Hi,
I am programming a three axis mill with a fourth axis rotary A axis.
This is easy, and everything is fine but when the code is posted out (using Mazak post), the code commands the machine to do a machine home z0 before the rotary axis moves. This wastes time, and is just an unnecessary move, as the Z axis goes all the way up to the top before the rotary moves, then back down again.
would it be possible to have a check box in the post processor options with a box to type in a manual safe position? I could just type in a manual command into this box that the system would just insert in before it does an A axis move. this would replace the G0 G53 Z0 move, so the machine would move to a chosen position which might only be an inch or two away from the part. This would save so much time and machine movement.
The same would also be useful when doing multiple WCS, as currently, the machine goes to G53 Z0 before doing the xy move to position to the next work offset. If an option under post processor was there to just type in a Z position relative to G53, we could safe all that unnecessary time and movement.
Thanks.