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bmarkeyJ44PH
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Post is somehow changing itself to metric.

This software is so frustrating.

All of a sudden I have a post that I use every single day.  Now intermittently it just decides to switch itself to metric which obviously causes issues.

 

What is causing this?  We do 0 metric work so there's no way its getting changed by anyone.   I switch between multiple posts constantly due to running different machines and it just seems like featurecam loses its mind.  It seems to be that whatever post you used last is applied to all open documents.  I've just started working on one at  time because it can't seem to deal.

 

Thank you

 

bhorstTGM48
en respuesta a: bmarkeyJ44PH

I found this in the help. Have you tried forcing your post to "inch" only?   
 
Changing post units

Post processors (posts) convert the tool path information displayed in FeatureCAM into the NC code required by your machine. One of the things the post controls is whether the NC code is output in inches or millimeters.

To change post units:

  1. In XBUILD, select General from the CNC-Info menu.
  2. In the General Information dialog, in the Dimension field, select whether the post is in Inch or Metric units, or both. We recommend posts that support both units.

     

     

  3. Click OK.
  4. Choose Words-1 from the CNC-Info menu.
  5. In the Words Info dialog, update the Format to specify the number of digits before and after the decimal points for each linear positional word. Typically, 3.4 is used for inch posts, and 5.3 is used for metric posts.

     

     

  6. Your post type may contain several pages of the numeric words. Click Next to display the next set of Words Info. Repeat steps 4 through 5 to change all the linear positional words for your post type.
  7. When you have finished, click OK to close the dialog.
  8. Select Formats > Program > Program Start to check for any preparatory code denoting units (G20/G21, G70/G71).
    • Fanuc style controls may use G20 for inch and G21 for metric units. If this code is present, remove it.
    • Heidenhain controls must have the units set in the first line of the program:
      <SEQ> BEGIN PGM [uppercase (<PROG-NAME>)] INCH<EOB>

      Edit the code so the units here match the units chosen in Step 2.

  9. Save the format.
bmarkeyJ44PH
en respuesta a: bhorstTGM48

I'll take a look at that and see, thank you.  It's concerning that all of the sudden with no changes made this starts to happen.

bmarkeyJ44PH
en respuesta a: bmarkeyJ44PH

I do not have a words-1 option under cnc-info,   I did remove the option for metric since we never do metric on the machines.

 Thank you