine space.

[ArjanDijk]

Machineconfiguration would be great also

[gakoenig]

For some background, NX CAM has this feature, called Generic Motion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTt0cOW9nLc&ab_channel=SiemensPLM

It is actually pretty neat and the video details their implementation. 

[Rob_Lockwood]

In NX, generic motion is also the basis for a ton of other rare use-case implementation stuff. Bar pull/tailstock/part transfer etc all rely heavily on either user defined events (similar to manual NC) or generic motion, or often some combo of the two stored as a template. It's useful for sure, and their implementation would be a good framework to strive for. 

[al.whatmough]

I need to archive this for now. 

We really need to solve machine configurations and machine simulation first so that there is an understanding of machine kinematics when doing this.

keep in mind, "Archived" is not saying it is a bad idea.  It is simply being transparent about timing.