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Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

daniele.vigoloU85KT — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:12:31 GMT

Hi to all,

in a postprocessor I found a strange behaviour.
it seems that in writing it takes into account the position of the head defined within the kinematics of the post.
in the end I find the X and Y coordinates translated by the value of the position of the head.
what could it depend on?
Thanks in advance...

Re: Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

iamcdn79 — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:05:34 GMT

Without seeing your post it's hard to say but you may have a parameter called "Machine X" or "WP Machine X" somewhere in your post and it may be getting the values from that.

The way to turn it off would be to set output to tape to never.

Re: Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

Jonathan_Artiss19 — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:28:28 GMT

@daniele.vigoloU85KT

The image at the bottom is only a preview and it doesn't take into consideration the other options you could have active.

Output NC Code, ensure you have TCPC active in the output and confirm the tool tip coordinates inside Powermill using Tool Position and the active output workplane.