topic Re: Multiple WCS Offsets and Subprograms in HSM Post Processor Forum

Multiple WCS Offsets and Subprograms

jbthornhill — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:22:30 GMT

I am wondering if any progress has been made with being able to post out subprograms with multiple WCS offsets and the posts not creating separate subs for identical operations in each offset?

I realize that I can stitch this kind of thing together for a more production oriented environment, but it's not worth the effort for smaller runs. It is advantageous and safer to only make edits in 1 place instead of 2 or more. I've found a few threads from the past talking about this same thing, but there seems to be no updates on whether this is coming?

Re: Multiple WCS Offsets and Subprograms

bob.schultz — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:31:55 GMT

We do have the 'Use subroutine pattern' property in a number of our stock posts that will create a single subprogram for identical tool paths created using a Pattern in HSM. What post are you using and have you noticed this property in the Post Property Table when posting?

Re: Multiple WCS Offsets and Subprograms

dmartinS68QJ — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:39:32 GMT

Adding to Bob's comment, I had to test with the multiple FANUC generic posts and tinkering with the various options. I was able to get pretty close to your expectation: main program calls multiple WCS changes, then sub is created as defined per fusion tool operation.

The combination that was closest to what I needed was as follows:

fanuc generic post

useSubroutines: true,
useSubroutinePatterns: true,
useSubroutineCycles: false,

Ironically, for me the "Fanuc generic with subs" post was further from what I wanted than the fanuc generic post.

-Dan